We have a package from Zen! It's a lovely package, including cards (mine has a lovely woodcut of a hedgehog who appears to be facing down a scorpion - or maybe it's an earwig) and candy and her incredibly cute little drawings (I got a pirate monkey!) and introspectiveness; which I cherish most of all.
I have received The MOST Beautifulest Chinese New Year Card EVER from
bravecows! And so has
eor. (Yes, we can both have THE most beautiful card, because our cards actually occupy the same space. :)) And I have a beautiful little red silk (I guess? It feels like silk to me.) drawstring purse that has a shoulder-carry string which cleverly tucks inside it - just in time, too, because I'm killing my sequined elephant purse - and
eor got a little scary face necklace which is very manly. *nods* (Although
bravecows suggested that if he didn't want to wear it he could hang it up and tell it stories.) Personally I think it will look great on
eor. ;)
I had wondered why fish were associated with CNY - apparently the word for 'fish' sounds similar to the word for 'extra' (extra in the sense of 'more than just enough'). I love puns. :) I wonder if that's where Pratchett got the idea for the Borogravian phrase about the world being a great big fish? Although he could just as well have drawn it from the world being likened to an oyster. A language always has to have some concepts that just don't really translate.
I had wondered why fish were associated with CNY - apparently the word for 'fish' sounds similar to the word for 'extra' (extra in the sense of 'more than just enough'). I love puns. :) I wonder if that's where Pratchett got the idea for the Borogravian phrase about the world being a great big fish? Although he could just as well have drawn it from the world being likened to an oyster. A language always has to have some concepts that just don't really translate.
A birthday card for you! (My artistic talents are meager, but it was drawn with love.:))
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