Unlike the retail florists, flowers are traded in a bunch of dozens here. They are fresh and inexpensive when you need lots of them for home decoration.
There are numerous colours for your choice...
Some of them were sprayed in colours that are supposed to be auspicious for the holidays.
Colours in red and gold are always popular.
Unknown plants with enlarged red roots and green leaves.
Lime trees with fruits bring good luck.
Time to arrange and decorate at home.
Yvonne helps out a friend in our neighboring house.
The result of a morning's shopping and work.
Yet another blossoming tree.
Driving home could be more costly this year as oil prices keep skyrocketing. We decided to take a railway train. As this was sort of first time experience for my daughter, she was especially excited.
Having a lunchbox made by the train company had been part of my fond memory for the train ride when I was a kid. Back then, the lunch box was served in a metal box. I bought one again this time. Amazingly, the taste remains almost the same, although the lunch was served in a more modern recyclable box made of paper.
When at home, we had to pay respect to ancestors at the home altar on the eve of the Chinese Lunar New Year.
I spent the first few days of the holidays in Tainan, and then came back to Taipei. We had a reunion again at my home in Danshui. It was both freezing cold and wet.
What would a Chinese New Year be without a couple of card games?
Kids almost tore the house apart.
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