This February has been cold, moist, gray, and damp. Yesterday as we sat in front of a television, I couldn't take it any more. I needed to be somewhere. Joseph decided this meant a trip to the garage to work on a project with old scrap wood and nails, but I disagreed.
"Well," he said, "what do you want to do?"
I told him wistfully that I wanted to be somewhere red paper lanterns hang.
So Joseph loaded me into the truck, drove me down the street. We came to a place just blocks away from our home, though we've never been to this place before. This was the Asian Super Market. And the first thing I saw were red paper lanterns hanging from the ceiling. This was it!
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| The Red Lanterns greeted us before we were even inside! |
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| There were live fish, frozen fish, and fish with strange faces. |
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| The labels shone from shelves in bright hues. |
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| Familiar faces with bold new looks. |
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| Fruits I have never seen before! |
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| Pink sodas, Orange sodas |
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| Teas of Green! |
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| Orange sodas, fuchsia sodas |
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| Teas of red! |
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| tempting new flavors |
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| Frozen Tentacles! |
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| Curry in yellow, curry in green |
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| Curry in every flavor of the rainbow! |
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| fish sauce: so tangy, yet so pretty in pink! |
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| The jams inspired some future experiments! |
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| There were even celebrities! |
I learned that happiness is truly in your own back yard. I just have to explore all the corners.
