Sunday, October 5, 2025

Happy Mid-Autumn Moon Festival 桂花纔開了

The 6th of this month is the 15th of August in the lunar calendar. 
 Silver Osmanthus
Golden one has just opened.
 😊
    'I say. You don't know what it's meant to me to have you chaps up here.'
    'We've had a grand time, Harris.'
    Harris was a little tight.
    'I say. Really you don't know how much it means. I've not had much fun since the war.'
    'We'll fish together again sometime. Don't you forget it, Harris.'
    'We must. We have had such a jolly good time.'
    'How about another bottle around?'
    'Jolly good idea,' said Harris.
    'This is mine,' said Bill. 'Or we don't drink it.'
    'I wish you'd let me pay for it. It does give me pleasure, you know.'
    'This is going to give me pleasure,' Bill said. 
                                                                                               -Fiesta-
                                                                 😄
I love to recall this conversation.
Wishing you all good health and happiness.

17 comments:

  1. 金、銀桂花賀佳節 ❗️中秋愉快 🥮🥮🥮

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  2. There is pleasure in both giving and receiving.

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  3. Hello RTC, I have found that Asians in general are expert check grabbers. You can try to out-maneuver them, but are not always successful. Sometimes I have gotten up in the middle of a meal to go to the desk to pay, but the cashier might say the bill is already taken care of. Also, the system of 關係 (relationships) comes into play. If people know the owner of a place, it is not meet for you to try to pay.

    However, I like to entertain at home, in which case the problem of the check never comes up. Also, there is never any hurry, and we can sit and talk as long as we like. To relate your quote about treating to your beautiful photographs, I often have served 湯圓 (tang-yuan, a kind of dumpling) in a sweet soup made from syrup of osmanthus. A Taiwan friend showed me that trick.
    --Jim

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  4. Lovely looking plant. Have happy days.

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  5. Lovely photographs.
    Enjoy the month of October.

    All the best Jan

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  6. Hi: Love the photos, so refreshing, now the trees are turning and plants are going away for winter.
    Love the conversation.

    Catherine

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  7. 十月桂花香,最愛它的香味,秋天的味道🥰

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  8. It's nice to remember old conversations, isn't it? Your Autumn Moon Festival sounds delightful.

    I hope the October days have been good to you.: )

    ~Sheri

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  9. Interesting moon calendar, RTC. Happy fest!

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