Friday Five 21-April-2023

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1. What is a Rite of Passage for you in the Spring?
Usually, on the "28th day of the 12th month" (lunar calendar), which usually is around 2 or 3 days before the Chinese New Year, it's the day to clean up like Spring Cleaning. So it's been Spring for me for a while :-)

2. If you could be guaranteed success, what would you grow this summer?
Maybe a fruit tree.

3. Do you have any famous gardens near to where you live or grew up?
Gardens? Famous? In town? Nah. Well maybe like the Camões Garden, but there's no greenhouse, there's no myriads of different species...

4. Do you think gardening is good for your mental wellbeing?
Yeah, could be.

5. Have you gone organic, or do you use chemical fertilizers?
Coming to think of that, I usually just change out the soil and don't really fertilize my pot plants.

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1. What are your sunglasses like?
Hm... I have a pair of regular round glasses that have shade clip-ons to fit over them. I also have a pair glasses in the shape of cat-ears that I've changed out the lens to ones that would turn dark when in the sun.

2. What is your wallet like?
I have an actual wallet, that's more like a purse, I guess. Long wallet, Burberry, dark brown. But it's pretty heavy and I've changed out to a smaller lightweight, more a card-wallet than a money wallet. I have a bit of money folded and slipped in one of the card slots, and that's it.

3. What are your everyday shoes like?
Sneakers that need a good wash LOL.

4. What is your umbrella like?
I have a purple long umbrella that used to have that sliding cover that you can pull up and keep the umbrella from dripping. But the screw-in plastic part that holds it fell off, so it's just a regular umbrella. I also have a very light, very small black umbrella that is a carry on. It's so light you won't notice it, but of course if winds are stronger or rain heavier then it's no use.

5. What are your everyday drinking vessels like?
I had a 1L drinking bottle but now I've changed it out to a some 745ML ceramic tumbler. The ceramic interior keeps the temperature constant.