Luca enjoying carmelized strawberries on a stick. Other treats featured at the Flower Market were baked potatoes, roasted nuts, corn on the cob, sugar cane juice and coconut juice. So healthy!
Red lanterns and messages of good fortune for a good year are sold in many kiosks at the Flower Market here in Shenzhen. Note the sky scrapers in the background and the smog. This guy who is making door messages with calligraphy was great to watch. He did laugh at my Chinese though when I asked how much twice. Talented, but kinda mean.
Year of the Dragon decorations abound. The year of the Dragon is an auspicious year to have a son. When we asked our Chinese friends, the Lius who have a son and a daughter, which sign of the zodiac was auspicious to have a daughter, Alex laughed and said, "None."
Entrance to the Flower Market. One part of this holiday that I love is having new, blooming plants and flowers in your home. We bought two paperwhites, shui shian or "water fairies"in Chinese. They are just now opening and so fragrant. They remind me of forcing bulbs at Christmas time with R and L.
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