Kung Hei Fat Choi! Or Happy Chinese New Year! I know it has been a bit of a dry spell since my last posts. Time does fly when you are not working and have nothing to do :) But I think about my blog daily and have stored up a few adventures to share.

My newest pursuit to fill my time is the Hong Kong Garden Society. I've already taken a flower arranging class, attended two garden parties and been published in the society newsletter (sounds much more impressive than it really is). One photo is of the flower arranging teacher with one of her creations. Then there is a photo of a couple members of HKGS on a roof top garden. Both gals are Brits as most are in the society and I found it interesting that they are some of the most unpretentious gardners I've met. All eager to share the stories of their failures as much as the things they've learned about gardening in HK. They are all eager to give you a cutting and are whizzes at rooting. My initiation into the society was doing the newsletter write-up for the rooftop garden party. I've attached scans of my article for my avid gardening friends.

My next society event was the garden party at Arthur the author's house. Arthur is the author of Urban Gardening which is the how-to bible for HK gardeners.

• His tea time refreshments included warm sugar cane juice, white radish dip and a bowl of fresh lettuce leaves which you could spread the dip on or dip the leaf into a couple different choices of vinegarette which I thought was a really cool idea for healthy entertaining fare.