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HAPPY NEW YEAR

Xinhua Spring Festival Special 2008 (news, photos, videos, customs)
Forecast: Year of the Rat (Raymond Lo)
The Year of The Rat (Chinese Fortune Calendar)
Rat (Wikipedia)

INTERESTING 19TH-CENTURY FLOWER BOOK

THE
FLOWERS PERSONIFIED;
Being a Translation of Grandville’s
“LES FLEURS ANIMÉES.”
By N. Cleaveland, Esq.
Illustrated with Steel Engravings,
Beautifully Colored.
NEW YORK;
Published by R. Martin, 170 Broadway
1847.
(Via serendipity.)

DO YOU EAT AMERICAN CHOCOLATE?

If you do, you might want to click this link todayish:
Don’t Mess With Our Chocolate
Me, I like the extra noir stuff—77% cacao or so. Do they even make that in the USA?
Just for fun, here are some very old chocolate recipes, courtesy of the chocolate museum in Bruges. I’m afraid it would be pretty tough […]

THE QUEEN OF THE MAY IS ALREADY HERE

Experts from the trust have verified public sightings of hawthorn flowers in hedgerows right across the UK, although typically they are not expected to appear until around May 11.
The sight of swifts flying across the south-east and Gloucestershire over the past few days also suggests the seasons are out of kilter; traditionally the birds return […]