Category: Hong Kong

#1372 theoldmortuary ponders.

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New Bauble from Hong Kong.

A new bauble for 2025. After a slow start to prep we have Christmas 2025 on track. Taking our holiday during Advent made for easy choices of memento purchasing. Baubles have been a particular focus this year. Having never experienced the Southern Hemisphere in December, I wondered quite how Christmas baubles would sit in gorgeous summer sunshine. As it turns out Christmas baubles look absolutely wonderful in bright sunshine. Particularly at Dawn.

One Southern Hemisphere bauble made it into our suitcases. Somewhat loosely described as a bauble, a glittering pale green prawn hangs happily on our Christmas tree.

Prawn Bauble from Melbourne

My own Christmas image for 2025 was a handful of regular festive baubles. Enhanced now by the experience of seeing baubles in both the Southern and Northern hemispheres. Warm cozy background for the familiar wintery experience and splashy, brightly coloured sea shades for the new experience of baubles by a hot summer beach.

#1362 theoldmortuary ponders.

On By theoldmortuary.designIn Hong Kong1 Comment
Graffiti just off Queens Road, Sheung Wan, Hong Kong

A day of back street wandering and an accidental story unfolds…

Missing Lovebird advert, just off Queens Road, Sheung Wan, Hong Kong.

As luck would have it I can draw us a happy ending.

Which is significantly different to other happy endings offered on the same street.

For us too it is a happy but bittersweet ending. Time to head for the hills of home.

#1361 theoldmortuary ponders

On By theoldmortuary.designIn Family, Hong Kong, SerendipityLeave a comment
24 hours in Hong Kong.

This time yesterday we were taking a tea and wee break in Hong Kong Airport. Sitting below a pink festive waterfall. Which inspired me to catch the pink dawn this morning .

Moment 01 in Hong Kong

I am not sure pale pink is a colour I normally associate with Hong Kong or Christmas but both worked for quiet contemplation before the hurly- burly, vivid carnival that is family life in Hong Kong.

Let it begin.

#1359 theoldmortuary ponders.

On By theoldmortuary.designIn Australia, Hong Kong1 Comment
Ticket Window- Richard Estes

Our last day in Australia, except we were not expecting it to be our last day. A ticketing irregularity caught us on the hop. Only a chance phone call gave us the heads up of our error of thought.

Blocked up ticket window at Williams Town Beach.

Wednesday as it turned out was a day for surprises as earlier we had met an old friend from London. But in truth we had also sat there a whole 24 hours earlier because we got the day wrong. I have no idea why Wednesday had become such a time vortex.

Crossing, or not, the Rubicon a blocked doorway in National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne.

All was well in the end and by the time Thursday dawned we were well on the way to Hong Kong. And so another adventure unfolds.

Missing our friend or missing our flights would have had sad consequences. As it happened neither occurred but it was pretty close.