Happy New Year to you! We're coming, and we have three roosters and counting in our bunch...cock-a-doodle-doo!

If I sound excited, it's because I am. In June/July, we'll make our first journey to Asia covering the usual tourist's trek in China with a bit of Tokyo and Hong Kong thrown in for good measure. I know, I know, it will be hot, humid and, oh my, the rainy season. :O Well, that's okay, it sounds like home. ;) I will post details when logistics are settled in case you or other Ziners are up for a GTG.

FYI, the US Postal Service published an absolutely gorgeous commerative issue of Lunar New Year stamps. I bought some keepsake sheets yesterday. Here's the scoop: http://tinyurl.com/536ye

Thanks for all you share about your adopted home continent.

Diana Ball near Houston, TX