I wasn't planning to post today. But since I learned that today is #NationalRescueDogDay and #WorldBeeDay, as well as #Mondog, here are some assorted pictures from our home. This #gardenia is a different variety with thinner petals but smells just as good.
As imported #Capitalism broadens the divide between the #haves and the #HaveNots in #China, reminiscence for #Mao-era #revolutionary times rises. Which, to my jaded eyes, is immensely funny to watch as #capitalists take full advantage of this reminiscence and market materials from the time or which hearken back to those times.
Today's purchase is such an item. It's 1l of fairly basic #Chinese#liquor, at 45%ABV (90 proof)—fairly weak and low-grade liquor by Chinese standards—stored in miniature recreation enamel tin mugs, 125ml each (roughly 3 shots equivalent each) printed with revolutionary-era slogans on the side. The contained liquor is blandly inoffensive, of the "light scented" variety, sweetened with sugar, flavoured with #bamboo leaves and #gardenia, as well as two other ingredients I can't recognize. It isn't the best liquor I've ever tasted, but at the equivalent of five bucks for all you see here, it's a pretty good deal for the money.
Another entry in my collection of #Maomorabilia. Only this time I can drink it and have it make me feel good!