double happiness

My “day job” is in a middle school, and while proctoring study hall yesterday I may have become distracted ogling Ginger Jars online (hardly ever happens). Ever intuitive—and eager for attention—some of the students were quick to question my stealth behavior behind the computer screen. I figured showing them bunch of blue jars (gasp!) would shut them down pretty quickly, but much to my surprise, they began to translate the Chinese characters on the jars! Now, I’ve heard a lot of surprising things come from those little mouths, but “this one means ‘double happiness’ and this one means ‘love. And something about friendship?’” Mind. Blown. As soon as I gathered my thoughts, my first was that I could really take advantage of this talent (some new admins at shell & chinoiserie?), but in the meantime I’ll let them do their Mandarin homework, as it is clearly working quite well!

And a dose of Double Happiness for you:

Grant K. Gibson Interior Design 

by artist Sofia Martha

 Horchow on Houzz

Brighton the Day 

The Absolutely Beautiful Things blog

The Pink Pagoda (of course!)

For the Love of a House 

Jeffrey Merriman Collection 

Follow this link to read the story of the Chinese character “Double Happiness.”

Enjoy!

Emilie