Recently I planted a new tree in my garden – a paulownia
tree. It needs a fair bit of water but it has been going great guns. I saw it
at the local Farmers Market and was surprised that they were selling it, since
I had thought it was rare in Australia.
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The reason it took me by surprise and why I bought it is
that I have a Japanese wedding chest from sometime around the 1930s from the
Tokyo Region. I drove to Sydney to get it and had to pack the car like some complex
puzzle, moving pieces around until it all fitted. The reason I could do this is
that Japanese chests like this were often used by merchants travelling around
and they are made in sections clipped together that can be separated and stacked.
