In my 'likes' I listed 'wax seals' thinking of those cool medieval letter sealing things. I got my wish, sorta. I got an even cooler wax seal!

Look at it in it's magnificent glory! The wick comes out of its nose and it's detailed, fat folds and all. Me gusta! Thanks SS!

=UPDATE!=

On the 5th, I received a package from Amazon. Confused, I opened it and what do you know, there's "Not Always So" by Shunryu Suzuki. What a zen moment! Not always so! Little did I know that this was more than true...

Then, to humble me even more, today I received a antique brass fu dog seal with some Chinese script on the bottom. A quick google search revealed the etsy listing, but other than better pictures than I could take with my phone camera, there isn't any more info on it. Would anyone care to translate the script for me?

I don't know who you are, Secret Santa (other than you might be named Josef), but I thank you from the bottom of my heart and the top as well!

"Thus the satisfaction of contentment is the lasting satisfaction." Tao Te Ching, Ch. 46