Wednesday, March 25, 2009

tea recipe




this is an easy one

1 part milky oat tops
1/2 part jasmine flowers

steep for at least 10 minutes...i go for 30 though. :)

refreshing iced in the afternoon....but my favorite is hot taken an hour or two before bed after a very very very long day. i wrap my hands around a cup and just inhale for a bit before i take a sip...the tea is elegant but comforting as well.
oats are traditionally used when one is suffering from nervous exhaustion; they have a delicately sweet taste.
jasmine, (besides smelling and tasting amazing in tea) is traditionally used as a gentle anti-inflammatory. it can be mildly sedating for some but i find it more relaxing. jasmine should not be consumed by women who are pregnant or are trying to become pregnant.

Monday, March 23, 2009

the first thing i ever did in porcelain


i look at this every day but today all i can think about is how badly i want an omlette

Friday, March 20, 2009

yay music time!

original photo by Miguel Angel Reyes 2008


well who is this swanky fellow? it's Joel Evan that's who!
a bright, young, and talented local star you can check out his sweet tunes right here.
he takes his influences from Tori Amos, Celine Dion, LU, DJ Kane, Alejandro Fernandez, Ishida Yoko, Utada Hikaru, Susie Suh, Sailor Moon ^.^, Dream (jpop band), Alanis Morissette, Erasure, Reik, Sophie B Hawkins, Roxette, Ace of Base, A*teens...you know...to name a few ;)

and ok i'll admit it, he's my little brother and i will totally with no little humility take credit for the erasure influence. heh heh. what? i can't pretend things sometimes?

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FREE RICE:
i posted this some months back on myspace but i think perhaps it could do some good here as well.
plus, as a bonafide geek, i can play this vocabulary game for HOURS, (i just filled up three bowls when i went there to make a link).
i know it's hard to give right now when so many of us are fighting tooth and nail just to keep a roof over our heads so i find that this is a great compromise and all you have to give is a little time and some minor brain power.

help out with the world food program and give free rice!!

elsewhere on the wfp website there are videos where you can see how the rice is distributed along with some very interesting articles.

Thursday, March 19, 2009

join us in celebration of earth hour


yep. earth hour.
28 march, 2009 8:30 pm the lights go out, the computer turns off, etc etc, total shut down for an hour. won't you join us?
do it for the wild otises!

and maybe for the so-called "domestic" otis who is giving up his cartoons

Tuesday, March 17, 2009

HI YOU!


the beginnings of a dirt junkie, yarn pirate, and a foul-mouthed CEO parrot.
welcome to parrot feathers botanicals' attempt at social networking!
since this is the first post of (hopefully) many i will take a moment to advertise at you:

www.parrotfeathersbotanicals.com
(home)
www.parrotfeathers.etsy.com (sisters in crime)

and sometimes i spend way to long playing with this:
www.flickr.com/photos/parrotfeathers/

i've also been known to cruise ravelry :D

so i guess i'm a little more social than i thought!

hope you are having a nice day; i'm on here hanging out with a soaking wet parrot, avoiding working on a term paper on cuttlefish.