You're like a little kid

[cornerofmadness]

so says mom just because I walked into Costco and started crying I want him I want him I want him! I mean
LOOK at this magnificent beast

250$, 10 feet tall, he needs to be mine. Joanne's Fabrics had a 10 foot skeleton that didn't move for 500$ (and already sold out of the first round). The ONLY thing stopping me is where would I store him? In my rat infested storage unit? Sigh. I want him.

So yeah mom and I were out and about. After looking at fabrics/victorian patterns at Joanne's it sinks in it would cost me nearly the same to BUY it from this seller on ETSY I've been eyeballing and embellish it and/or make the crinoline. Hell I'm not even sure how this artist is making money giving the cost of fabric. The one she makes I really want is sadly taffeta and that's a hard pass for me.

32 photos from the James Webb telescope gorgeous, loved it


So I don't have a lot of fannish enthusiasm tonight but I do have something to talk about because it keeps me from spiraling which is what my brain is trying tonight.


As you know The Owl House is my latest fannish obsession. I got these this week.





Adagio tea (very nice online tea source) has blends where you can make fannish blends. I have long wanted to do that. It first occurred to me with Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Fullmetal Alchemist but both had plenty of teas already and I didn't know exactly how it was done anyhow and since there were so many blends on offer I didn't pursue learning how.

Then I got into (and still am naturally) Prodigal Son and there weren't any. I did start looking into it but then my accident happened and you know the battle to get back on my feet. I never got to find out would I need to buy samples of everything I wanted to blend and do this by trial and error or what.

So there are a couple The Owl House blends and I got mine from here As you can see in the pic I have Amity/Luz and I was wanting Hunter/Willow for reasons but Willow is mixed with chamomile and that's the problem with these fannish blends.

So many of them end up blending chamomile, rooibos, and other herbals. I don't like them but more importantly chamomile and other herbals CAN interact with medications like those for depression and blood thinners. Chamomile is a blood thinner problem. I can't have it (sorry Willow) While I could surely test a sample without much harm why bother? I can't have it in the long run and the samples aren't cheap.

Maybe I shall look into this further. Maybe you have limits on what you can blend (wouldn't surprise me because some teas are pricier than others) I would like to play with this. That said, I have only had time to try Luz and Hunter. Luz's is okay, the blueberry is a bit faint so it's mostly lemon. Hunter does taste a bit like a cinnamon roll and that's fitting because he is one. I want to try the others from this seller.


As for The Owl House I've been at it about 14 months now and there are 38 stories right here I only wrote a few last year because I'd only seen S1. Once I got S2 (and then 3) it took off. Enjoy.

Comments

[jenett]

I haven't fiddled with an Adagio blend in a few years, but the basic process is you pick stuff to be the base (so that might be black tea, or it might be roiboos, or it might be hibiscus for a herbal: they have a list) and then you can add other things, flavouring, etc. You can adjust the percentages, too.

The cost is based on which of those things you choose (more expensive stuff, more expensive blend), but there's a fairly decent range.

I'm also in the camp of people who can't drink chamomile because of ragweed allergies and they make me react often enough I shouldn't push it.

[cornerofmadness]

Thanks so much that's helpful. That's rather what I thought it might be from what little I looked at. It looks like it would be fun to do

I can tell you from experience I have reacted to chamomile with my ragweed allergies. So even before the blood thinners I wouldn't drink it (and it is in almost every herbal I run across regardless who's making it)

[dewladen]

Omg those little birds from The Owl House are so cute.

I like Adagio tea too! Someone made a unique blend for one of our friends' (who does the monthly subscription) wedding gift. Hope that you can make a tea that works out for you!

[havocthecat]

That magnificent beast is blocked from my view, but I think you should totally get him.

[cornerofmadness]

Oops, try again. It didn't save me changing the video to public. side eyes stupid facebook.

I wish I had a place to store him.

[cornerofmadness]

The birds actually came from a National park BUT the character in my icon, they're both his palismen, a sort of familiar (if you've not seen the show)

Adagio does good tea. How cool to make a personal wedding blend

[havocthecat]

Seriously. Because that is AMAZING.

[binary_sunset]

Hm, I didn't know that about chamomile! I can't say I drink it too-too often (I love a good sleepytime tea, but I mainly use my plan chamomile bags for witchcraft lol). I've never noticed any interactions with my medications personally, but it's always important to know what might mess with them.

I also adore your Flapjack and Waffles plushies! I've had my eye on this keychain from Etsy but I've been saving up for big purchases like a responsible adult >.

[cornerofmadness]

Isn't he? Sigh

[lilly_c]

He looks awesome!

[cornerofmadness]

thanks, he does

[cornerofmadness]

Oddly enough in spite of my interest and research into ethnobotany and herbal medicine, i never thought about herbal teas (bad doctor, no cookie) until I was writing a script for the virtual Prodigal Son season we did last year and as a teaser they asked me to do recipes for the spa stuff in my script.

I knew St John's wort was a huge no with cold medicine so I looked it up and that led me to looking up all the herbs and I'm like wow....so no herbals for me. (Now I have a good excuse. I don't like them anyhow)

Thanks I came up out of Carlsbad Caverns into their gift shop (natch) and there they were. They're technically nat'l park life birds I think but I'm like Waffles and Flap. Had to buy them. They even have bird sound devices in them.

I like the keychain. I'm either eyeing this up or I have already bought it (I'm waiting on this seller for something)
but they're cute

[shanachie_quill]

The only thing stopping me from buying some of the bigger things is storage (and the knowledge that I'll sell my house one day and have to trash them, I'm sure).

I love those teas! Well, teas from that place.

Can you ask the girl if she can make it out of something other than taffata? I've had the experience that I can request and special order things (for no more money than a regular order).

[binary_sunset]

Oh I'm fascinated with ethnobotany! I ate up Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer and now I'm frothing at the mouth about plants!

They're so cute! I love that they make noises!

Yeah, the artist ships from Spain, so even once I have enough for a Flappy, it'll take forever to get here :sob:

[cornerofmadness]

me too. I used to be a wound care doctor so I have an interest in antisepsis and my university is small so some of what I'd love to research I can't. I can, however, do ethnobotanical research and I do. Ah, a friend got me that book but I won't be seeing it til Yule. I'm looking forward to it.

They're so cute. If they had a crow/raven I'd have bought that too (as they're a favorite bird)

yeah I always forget to look at that and something I bought was shipping from Israel and I'm like oh boy. I did order those charms because I just got the shipping notice (and Belos-Possessed Hunter too because I make good choices)

[cornerofmadness]

Same here with the big stuff on all counts

Adagio does have good teas

I actually planned to do that. I mean all she can say is no and I'd buy the other one from her. I know I can make the crinoline no problem. I could make an overskirt too to snazz up plainer ones. I like that she has her measurements there so I know in inches what the sizes are, none of this guessing is this 2X a real 2x or will it fit someone 110 pounds

[binary_sunset]

Oh, I hope you enjoy it! And enjoy your research!

I love ravens and crows too! They're so smart!

I don't mind if things take a while to ship if I'm just ordering them for myself, but it does become kind of nervewracking around Christmas lol.

[cornerofmadness]

Thanks

Crows and ravens really are. I had a raven take a deep interest in me at the Tower of London

Yeah I hear that.

[shanachie_quill]

I just want to throw it ALL out. But anyway.

They doooo.

What happened with the skirt?

[cornerofmadness]

She said it needs to be in that fabric but invited me to check out her cotton offerings which I said I would do

[shanachie_quill]

Of course it does. I'm not surprised.

Hope you find something.

[cornerofmadness]

she has several in cotton that would work just not as fancy (also less fancy priced so there's that)

[shanachie_quill]

Less fancy priced is awesome!