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"It is not that I am mad; it is only that my head is different from yours.”
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I went to a bee farm when I was a kid. It was cool.
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"Personal note: When I was a little kid my mother told me not to stare into the sun. So once when I was six, I did. At first the brightness was overwhelming, but I had seen that before. I kept looking, forcing myself not to blink, and then the brightness began to dissolve. My pupils shrunk to pinholes and everything came into focus and for a moment I understood. The doctors didn't know if my eyes would ever heal."
-Pi
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"It is not that I am mad; it is only that my head is different from yours.”
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Honey isn't 'pasteurised', as such - it is heated to dissolve the sugar crystals that can form when it is stored in too cool a place. Some honeys crystalise more readily than others - it depends on the source of the nectar, honey from oil seed rape crystalises in the comb overnight and is the bane of beekeepers (unless they are specifically harvesting from that source in which case the hives are set up accordingly), as it can't be spun out of the combs and can only be cut out and pressed.
If you have a jar of honey that was clear but has gone solid and opaque, you can restore the viscosity by putting the jar in the microwave (minus the lid, of course!) for short bursts of heat until it goes clear again.
Commercial honey is often blended from several different sources (and possibly heated to give it a consistent viscosity) so perhaps what was meant by 'raw' honey was a honey from a small producer who doesn't blend the product. Support your local beekeeper for a clearer, softer skin!
I hear there is a farmers' market not too far from here (my neighbour goes there every week)... Probably I can get it from there but who's to get up at 6 am on a Sunday to get raw honey for the skin?
I am thinking sleep is more important than honey for healthy skin... Yes?
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Is there such a time as 6am on a Sunday?Do you have a healthfood shop near you, Sher? Not one of the chains but an independent one? They sometimes act as an outlet for local beekeepers. Or sometimes independent pharmacists keep local honey because it is said to be good for allergies, as is the pollen, if you can get it.
I get raw honey from the grocery store. It's usually either in the ehalth food section or with the rest of the honey.
Do, or do not. There is no try. - Yoda
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Just like all the rest of my laundry - I set up a laundry rack and hang them to dry. The only place in this apartment where the laundry rack fits is right in front of the door - so basically it's the first thing you see when you step into the apartmentWell, there's only two girls living here and we don't get much visitors, so it's alright
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Little Lotte thought of everything and nothing. Her hair was golden as the sun's rays and her soul as clear and blue as her eyes.
Gaston Leroux - The Phantom of the Opera
Luckily, I don't have the problem of drying delicates. As I live in the tropics [Caribbean], we have heat all year round. I have one of those umbrella racks with the hanging clothes pegs, so I jsut hand wash the delicates and hang them up in my spare bathroom...which again luckliy I have.
On a more serious note though. THis week I'm 37 weeks pregnant. My husband and I went to see the Dr yesterday, and so I'M GOING IN THIS SATURDAY TO HAVE LABOUR INDUCED!
I'm a little of everything: excited, anxious, impatient, scared, worried, numb..lol.
Any advice from anyone?
"My warm hands have made the paper limp,
So that its feel reminds me of slept-in sheets: comfortable and safe"
"All these things I say... I say them because I want you to know, I don't ever want to regret afterwards that I didn't say enough, I would rather say too much." ~ Samuel Selvon
Ooh, good luck then. I hope everything goes well.
Why induce? Or too difficult to talk about it sorry in that case)...
One has to laugh before being happy, because otherwise one risks to die before having laughed.
"Je crains [...] que l'âme ne se vide à ces passe-temps vains, et que le fin du fin ne soit la fin des fins." (Edmond Rostand, Cyrano de Bergerac, Acte III, Scène VII)
Oh, wow, that is exciting news, Tournesol. I know you and the baby will be just fine. All you really need is a little bit of time to drink each other in and become a family.
Good luck!
"The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its' own reason for existing." ~ Albert Einstein
"Remember, no matter where you go, there you are." Buckaroo Bonzai "Some people say I done alright for a girl." Melanie Safka
Every good wish for Saturday, Tournesol.