Peaches and Darksuckers
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izmeinaStrange days in Izzieland. Strange how confusing it can be to change routine. Normally the Izzie now does her lurking on Thursdays. Fridays is reserved for a visit to Dursleyville for our 7am public speaking group meeting followed by slinking about in the gorgeous Queens Gardens nearby (with lots of very grey and fluffy black swan babies) before catching the CAT bus to dreary downtown Dursleyville and lunchie munchies in the very kosher Annalakshmi
But due to certain astronomical events and associated rituals , a bit of tweeking was in order.
But today, Lazy Izzie switched off both 5.30 am alarms and did snoozies instead. Original intention was to go to the meeting and then the gardens before catching the grand scenic river tour 158 bus some time after 10am and spending the rest of the day in Fremantle.
Did not get up until about 11am. Bad bad serpent. Was almost wondering if it was even worth going but went in the end. Not least because the next opportunity would not be until next Thursday but also because the Fremantle Heritage festival is coming up and there's lots of choosing to do. That the Izzie holidays are at the same time is no longer coincidence
Popped into a hardware store enroute - a place we know that sells evil Oz weeds as packets of seeds. A better way of sending banksias half way across the planet than with pods and all and probably a much higher germination success rate. But the little buggers didn't have banksias. So looks like we'll have to find more seed bearing pods to bake.
Next stop was the Potions Mistress - an acquaintance of the Serpent who runs her own soap making business. Izzie counts her beans for free as she cannot afford to pay a proper goblin and the Izzie needs a bit of real life practice while procrastinating.
She just happens to be a ten minute walk away from Peaches - the most evil and decadent kosher grocery store the Iz has seen since the absolutely fabulous Bio Basics in Vienna. Nowhere near in the same league but not bad for beginnners.
No purple potatoes this time but we could not resist a biodynamic honey and chai flavoured yogurt as well as the usual jars of unhulled tahini. Got some conventional sweet potatoes which will find themselves buried in the Serpent's Lair as yet another source of cheap seed material.
The final stop was the Izzie's most sacred site at the Garden of Arcane Delights but not before popping into the museum there to pick up a program. Promptly booked the most intriguing sounding lectures - one on the topic of "Light Bubbles - a history of the light bulb" and the other "Darksuckers - a theory of the Dark" Not as evil as it sounds but even if they were discussing the germination rates of kikuyu grass seed, the Iz would turn up - any excuse to lurk in Sacred Space.
Another talk on offer but some place else which the Izzie must unconditionally book is one on the art of conserving and preserving books by some critter from a company called Biblio Folio. Izzie would have loved to see the original of the species - Pfistomel Smeik - but Douglas Firth will do.
Such a busy Izzie we will be over the next two weeks.
But due to certain astronomical events and associated rituals , a bit of tweeking was in order.
But today, Lazy Izzie switched off both 5.30 am alarms and did snoozies instead. Original intention was to go to the meeting and then the gardens before catching the grand scenic river tour 158 bus some time after 10am and spending the rest of the day in Fremantle.
Did not get up until about 11am. Bad bad serpent. Was almost wondering if it was even worth going but went in the end. Not least because the next opportunity would not be until next Thursday but also because the Fremantle Heritage festival is coming up and there's lots of choosing to do. That the Izzie holidays are at the same time is no longer coincidence
Popped into a hardware store enroute - a place we know that sells evil Oz weeds as packets of seeds. A better way of sending banksias half way across the planet than with pods and all and probably a much higher germination success rate. But the little buggers didn't have banksias. So looks like we'll have to find more seed bearing pods to bake.
Next stop was the Potions Mistress - an acquaintance of the Serpent who runs her own soap making business. Izzie counts her beans for free as she cannot afford to pay a proper goblin and the Izzie needs a bit of real life practice while procrastinating.
She just happens to be a ten minute walk away from Peaches - the most evil and decadent kosher grocery store the Iz has seen since the absolutely fabulous Bio Basics in Vienna. Nowhere near in the same league but not bad for beginnners.
No purple potatoes this time but we could not resist a biodynamic honey and chai flavoured yogurt as well as the usual jars of unhulled tahini. Got some conventional sweet potatoes which will find themselves buried in the Serpent's Lair as yet another source of cheap seed material.
The final stop was the Izzie's most sacred site at the Garden of Arcane Delights but not before popping into the museum there to pick up a program. Promptly booked the most intriguing sounding lectures - one on the topic of "Light Bubbles - a history of the light bulb" and the other "Darksuckers - a theory of the Dark" Not as evil as it sounds but even if they were discussing the germination rates of kikuyu grass seed, the Iz would turn up - any excuse to lurk in Sacred Space.
Another talk on offer but some place else which the Izzie must unconditionally book is one on the art of conserving and preserving books by some critter from a company called Biblio Folio. Izzie would have loved to see the original of the species - Pfistomel Smeik - but Douglas Firth will do.
Such a busy Izzie we will be over the next two weeks.
