( VINTAGE CLOTHING )

I honestly do not remember ordering this. Of course, Friday the 13th of June was both the zombiepocalyspe and the day my AC curled up and died, so it's entirely possible that I ordered Thirteen and then promptly forgot about it in all the hullabaloo. *helpless shrug* You tell me, I just live here....

( Thirteen )

( Fascinum )

So, I took part in the Four Seasons Inquisition and came up Autumn. The spray and the bath oil both smell delicious, as does the perfume oil. However, as soon as I put a dab of the oil on my wrist, I started sneezing my head off. Have no idea which note is causing the trouble, but whatever it is, my allergies Do Not Like It.

Woe.

Yardwork + humidity = UGH. I pruned the orange tree, and the ailing carrotwood tree, plus weeded the herb bed and the jasmine. Got about half the branches dragged to the curb when I ran out of steam and had to stop. The big clue that it was time to quit? When I tried to take a drink of Gatorade and my hands were shaking so bad I could barely ( Read more... )

( The Robotic Scarab )

I haven't made this in a while, but for some reason I am craving it today. The original recipe called for plums, but I found that to be way too sweet and substituted mangoes. Goes great over rice as a main meal if you're a vegetarian, or as a side dish with Jamaican jerk chicken if you're not.

( Black beans with mango and peppers )

My first attempt at a meat pie. My crust was lopsided and the filling came out a bit dry, but it tasted pretty darned good.

( Tourtiere recipe. )

Yay! My samples from BPAL's new steampunk line have arrived! First up is ( The Antikythera Mechanism. )

( At last! A limited edition blend that actually works on me! )