Best Packaging Ever
A friend gave me a bag of Lion Coffee (“The King Of Coffees”) on Sunday, which she had brought from Hawaii. I had no idea Hawaii had a fairly famous coffee brand, let alone a fairly famous coffee brand with awesome packaging!
Not only is there a lion wearing a sailor hat, the lion has EYEBROWS. And there are coffee beans in grass skirts DANCING THE HULA above him. Even better, the text, which you probably can’t make out, says both “The cup that cheers” and “A Century of Wisdom In Every Roast!”.
My own bag is of Kona Organic, which I had with pineapple rice pudding this morning, while admiring the delight that is the Lion Coffee packaging.
(Incidentally, I’ve been on a vaguely tropical food kick–the rice pudding, coconut cheesecake, pineapple salsa, sangria, etc. I think part of me is hoping that eating the food of sunny climates will help me get tan.)
Best Packaging Ever
Have You Any Wool?
Saturday was shearing day at Blue Moon Ranch!
It started with getting alpacas into the barn.
Then they were wrangled into the shearing station, where they couldn’t kick or squirm and get accidentally cut.
Alpacas spit when they’re mad or scared. Shearing makes them mad AND scared, so there was a lot of spitting. So much spitting, in fact, some of them got a sock as a temporary spit shield.
My job wasn’t so spitty: I got to label and bag the fleece after it was off the animal.
In spite of the spit and the scared alpaca noises, after it was done, they seemed fine. Just much smaller.
Friday Unrelated Information
1. I finished what I was calling the Lincoln Green Robin Hood Tunic-y Thing this week. Its new name is the Green Tunic-y Thing That Disturbingly Reminds Me of The Jolly Green Giant. (There may or may not be pictures next week.)
2. Tomorrow is shearing day at Blue Moon Ranch! I’ll be wrangling alpacas! And I’ll get to see Ziggy Marley, the first cria (baby) of the season. (Click to see Ziggy Marley, but be prepared to shout, “Gaaaah!” due to his extreme cuteness.)
And Then There Will Be A Vortex Of Craft And I Might Be Sucked Into Another Dimesion
I think the first crafty skill I learned was embroidery. (I’m assuming making bridles and blankets for my model horses doesn’t count, of course.) But for years I didn’t really have a craft hobby, because I was a musician and I felt guilty about having any hobby other than practicing. About four years ago I had a return to craftiness: I decided, out of nowhere, to embroider a pillowcase set for my roommate. He ended up with two sets and I thought, “Hm, craft hobbies…they have possibilities.” Then I learned how to knit, and then I started sewing again, and now I’m on a veritable runaway train of craft.
On my craft train, I once again want to embroider something. But now, I’m not content with “His” and “His” pillowcases, oh no. Now I am COMBINING crafts. I thought, “Wouldn’t a red apron top with piping on it be really cute…with embroidered pockets?”
I decided it would be and started a pocket last night.
But I’m a little concerned what all this craft-combining is going to do to the universe. The energy I spend on any ONE craft is enormous; what will the energy of TWO combined crafts in one finished item do?
Quotes From The Internet
What did we do for fun without the internet? Where would gems like these come from? Like this headline, from Gawker:
Lindsay Lohan Arrested For Drunk Driving After Her Car Crashes Under The Weight Of Its Cocaine Bounty
And this quote, from the Blueprint magazine staff blog: “About a year ago, I acquired a stuffed-animal-making habit with her super-easy Steve the Cat pattern [ever write a sentence and then think, how did anyone ever agree to marry me?].”
Hey, I think that ALL THE TIME.
It Was Like A Band Reunion, But With Drink Umbrellas
News Flash
So I was going to post about the weekend, and the party, and how after living alone for nearly three months I’ve turned into the talkiest girl in the world if I have a drink in a social situation, but that will have to wait until tomorrow. Because BoingBoing, source of all my internet news, just told me there is a new Ray Bradbury book out. And it’s a SEQUEL to Dandelion Wine.
Because I worry about these things, I’ve been half afraid that Bradbury would be dying soon (he’s 87!)but no, he goes and writes a sequel to my favorite book of his, originally published in 1957. And according to the BoingBoing review, it’s as good as the first one.
Hot damn, get me to the library!