Potter, Tea and Moss

Hey all!

     I am writing again although not much has happened here. I have been collecting the British versions of Harry Potter which I have to find a way eventually to get home when I head that way, lol, so I shall have to figure that out when the time comes. I think I will be able to read them over the Christmas break (or as I am thinking of it, the season of the non-stop Latin). I realize that they are basically the same as the American versions but I think I'll have fun with the subtle "briticization" from the version that I know. Plus, the covers are pretty cool on their own!

     I've been doing a lot of reading about Bloodfeuds and War in Scotland. Lots of overlap in subjects really. Much of all of it deals with the place it has in society and how it was actually a means of creating ties and balancing the powers within all the rungs of society.
     I've been having lots of sparkly tea to keep warm :). Its so much fun! I do spend more time than is perhaps necessary looking at the sparkly swirls but its tasty and warm. The Sparkling Sugarplum tea and the Hearthside Toddy tea has been the very best for this very grey fall that has come to Aberdeen. Its warm and wonderful and fits with the pleasant 'white cloud' weather of the season.

Since some of my herbs bit the dust while I was gone, I have decided to try a mini indoor moss garden as a replacement. I think it looks really cute (see left) and I think it should survive pretty much anything really. Its pretty cute and I think if I leave for a trip I can probably just set it outside and it will take care of itself since, well thats where everything came from in the first place. Thats a relief.