Garlic Flower Buds

This is the second draft I started in July, 2011. These pictures had to be taken in April or earlier when fresh garlic is in season. These are garlic flowers and I was told that they are edible when I bought them. It did have a mild garlic flavor.

Sauteed garlic flowers with chicken and whatever the green leafy vegetable I had. It was ok. The flowers were a little tough so I cooked it longer than I should have. Figuring out the right cooking time is always a challenge when I cook new ingredients. It would have been better in a strong sauce like black bean sauce.

Ghinji and Renjirow

I started working on this post in July of 2011 and forgot about it. My extreme laziness would not allow me to rewrite so I'm posting it as is.

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I made a slightly larger frog Renjirow 2 months ago.  The only thing I did different for this one is to use a 4mm hook instead of 3.75mm hook I usually like to use.  I just wanted to see how loose it would turn out to be.  It didn't get as loose as I thought.  I used the same yarn for all three frogs.

Ghinji was my newest cat...the reason I have to put it in past tense is that Ghinji and Renjirow are on their way to Japan.  They will got their separate ways, however, I have arranged good families to adopt them upon arrival.
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"Sora, you need to practice yoga. Someone this inflexible cannot be called a cat"

Sloths have taken over my brain...oh my brain

It's been over a year since the last post. I did not have time or energy to devote for creating things and, as a handmade junkie, I need my fix now. There is a list of things I want to make over the summer such as more crochet aliens and something to do with sloth.

Sloth! I've been obsessed with sloths for about two years. It all started when I adopted Slowpoke at the thrift store (owned by a local animal shelter) I used to volunteer once a week. My first impression was "What is this ugly plush that resembles a middle aged man in whole body suit?" I mean, look at him

and compare it to this picture (<- click). They have to be related. His unattractive appearance made me realize that no one would adopt him and he would eventually end up in the dumpster behind the store along with other items no one wanted to buy. His adoption fee was two dollars. His only friend is a baby devil duck. However, his happy sloth genes keeps him smiling even after everything he went through: being abandoned by his owner, getting squished into toy basket at the thrift store, and being brought to home where two scary felines roam.

After that, I kept noticing numerous sloth pictures and videos all over the Internet. They are everywhere. It is some sort of sloth brainwash. It's even on my tofu package.

If anyone wants to join me and adore sloths, check out these videos:

Yawning baby sloth


Baby sloth bath time


Sloth crossing the road