Another beautiful day in the neighborhood

Its a gorgeous, quiet morning here at the Tryst Inn. The furries are lying about the house, trying to look infinately affectionate while eyeing my breakfast. The rabbits are bounding about outside playing the rabbit version of leap frog and the cat is supervising the Spiral Walk to keep tabs on the local bird population.

Its amazing how much more peaceful the world is when your Nyquil hasn't worn off yet.

Yeah, I caught another cold.

By popular demand - Spanky's Ride

Now, unfortunately, since Spanky is still in her/his infancy, the critter is too small to be seen in the Bug, as the "door" blocks the view.

Spankyville or Spanky Town, you decide?

Here's Spanky's Home, yeah - spoiled, eh? Sad thing is - I have more stuff, this is roughly half, but as she's so tiny, I'm going to let her grow into her environment.

The Spiral Walk

Okay, okay, so the folk who have been bugging me via YIM asking about the Spiral Walk - geesh. Your every wish is my command.

Sorry the spiral walk is currently in the shade - the sun won't crest the top of the house until this afternoon, by which point the glare will be too intense to see the stones that outline the spiral.



Also, please note my beautiful border, complete with gazing ball, ugly satelite dish and herbs.

Great Nettle information

Since I'm drinking a gallon of this stuff a day, this is comforting:

--Action and Uses---Although not prescribed by the British Pharmacopceia, the Nettle has still a reputation in herbal medicine, and is regarded in homoeopathy as a useful remedy. Preparations of the herb have astringent properties and act also as a stimulating tonic.

Nettle is anti-asthmatic: the juice of the roots or leaves, mixed with honey or sugar, will relieve bronchial and asthmatic troubles and the dried leaves, burnt and inhaled, will have the same effect. The seeds have also been used in consumption, the infusion of herb or seeds being taken in wineglassful doses. The seeds and flowers used to be given in wine as a remedy for ague. The powdered seeds have been considered a cure for goitre and efficacious in reducing excessive corpulency.

In old Herbals the seeds, taken inwardly, were recommended for the stings or bites of venomous creatures and mad dogs, and as an antidote to poisoning by Hemlock, Henbane and Nightshade.

A quaint old superstition existed that a fever could be dispelled by plucking a Nettle up by the roots, reciting thereby the names of the sick man and also the names of his parents.

Preparations of Nettle are said to act well upon the kidneys, but it is a doubtful diuretic, though it has been claimed that incipient dropsy may be remedied by tea made from the roots.

A novel treatment for diabetes was reported by a sufferer from that disease in the daily press of April, 1926, it being affirmed that a diet of young Nettles (following a two days' fast) and drinking the brew of them had been the means of reducing his weight by 6 stone in three days and had vastly improved his condition.

An efficient Hair Tonic can be prepared from the Nettle: Simmer a handful of young Nettles in a quart of water for 2 hours, strain and bottle when cold. Well saturate the scalp with the lotion every other night. This prevents the hair falling and renders it soft and glossy. A good Nettle Hair Lotion is also prepared by boiling the entire plant in vinegar and water, straining and adding Eau de Cologne.

For stimulating hair growth, the old herbalists recommended combing the hair daily with expressed Nettle juice.

The homoeopathic tincture of Nettle is made of 2 OZ. of the herb to 1 pint of proof spirit.

The powder of the dried herb is administered in doses of 5 to 10 grains.

From: http://www.botanical.com/botanical/mgmh/n/nettle03.html#lesmed

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You are Form 5, Dragon: The Weaver.

"And The Dragon seperated the virtuous from
the sinful. He tore his eyes from his sockets
and used them to peer into the souls of those
on trial to make a judgement. He knew that
with endless knowledge came endless
responsibility."

Some examples of the Dragon Form are Athena
(Greek), St. Peter (Christian), and Surya
(Indian).
The Dragon is associated with the concept of
intelligence, the number 5, and the element of
wood.
His sign is the crescent moon.

As a member of Form 5, you are an intelligent and
wise individual. You weigh options by looking
at how logical they are and you know that while
there may not always be a right or wrong
choice, there is always a logical one. People
may say you are too indecisive, but it's only
because you want to do what's right. Dragons
are the best friends to have because they're
willing to learn.


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I am SO not going to live this one down.