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Universe Tea - Blog 2018

January 1st, 2018, 2:28 pm

ImageWelcome for a cup of tea in this nuclear-free zone.  :)
 
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Re: Universe Tea - Blog 2018

January 1st, 2018, 3:05 pm

Nice!

(Technically, that image shows a stellar amount of nuclear activity. ;) )
 
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Re: Universe Tea - Blog 2018

January 1st, 2018, 3:24 pm

Haha - indeed!  But it is far, far away so there are no fancy primates messing around with it.

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Here at home today, the cold snap continues:

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January 1st, 2018, 3:40 pm

let's hope the tea service is better than in 2017

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Re: Universe Tea - Blog 2018

January 1st, 2018, 3:48 pm

One never knows what sorts of primates, reptilians, arthropods, or maybe cephalopods are mucking about out there.
 
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Re: Universe Tea - Blog 2018

January 1st, 2018, 3:51 pm

Only formal tea ceremony for Cuchulainn this year.

The trick is - to enter the tea house, you have to crawl through a very small doorway (the "nijiriguchi").

Do you know why?

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January 1st, 2018, 4:02 pm

One never knows what sorts of primates, reptilians, arthropods, or maybe cephalopods are mucking about out there.
You mean, bloodsuckers?
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Re: Universe Tea - Blog 2018

January 1st, 2018, 5:25 pm

ImageThis is what I would have liked for New Year's Day.
But around here, you tend to get leeches or other atrocities instead. :D

It's fine, I will go and buy myself some white roses at the local luxury farm stand.
 
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Re: Universe Tea - Blog 2018

January 1st, 2018, 5:40 pm

Only formal tea ceremony for Cuchulainn this year.

The trick is - to enter the tea house, you have to crawl through a very small doorway (the "nijiriguchi").

Do you know why?
japanese for cat-flap?
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It symbolically separates the small, simple, quiet inside from the crowded, overwhelming outside world, although why they can't do that with a door instead of a cat-flap escapes me
 
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Re: Universe Tea - Blog 2018

January 1st, 2018, 5:51 pm

ImageThis is what I would have liked for New Year's Day.
But around here, you tend to get leeches or other atrocities instead. :D

It's fine, I will go and buy myself some white roses at the local luxury farm stand.
You'll need to post some barrier options to keep us barbarians out of your more civilized threads.
 
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January 1st, 2018, 6:12 pm

Leeches reduce blood pressure! Something roses cannot do. Think about it.

Leeches stick to you through thick and thin. Roses are more fickle, the fall off, one by one.
 
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Re: Universe Tea - Blog 2018

January 1st, 2018, 6:47 pm

Leeches reduce blood pressure! Something roses cannot do. Think about it.
if you stop and smell the roses, that helps reduce blood pressure
 
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Re: Universe Tea - Blog 2018

January 2nd, 2018, 3:30 am

It is all fine. Time for a wilderness adventure soon - and maybe some skiing not too far north of here.

Did you see the Super Moon?
 
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January 2nd, 2018, 12:29 pm

Great stretch in the evenings


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Re: Universe Tea - Blog 2018

January 2nd, 2018, 12:45 pm

After a cup of tea, of course. 
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