Do you ever treat yourself to something outrageously expensive?
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Comments (130)There are many bonsai trees bought/sold for prices in excess of one million dollars. In other countries, patrons purchase the trees as investments and entrust them to the care of their favorite (bonsai) master. It's very common for the trees winning their category at bonsai shows in Europe & Asia, especially Asia, to never have been touched (worked on) by the owner - only the master or perhaps one of his favored apprentices, depending on the value of the tree....See MoreEver find yourself talking to your garden? What do you say?
Comments (20)This is fun to read.:) Each time I plant something I say "(name of plant) please come grow in my garden." When I'm planting with my grandkids in the little plots I've made for them at their homes, we say it together and it's a fun little ritual (ages 2 and 3). Also, I express a lot of gratitude, maybe wordlessly, as the garden grows and looks amazing, and produces. I also seem to remember a few cheering sessions, like when something peeks up over the soil, as in "Yay! you look marvelous!" Katie, I remember that study from ages ago. Would be interesting to google if anything has been replicated and researched in a way that would -- no pun intended -- hold water. My mom visited Findhorn in the 80's, so it runs in the family....See MoreHow do you treat yourself?
Comments (28)I do the same as Zalco, because I would also just be sitting and reading (and nibbling) - the list motivates me and keeps me on track. So today I crossed off picking the blueberries, deadheading, weeding and mowing. Yesterday I crossed off cutting the rubber stair treads to fit the basement stairs, and fastening them in place. Tomorrow I aim to fix my leaky sillcock. Reward - is really the satisfaction and sense of accomplishment of getting things done. But, tonight I am having Ice cream because it was hot outside today and I worked anyway!...See MoreDo you consider yourself a Foodie?
Comments (111)@Jilly, you found a picture of the pizza guy in Rome! The Laws of Cooking and How to Break Them by Justin Warner is very interesting. It starts off talking about why peanut butter and jelly work and how it is similar to a pizza. From an interview on The Splendid Table: Take for example a great pizza from some Neapolitan place. Why does it always work? Why does pizza almost always work? You have something fruity, tomato, you have something rich and fatty, cheese, and then you have something to spread it on. If you look at peanut butter and jelly, it's the exact same thing. This combination of fat, fruit and something to spread it on is an archetype. It's a law. The reason I call it the law of peanut butter and jelly is because peanut butter and jelly is really the first complex dish that we learn to make as children in America. His recipe for Foie Gras Doughnut Holes: https://www.splendidtable.org/story/2016/01/22/foie-gras-doughnut-holes I think I would like them. I’d eat foie gras on bark!...See Morepartst
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