Pip's pictures

Adagio Tea

2009-11-17T12:06:00.000-08:00

Adagio Teas is a high quality gourmet tea distributor. They sell loose full-leaf tea, which gives the best flavor. To quote Adagio's website:

"Adagio Teas began ten years ago with the desire to introduce customers to an array of gourmet hand picked, whole leaf teas and herbals sourced directly from growers around the world. When we started, many tea drinkers were accustomed to having low quality bags filled with tea dust as their only option. It has been our mission to bring tea lovers in all corners of the United States and Canada fresh seasonal teas with abundant flavor and intoxicating aromas that will delight them daily. Whether you enjoy whimsical blended teas or serious single origin varietals, you will always have many choices at Adagio.

That being said, Adagio is also pretty expensive. The price varies with the kind of tea you are buying, of course, but it's generally much more than you'd pay for 'regular' tea at the grocery store, and you have to pay shipping, which is $3.75.

The gift certificate above can only be used for a purchase of $5.00 or more (and I think it might only be for first time adagio customers), which means that you *have* to pay at least $3.75 no matter what you choose to buy. If you want to try loose full-leaf tea, what I would advise doing with the gift card is buying a sampler of 2 or 3 kinds of tea. Each type of tea has a sampler that is usually $2.00, although a few are $4 and a (very) few are $1. For instance, I wanted to try a flavoured and an herbal tea, so I bought:

One sampler Christmas Tea -- $2.00
I really liked this tea. It smelled *amazing* and tasted really good, too. I think I would have preferred it with a tad more orange and spices, but on the whole I was very pleased with this. I had it plain and with milk and sugar and liked it both ways.
One sampler Foxtrot Tea -- $2.00
I really enjoyed this tea. I would have never thought of mixing Chamomile, Peppermint, and Rooibos (I don't even *like* rooibos), but I really liked this. Unusual, but yummy!
One Sampler Spearmint Tea -- $1.00
I needed something to fill out my order, and this spearmint is really good stuff. I liked it best with just a tad of sugar. It also tasted pretty good mixed in with the Christmas tea.

So, if you'd like to try 'gourmet' tea at a discounted price, you can get the gift certificate by putting your e-mail address in the box at the top of this post. They also sent me a free sample of the Virgo tea, which I didn't like *quite* as much as the others. Of course, you don't have to make the same sort of purchase I did. They have a *huge* variety of tea on their website to choose from.

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3-27-07

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3-27-07

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3-27-07

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My Peculiar Aristocratic Title

2007-01-24T15:18:00.000-08:00

My Peculiar Aristocratic Title is:
Honourable Lady Pipsqueak the Ingenious of Giggleswich Lanken
Get your Peculiar Aristocratic Title

Awwww.

2007-01-22T20:54:00.000-08:00

Okay, so he's a little on the small side, his arms are in the wrong spot (if they were in the right spot, he'd fall over and be decapitated), and his mouth, nose, and buttons are black beans. But he's still awfully cute.

Snow... finally.

2007-01-22T20:47:00.000-08:00

Snowy woods, finally.

Purple!

2006-10-28T07:41:00.000-07:00

Yes, it was really this purple outside last night.

Tennessee

2006-10-26T21:38:00.000-07:00

Tennessee

2006-10-25T11:36:00.000-07:00

How Abnormal am I, anyway?

2006-10-23T20:01:00.000-07:00

You Are 44% Abnormal

You are at medium risk for being a psychopath. It is somewhat likely that you have no soul.

You are at medium risk for having a borderline personality. It is somewhat likely that you are a chaotic mess.

You are at low risk for having a narcissistic personality. It is unlikely that you are in love with your own reflection.

You are at high risk for having a social phobia. It is very likely that you feel most comfortable in your mom's basement.

You are at low risk for obsessive compulsive disorder. It is unlikely that you are addicted to hand sanitizer.

How Abnormal Are You?

I'm in Luuuuve

2006-10-21T08:58:00.000-07:00

*dreamy smile* He's just so caaa-yute!

Tennessee

2006-10-21T08:55:00.000-07:00

Fall Creek Falls

Tennessee

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Fall Creek Falls

Tennessee

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Fall Creek Falls

The Cutest Black Lab Ever

2006-07-11T14:06:00.000-07:00

Little Siblings

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Myself

2006-07-11T13:55:00.000-07:00

This is a dress that is probably from the 40s or 50s, and has been in an old run down farm house for at least 40 years, so it's got some stains and holes. But it's gorgeous, anyway.

Mama Dove

2006-07-01T07:20:00.000-07:00

Butterfly

2006-06-07T19:29:00.000-07:00

Clouds

2006-06-07T19:28:00.000-07:00

Clouds

2006-06-07T19:24:00.000-07:00

Unknown Plant

2006-06-07T19:19:00.000-07:00

In Loving Memory

2006-06-03T09:56:00.000-07:00

The black kitten, Shadow, got hit by a car yesterday, and had to be put down.

Shadow as a very young kitten, before his eyes were opened.

Shadow, just learning to walk around.

Being carried around by adoring subjects.

My most recent picture of him.

Turtles

2006-06-01T08:13:00.000-07:00

(Click picture to enlarge. There are indeed turtles in that picture... I think there are three of them, they are on the log.)

Brown Lizard

2006-05-30T08:31:00.000-07:00

Zeus eating

2006-05-30T08:28:00.000-07:00

Girls by a lake

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“I love to think of nature as an unlimited broadcasting station, through which God speaks to us every hour, if we will only tune in.”
George Washington Carver

2006-05-23T16:23:00.000-07:00

“Men go abroad to wonder at the heights of mountains, at the huge waves of the sea, at the long courses of the rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motions of the stars, and they pass by themselves without wondering.”
Saint Augustine

Shadow

2006-05-09T18:22:00.000-07:00

(5-9-06)

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(5-9-06)

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(5-9-06)

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Whoa.

2006-05-08T16:19:00.000-07:00

He sure knows how to curl up...

2006-05-01T16:51:00.000-07:00

But doesn't he look huge?

2006-04-25T09:57:00.000-07:00

Doggy kisses... how sweet.

2006-04-25T09:52:00.000-07:00

That's one comfy cat.

This one has a name.

2006-04-24T14:34:00.000-07:00

Shadow.
(No, that's not the person's name, although it he does have one, too. But the kitten's is cuter.)

2006-04-24T13:46:00.000-07:00

Seal, exploring the wild uknown regions of a girl's ponytail.

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A Farm Boy

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2006-03-06T13:12:00.000-08:00

Arena

(known to self and others)

independent, introverted, proud, shy

Blind Spot

(known only to others)

able, caring, cheerful, complex, dependable, energetic, friendly, giving, happy, helpful, ingenious, intelligent, kind, knowledgeable, logical, loving, modest, observant, reflective, religious, sentimental, trustworthy, warm, witty

Façade

(known only to self)

silly

Unknown

(known to nobody)

accepting, adaptable, bold, brave, calm, clever, confident, dignified, extroverted, idealistic, mature, nervous, organised, patient, powerful, quiet, relaxed, responsive, searching, self-assertive, self-conscious, sensible, spontaneous, sympathetic, tense, wise

All Percentages

able (11%) accepting (0%) adaptable (0%) bold (0%) brave (0%) calm (0%) caring (11%) cheerful (22%) clever (0%) complex (22%) confident (0%) dependable (22%) dignified (0%) energetic (33%) extroverted (0%) friendly (33%) giving (22%) happy (44%) helpful (22%) idealistic (0%) independent (22%) ingenious (11%) intelligent (33%) introverted (22%) kind (22%) knowledgeable (11%) logical (11%) loving (33%) mature (0%) modest (11%) nervous (0%) observant (11%) organised (0%) patient (0%) powerful (0%) proud (11%) quiet (0%) reflective (11%) relaxed (0%) religious (11%) responsive (0%) searching (0%) self-assertive (0%) self-conscious (0%) sensible (0%) sentimental (11%) shy (33%) silly (0%) spontaneous (0%) sympathetic (0%) tense (0%) trustworthy (11%) warm (11%) wise (0%) witty (22%)

Created by the Interactive Johari Window on 6.3.2006, using data from 9 respondents.
You can make your own Johari Window, or view Pippin's full data.

2006-01-20T14:51:00.000-08:00

"When that I was and a little tiny boy,
With a hey, ho, the wind and the rain,
A foolish thing was but a toy,
For the rain it raineth every day.

But when I came to man's estate,
With a hey, ho, the wind and the rain
Gainst knaves and thieves men shut their gate
For the rain it raineth every day....

...A great while ago the world begun
With a hey, ho, the wind and the rain
But that's all one, our play is done,
And we'll strive to please you everyday."

2005-12-25T00:52:00.000-08:00

Happy Christmas!

Christmas at the Doll House.

2005-12-24T07:55:00.000-08:00

JennyAnyDots and I got this doll house for Christmas three or four years ago. It has since passed on to the First Years, and yesterday they decorated it for Christmas (with JAD's help).

This is the Doll family around their Christmas tree. I suppose they are awaiting Santa Doll. The tree is very nice, but FYG took the pictures, and it's kind of hard to see. They even have tiny presents under it.

I suppose this would be the Doll Family's Santa. He seems to have lost the majority of his reindeer. Or does Santa Doll only have one, because he's so small?

Hmmm

2005-12-23T15:35:00.000-08:00

Well, I feel like I should post something, but unfortunately, I am on the computer that has almost none of my pictures. *sigh*
Well, anyway, now that my good friend MerryK has gotten a blogger account, complete with a blog, she can comment on mine. :P

"I am an orphan. So are the others, but they are not as orphan as I am. I am extremely frequent." A. A. Milne, "Those Were the Days."
The set of short stories that is from would make an excellent movie, with actors like Hugh Laurie.

Ice.

2005-12-05T10:20:00.000-08:00

Ice.

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Lonely...

2005-11-21T07:40:00.000-08:00

I was just taking a normal picture of Zeus when he decided to shake himself all over. This was the result.

2005-11-17T09:21:00.000-08:00

I had only seen humans stick out their tongue at the camera before today.

A Rainy Day

2005-11-15T17:00:00.000-08:00

The grass looks very green in the rain

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The Road goes ever on and on
Down from the door where it began.
Now far ahead the Road has gone,
And I must follow, if I can,
Pursuing it with eager feet,
Until it joins some larger way
Where many paths and errands meet.
And whither then? I cannot say.

-- J R R Tolkien

A bird's nest

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2005-11-02T11:39:00.000-08:00

The spirits of the air live on the smells
Of fruit; and joy, with pinions light, roves round
The gardens, or sits singing in the trees."
Thus sang the jolly Autumn as he sat;
Then rose, girded himself, and o'er the bleak
Hills fled from our sight; but left his golden load.

- William Blake, To Autumn

2005-11-02T11:37:00.000-08:00

Pokeberry

2005-11-02T11:36:00.000-08:00

Autumn arrives, array'd in splendid mein;
Vines, cluster'd full, add to the beauteous scene,
And fruit-trees cloth'd profusely laden, nod,
Complaint bowing to the fertile sod.
- Farmer's Almanac (1818)

Shagbark hickory

2005-11-02T11:34:00.000-08:00

The morns are meeker than they were,
The nuts are getting brown;
The berry's cheek is plumper,
The rose is out of town.
The maple wears a gayer scarf,
The field a scarlet gown.
Lest I should be old-fashioned,
I'll put a trinket on.
- Emily Dickinson

Watch for Bear crossing

2005-11-01T19:57:00.000-08:00

My other nickname is Bear. Hence the "Watch for Bear crossing."

2005-11-01T19:56:00.000-08:00

Poor thing!

2005-11-01T19:49:00.000-08:00

Don't worry, the kitten was fine. It evidently loves peanut butter.

2005-10-18T20:42:00.000-07:00

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A beautiful white fox seen at a park. He is looking at a treat.

2005-10-15T15:26:00.000-07:00

Click here to hear me playing Raisins and Almonds on the piano.

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Strawberry, our mini-horse.

2005-10-05T10:31:00.000-07:00

This is one of our kittens, a few weeks ago. It's a bit bigger now.

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Why I made this blog

2005-10-04T10:33:00.000-07:00

Oh, read the description, that's why I made this blog. :p I'd post a picture right now, but I am on the computer that doesn't have ANY of my pictures.

~Pip