tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61082831906710153182024-02-21T09:32:18.798+10:00Janine survivingSurviving everything life throws up and sharing things that interest me.Janine Chttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11303851595351976670noreply@blogger.comBlogger76125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6108283190671015318.post-90596412538667030762018-01-19T00:33:00.004+10:002018-01-19T00:33:58.353+10:00Varanus varius<div class="ui_qtext_para" style="color: #333333; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;">
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I live in a house between a sub tropical eucalypt forest and a paddock. We have lived here for 26 years.</span></div>
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The local wildlife, much of which has been inside our house during the building process includes, wallabies (like kangaroos but smaller), <br />ringtail possums (they are very cute), <br />a variety of rat like creatures with strange names (antichinus, bandicoot), <br />echidna, <br />platypus, <br />koala, <br />fruit bats, <br />water dragons, <br />big monitor lizards (goanna), <br />scrub turkeys, <br />large carpet snakes<br />a variety of smaller snakes (some deadly), <br />an incredible range of birds (including kookaburras) <br />butterflies, <br />frogs<br />and hundreds of insects (spiders from tiny size to open hand size).</div>
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I’ve had some lovely moments with the wildlife - like accidentally stepping over a carpet snake, about 1.8 metres long, maybe 12 - 15 cms diameter. </div>
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The snake was moving very slowly because it had recently had a meal and the big lump about a third of the way down his body was proof of that. It was an afternoon in June, and he had come out of long grass in the paddock and was making his way into bush land to spend winter in a log or hole in the ground. My dog and I stood and watched his slow process. The snake couldn’t move very fast because of his full belly. It was an interesting moment.</div>
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Over the years we have saved baby kingfishers birds from drowning, taken others to the vet for help, found 9 new baby anchinus pups inside the house, been startled by wallabies who just hop out of the forest without warning, finding a dead wallaby in the bush, watched baby bush turkeys emerge from their nest mound, seen small lizards dig their little cave to lay their eggs, had magpies bring a wounded baby to us for help, and lots of other brief encounters with animals in the wild.</div>
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And they are brief because life moves on quickly, like the time I stepped out the door and came toe to toe with a lace monitor - big lizard with 6 cm claws and a very ugly face. We call them all goannas. He seemed to leap at me but actually jumped onto the wall above my head and quickly skittled up into the roof where he often had a nap.</div>
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Many times I’ve sat on the veranda at night watching a possum, often mother and baby, eating fruit which I left there. They hold the fruit with delicate little pink hands and fingers.</div>
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Just this week I was walking with my dog (different dog) and heard birds making a fuss. It was a familiar call and I must say I was really thrilled that I knew what it meant. I listened for the expected ripping sounds of talons on a tree and followed that to where I saw the birds, Noisy minors, warning all other birds that a goanna (lace monitor again) was close by. </div>
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And there he was, about 4 metres up a tree. He must have heard me coming and was getting out of the way as there was not much to the tree above him. </div>
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The birds were in surrounding trees, giving him a hard time, flying close and above him to send him on his way. He was on the opposite side of the tree to where I was standing and I had to quietly circle to see him. </div>
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Fortunately nesting season was over. Usually the goannas go up trees to eat the eggs and later the young birds and I’ve seen that happen too.</div>
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I was so excited about this encounter because I knew what the birds were saying, what they were warning about. Wow. That is sort of mind blowing.</div>
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Janine Chttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11303851595351976670noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6108283190671015318.post-91838341268602719542018-01-19T00:03:00.000+10:002018-01-19T00:03:54.058+10:00The lady in the lift<div>
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I met a lady in a lift (elevator) at the shopping centre in 2011.</div>
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I had recently had a fall at work, and cracked my elbow so I had my arm in a sling. She had braces on both her legs, on top of long trousers, and had two elbow crutches and a bag of shopping.<br />
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She looked at my arm. I looked at her legs. She smiled and I said, “You win!”<br />
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She laughed and said, “No, this was not an accident. I have (and she named a condition that I’ve forgotten but which causes muscle weakness).<br />
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I said,”I’m sorry to hear that. I know what it is as I recently met two children who have the same condition”. She named the children and their mother - she knew them.<br />
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I said, “I am using comfrey on it. That’s why I don’t have a plaster cast”.<br />
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“My neighbours call me a witch,” she said. “But when they are hurt they come over for some magic ointment”.<br />
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We got out of the lift. I asked her if I could help with her shopping bag. She said no, she would look after herself as long as she could. I watched from a distance as she walked to her car and went through a complicated process of putting the shopping in and then getting herself in with two crutches.<br />
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I knew her for five minutes. I wish I had said more.<br />
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I wish she was my friend. I liked her and I think she had a lot to share.<br />
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All right, usually pronounced as if it were a single word,
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The standard spelling is all right. Alright is common, but
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on a train, I understood that if I died at that moment the train would not
stop. Busses would still run and airplanes would still fly and the people in
this transport would go about their daily lives as if nothing had
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">This understanding was
intriguing. I don’t remember feeling grief but at age 14 you think you will live
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">What if the entire world
was here and everyone who travelled overseas and came back told invented
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">At other times I felt panic
at the thought of all the lives being lived and all the stories that could be
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">But, I’ve always been a
people watcher – wondering what was behind the 2 minutes I saw of someone’s
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<i><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">n</span></i><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">. the realization that each
random passer-by is living a life as vivid and complex as your own—populated
with their own ambitions, friends, routines, worries and inherited craziness—an
epic story that continues invisibly around you like an anthill sprawling deep
underground, with elaborate passageways to thousands of other lives that you’ll
never know existed, in which you might appear only once, as an extra sipping
coffee in the background, as a blur of traffic passing on the highway, as a
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Definition
shared from </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><a href="http://www.dictionaryofobscuresorrows.com/"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;">The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows</span></a></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> <i> - </i></span><i><span style="background: white; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">a website and YouTube channel, created by
John Koenig, that defines neologisms for emotions that do not have a
descriptive term. The dictionary includes verbal entries on the website with
paragraph-length descriptions and videos on YouTube for individual
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;">Definition Related: I heard about a book called 'Historia transversal de Floreal Menendez, which apparently means something life - Cross-sectional history of Floreal Menendez, by Leo Masliah - who is a musician.</span></div>
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<span style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">I can only find the book in Spanish, but have been told it follows a chain of people who tough the lives of each other briefly. I have a feeling that I've seen a short film on the same subject that was not in English but I can't find any reference to it ... seems like I'm the only person who's every seen it.</span></span></div>
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<span style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">What I'm talking about is not like the movies 'Crash' (2003) or 'A Long Way Down' (2014), about several people who all meet up at the end. No, this is a chain that follows the contact, not the person, and touches on the surface of several live - the camera follows me as I walk down the road and pass a boy, then the camera follows the boy, to his home, where he stops to talk to a neighbour and then the camera follows that man and what he is doing. He waves at a girl cycling by and the camera follows the girl. That is a simplified person.</span></span></div>
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Janine Chttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11303851595351976670noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6108283190671015318.post-5842100980141230452017-12-05T23:49:00.001+10:002017-12-13T02:14:40.385+10:00Stalking Hippeastrum<div class="MsoNormal">
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When I was a child we seemed to have lots of elderly female
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These old ladies had things in common.
They made pikelets and jam, had open fireplaces surrounded by dark
green or grey tiles and ornate fire guards.
Their tablecloths were lace and they used teapots. They lived in old brick
houses and liked to talk about their gardens and borders using big words like
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For most of my life I avoided these old lady symbols, though
at an age under 12 my sister and I won a prize for fancy dress, as Cinderella’s
ugly sisters wearing agapanthus on top of our heads. But now I have become the
elderly female relative in my family, owning three tea pots and growing agapanthus in my garden - next to daylilies and hippeastrums.<br />
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I had never heard of, or noticed, a hippeastrum until we
moved to Queensland. For two years we lived in an old house with the remains of
an old world garden. I had a push mower for the grass and didn’t cut the grass as often as I should have but was usually
prompted to do the job by finding a snake in the laundry or under the washing line. One day I noticed a tall
green leaf – like a tongue – growing from the short grass in a shady corner. A few weeks later the one green tongue had turned into a four long leaves and a thick straight stem (or scape) held two pink trumpet
shaped flowers. I called it the pretty lady. I was very busy during those years
and something like a flower in the lawn faded from my mind as it faded from
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But the following summer it was back ... and then we moved to another
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Around that time, a part time job took me to a local
hippeastrum farm once a month. I
couldn’t pronounce hippeastrum and never remembered it between visits. For the
first seven months I didn’t even see the flowers because it was their dormant
season. But, one day, at the end of spring, I stepped from the car to find I was
surrounded by strange shaped flowers in every possible tone of pink, red or
orange. They were stunning. </div>
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Over the
next 25 years I often drove past the farm, and at times I went in to visit. It
never occurred to me to actually buy any plants. Friends were always offering to
give me plants and cuttings but pawpaw trees and pots of parsley was all I
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My children, two jobs, extra activities like sewing, craft and
writing took up my time until I retired.
Then I picked up a lifelong goal to learn about and grow herbs -
especially those with healing properties.
There is no end to the list of plants that are good for us, to nourish
and to heal. I was fascinated by the cycle of growth, fruit, seed, growth, but I
never considered myself a gardener because I was not interested in flowers - until I
realised how important they were to attract bees to the herbs. I was successful at growing rocket and the bees love the little white flowers that precede the seed
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When we had to remove a large gum tree at
front of our house, it left a noticeable gap in the landscape we were used to. My husband bought several foxtail palms to fill the area and I was to choose something to grow under the palms, at least as ground cover. Weeding is not fun.<o:p></o:p></div>
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My first attempts failed. A native flower garden
would have been wonderful - desert pea, kangaroo paw, flannel flowers, boronia
and more. But none of these liked my patch of dirt with the type of drainage
and sunshine I had on offer. </div>
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Then, a friend decided to become a grey nomad and moved from
a house with a garden to a mobile home. One day she brought me a bucket of bare
rooted bulbs, hippeastrums, and clumps of straggly things called agapanthus and
daylilies. She thought I’d like them for
my garden. I had no idea what to do with
them, but felt I owed them a home. I had
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before we had designed and built up that garden area and I was able to make a
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I started to notice hippiastrums wherever I went in early
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Over three years later we have a population of Hippis that get three and four flowers on a stem – they thrive on neglect. They have reproduced beyond
the pots now. My day lilies are an amazing bright yellow but only last two days
at the most. The aggies take their time
forming flower balls that stay around for a week or two but they are busy,
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I thought I might start a hippeastrum collection. I went back to the Hippeastrum Farm to actually buy some. It just happened to be the last day of the year for their open season (when the flowers are in bloom) and it was the last day of the farm as it had been sold and they were moving out the next day. I became the very last customer and drove away, sadly, with four lovely blooming hippeastrums in the car.</div>
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When we find something special we
like to share it and I did, buying a flowering hippi as a birthday gift for
a friend. I turns out she loves them too. I’m now daydreaming about having my
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I will however, continue to resist the hydrangea bush so I have not
quite turned into Aunty Mabel or Aunty Flo yet but when I do it will be my
version of an old lady gardener.<o:p></o:p><br />
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Hippeastrum<o:p></o:p></div>
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Origin: subtropical regions, from Brazil to Peru, Argentina,
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Propagation: by seed or offset bulbils.<o:p></o:p></div>
Climate: subtropical or can be grown in pots inside.<br />
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Janine Chttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11303851595351976670noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6108283190671015318.post-73269523733932862252017-12-04T00:00:00.001+10:002017-12-05T19:47:04.033+10:00What is a hobby?<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 12.45pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;">
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">While filling out a
form I came to a section asking about hobbies/interests/sport. I ticked the
box. </span><br />
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Then it wanted details.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Scrambling for
the answer in my head was like looking for a handful of pins in the storage area at the end
of Raiders of the Lost Ark - my brain was overwhelmed by the task. Obviously the author of the form did not know me.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Interest? I
have many of those - should I organise them into groups or rate them from highest interest down? How do I tell what is an
interest and what is a necessary part of my life and what is a hobby? There are
some things that we do just because that is what we do.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">I looked for
definitions.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">‘A hobby is an
activity regularly carried out for pleasure in one's leisure time. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The word hobby was also found in Middle
English as a description of a small horse as in hobi or hobby horse - which
could have come from the surname Hobin, Hobert or Robert, Hobbi and Robbie
being nicknames for Robert.</span><br />
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">And it was also a migratory Old World falcon with
long narrow wings but that is another story.
So....’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">I found a list
of 50 most popular hobbies. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">More than half were what I would call sport or
physical activities so I crossed them off as not hobbies. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">I don't count
eating, cooking, walking or shopping because they are things we do to live ...
how could they be hobbies? </span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Travelling,
listening to music, sleeping and computing were on the list too - I'm surprised
that breathing wasn't there.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Reading and
writing ... we do those everyday and sometimes we extend them to reading or
writing whole books, but they are both daily activities. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Sewing, taking
photos, watching TV and movies, computing and socialising - all part-of-my-normal-daily-life.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">I like crossword
puzzles,but not the cryptic ones, and I love solving the whole puzzle so prefer it to be easy. This activity is a really good for brain function - so not a
hobby, more of a medicine.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Craft can be
anything you make yourself from knitting to woodwork and most crafts have a
practical or decorative use or give us a sense of achievement so they are
necessary to our quality of life. But it's not a matter of thinking, hmmmm, I
think I'll do some craft now – for me it's more of an extension of other things
I'm involved in or thinking about. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Of course if the
craft is sticking paddle pop sticks together or gluing pasta to paper then that
is an exercise in fine motor skills to help with more necessary activities
later on – so it’s training. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Gardening can be
a hobby or an activity. Growing food or herbs or plants add value to the
landscape, soil or wildlife, and that's not a hobby. If it's growing flowers
then that's therapy and necessary to our wellbeing. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Finally at the
bottom of the list was volunteer work. Is that a hobby? I think it's a
necessary survival activity for our society and an act of caring that benefits
the giver and the receiver. Good for mental health – so not a hobby.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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eating and sleeping – that’s what I do for pleasure during the time I have left
over from my interests and activities and my daily life.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Janine Chttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11303851595351976670noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6108283190671015318.post-15966229638434829932017-04-27T01:41:00.000+10:002017-05-09T02:47:24.380+10:00Lest We Forget<div class="MsoNormal">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">ANZAC DAY 2017: </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">So much upset this
year, caused by the thoughtless use of the phrase ‘Lest we Forget’. And </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">I am not
comfortable with the use of this now sacred phrase to promote a political point
of view – and yet, when I asked around, in person and on-line, no one could
tell me the origin or the deeper meaning apart from a ‘reminder to remember’.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">I think it’s a
warning, even a veiled threat – and with good reason. We need warnings and we need
to understand consequences – that does not stop when you grow up.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">I like to look
at origins when I am interested in a subject, to help me understand the meaning
even if it has changed from the original. I was not surprised to find that the
phrase comes from the words of Moses, in the Old Testament.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><i>Deuteronomy
6:12 (KJV) Then beware <b>lest thou forget</b> the LORD, which
brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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a warning that when we come into a time of ease and plenty our attention can
slip so that it focuses only on the good things we have and not on where they
came from.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Inspired by this
verse, Rudyard Kipling wrote his poem/hymn, ‘Recession’ in 1897. <span style="background: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">A
recessional is music or a hymn that is played at the end of a religious
service. Kipling wrote this as a reminder</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">
of the fragility of wealth and power (of the British Empire) – a warning that
if we forget how<span style="background: white;"> we achieved success, where it
came from, we may find we are lacking when we need extra. It was not written as
a memorial to those fallen in war.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><i>God
of our fathers, known of old,</i></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><i><br />
<span style="background: white;"> Lord of our far-flung battle line,</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">Beneath whose awful hand we hold</span><br />
<span style="background: white;"> Dominion over palm and pine—</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet,</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">Lest we forget—lest we forget!</span></i><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">As
these words were heard again and again, at the end of five verses, and the close
of the church service, it is easy to see that the words and meaning would be
applied to other areas as a reminder of great loss. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"> </span></div>
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<span style="background: white; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">There
are a number of modern ‘lest we forget’ quotes but the meaning is not always the
same. It seems that, if a passage begins with Lest we
forget and then states what we should remember, or lest we forget pops up in
the middle of a sentence, the meaning is not the same as the simple, lone
warning at the end of the text. Lest we Forget.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">After
WWI the phrase came into common usage through the British Commonwealth, appearing on war memorials, headstones and in epitaphs as a plea to not forget
the sacrifice made by so many.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">In Australia 'Lest we Forget' is a registered trademark, owned by the RSL on behalf of our returned service men and women.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">The
first Anzac commemorations were held on 25<sup>th</sup> April 1916, a year
after Australian and New Zealand soldiers set out to capture the Gallipoli
peninsula. By the 1920's it had been established as a National day and now, sadly, it goes beyond that single anniversary and we honour all who have died in war or conflict since. We hear words such as honour, courage, mateship and sacrifice linked with national identity and Australian spirit. All this is good and true and an important part of our culture, but the phrase we have attached to the day is still a warning that we must heed and we must pass down the generations - because we do forget. </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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Australian Magpies are not the same as the European Magpie. We
have several types in Australia, some mostly white, some mostly black. Many people don't like Maggies. It could be
their beady little eyes and hard pointed beaks, their protectiveness during
nesting season and the aggressiveness that chases a boy on a bike, a goanna up
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I have been attacked, and
while being struck on the back with such force was frightening, I had to admire
the bravery of little creature. When they think their nests are under threat
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I love their song. I love to listen to their choir practice
though the demanding screeches of their young are not as melodic. They sing in
harmony, all together or in groups. They sing rounds and duets and solos. <o:p></o:p></div>
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I once lived in a
house in the forest – not a forest like the three bears had, but a eucalyptus
forest with an assortment of introduced trees that surrounded the house. The
open veranda was a great introduction to the local wildlife. Magpies were
frequent visitors and such friendly visitors, or is that pushy, that we had to
keep the screen door closed to keep them out of the kitchen.</div>
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It was hard to resist throwing meat and fruit scraps out for
them, especially when I saw how hardworking and patient they were with their
demanding babies. The youngsters, who seem to be the same size as the group of
adults who care for them, scream and squawk for food unless their beak is full.
Sometimes it takes six adults - both parents, older siblings, aunties and
uncles, to care for just one speckled baby. No wonder the fast food outlet bowl of cat
food, on our veranda was checked out daily.</div>
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I had a very touching experience with one magpie families.
This group had been nesting near our house for several years and I’m sure I
could recognise some of the individual birds. They always announced their
arrival, loudly ordering food scraps and treats. Often one or two birds knocked
with their beaks on the kitchen door to get my attention. This day their
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From the veranda I could see six birds standing in arc on
the ground below, behind a crippled bird. It was small but all black like the
adult birds. The right wing stuck out at an odd angle and the right leg was
injured so the bird's body twisted to one side, trying to balance. The group
ignored the toast crust I threw and one by one flew away, leaving the injured
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I didn't know what to do. I tried phoning the people who
cared for wild birds in our area but there was no answer - this was in the
early days of the local WILVOS. I looked
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After an hour or so he decided to move. He walked away,
limping. I watched and followed as he moved under the bracken and started up a
steep slope, toward the nesting trees.
It was hard work for him. He pushed his way through ferns and long grass
and it took him all afternoon to cover a very short distance. As it grew dark
the little bird crawled into thick bladed grass and I had to leave him there. I
thought about him all night. <o:p></o:p></div>
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I knew from TV documentaries that it's best not to
interfere with the natural order of things. A vet once told me that touching an
injured wild animal can kill it by causing extreme stress. When I was young, and we had cracker night,
people put their guinea pigs inside the house under blankets so they didn't die
of fright. I also knew the local goannas
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The next morning I expected to find him dead or gone but the
brave little fella was still there. He refused the scraps of minced meat I
offered. As the sun warmed the ground he
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Like a brave wounded soldier he struggled on, ignoring me
unless I got too close. Finally he reached the top of the hill, and stopped,
exhausted. I left water close to him and checked on him every half hour or so.
He lay panting, in a bird way, occasionally lifting his head. I didn't want a
goanna or the snake to find him. There was no way he get into the trees and no
sign of other magpies. I got a large cardboard box and made a fence around him.
I kept watch and talked to him about the trees and all the birds. At sunset he
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">I usually grow lots of parsley but recently we've had trouble with Root Knot Nematode and my parsley turned yellow, as did my few tomatoes and our ginger crop, and failed to thrive. Pulling up the affected plants revealed nasty nodes/lumps on the roots, which do not come off if you rub them. There is an invisible worm eating the root.</span></div>
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Nematodes, or Eel Worms, are colourless, microscopic worm like animals. Most are harmless to plants, some are even beneficial, but the Root Knot Nematode is a plant parasite. Apparently you can fumigate the soil by growing black mustard seed, and digging it in, but it's best to not grow the same crop there again.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">While browsing at our local nursery, for garden plants and lettuce, I noticed they had a special on Asian/Thai coriander, so I bought one. Thai coriander looks nothing like the parsley like common coriander. You would think it was a completely different plant, except for the smell.</span></div>
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The long flat leaves of Thai coriander have spikes along the sides and the nursery staff told me how to trim those off with scissors and to slice it into stews, soups,stir fries and meat dishes. They said it had a stronger flavour than the common coriander.
I took my new spikey plant home and it is growing so well moved it into a bigger pot twice. I was aware that the smell from it was a little different, peppery I thought, but things don't always taste the way they smell. Today, after walking around the garden with a visitor, I decided to try some so .... and I added thin slices of half a leaf from the Thai coriander plant to our stir fry for dinner.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #141823; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Hours later the inside of my lips were still burning and I could smell it in the skin of my hands. Horrible. </span></div>
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.... and it seems that people have a love or hate reaction to coriander - similar to licorice, Brussels sprouts, vegemite, celery or gin .... you either love it or you don't. I am okay with all the above, except licorice, and now coriander. I hate it.</div>
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A scientific survey of 30,000 people identified two genetic variants linked to the taste and smell of coriander. Different people may perceive the taste of coriander leaves differently. Some say it has a refreshing, lemony or lime-like flavor, and others have a strong aversion to its taste and smell, characterizing it as soapy or rotten. I think it's just too strong, not bitter but heavy .... in the way licorice is too strong a flavour.</div>
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Apparently over 30% of people have the coriander-hating, OR6A3, gene, and it is thought to be inherited - so blame your parents.</div>
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Wikki says: 'OR6A2, lies within a cluster of olfactory-receptor genes, and encodes a receptor that is highly sensitive to aldehyde chemicals. Flavor chemists have found that the coriander aroma is created by a half-dozen or so substances, and most of these are aldehydes. Those who dislike the taste are sensitive to the offending unsaturated aldehydes, while simultaneously may also be unable to detect the aromatic chemicals that others find pleasant. Association between its taste and several other genes, including a bitter-taste receptor, have also been found'.
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<i>People can react differently to certain smells. Nice to now it's not just me. I will stick to celery, vegemite and gin.</i></div>
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A little where, what, why about the herb. Coriander is native to regions spanning from southern Europe and northern Africa to southwestern Asia. All parts of the plant are edible, but the fresh leaves and the dried seeds are the parts most traditionally used in cooking. Coriander is common in South Asian, Southeast Asian, Indian, Middle Eastern, Caucasian, Central Asian, Mediterranean, Tex-Mex, Latin American, Brazilian, Portuguese, Chinese and African cuisines.</div>
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<br />Janine Chttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11303851595351976670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6108283190671015318.post-50064269013199135522015-06-21T23:31:00.001+10:002015-11-23T18:25:53.046+10:00How to set a fire<div class="MsoNormal">
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I know setting the fire is not something everyone does these
days, many people never set one during their whole lifetime. But when my
grandmother, Eva, was born in 1888 everyone cooked over a wood fire, baked their bread, boiled water, heated their
house, bathed children, dried hair and clothes before an open
fire. During her lifetime (until 1966)
she used wood and coal fire stoves, oil, gas and eventually electricity. She actually preferred a gas stove but
mastered them all.<o:p></o:p></div>
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My Dad taught me how to set a
fire when I was very young. Later on that knowledge was refreshed by instructions in a cowboy
movie and though I survived over 40 years not having to set a fire, when the
time came again it was like falling off a bike – sadly I’ve never been very
good a riding bikes, I'm much better at fire setting.<o:p></o:p></div>
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wood. If you throw in a log with a few bits of newspaper on top you won’t get a good fire.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The instructions below explain how I set a fire in a steel
firebox but would work in almost any fireplace.<o:p></o:p></div>
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You will need;<o:p></o:p></div>
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TINDER – dry fire starting material like newspaper, old
phone books, dry grass/hay, dead leaves, dry tree bark, and twigs.<o:p></o:p></div>
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KINDLING – sticks, smaller than your thumb and some cardboard or heavy paper.<o:p></o:p></div>
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WOOD – sticks bigger than your thumb or larger pieces
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LOGS – dry wood from bigger than you thumb up to the any size you can fit into your fire space.<o:p></o:p></div>
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TOOLS – a small shovel, brush and tin bucket to clean out
ash, a poker to move burning wood if necessary, heavy gloves for handling
splintery or burning wood, a fire lighter or matches.<o:p></o:p></div>
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SAFETY – make sure the chimney is cleaned at the beginning
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Check your firebox for
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Make sure other wood and extra paper is in a container at least a metre from
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Keep clothing or damp washing and towels ‘a metre from the heater' – as recommended
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1 – <b>Open the flue.</b><o:p></o:p></div>
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door, </b>if you are using a firebox.<b> Clean</b> <b>out the old ash</b>. A new
fire will burn on<b>the fire in a pan</b>. If
lighting a fire outside you could dig a shallow hole, as a pan, and surround it with rocks,
in an open fireplace a single line of bricks across the front holds the fire and in
a steel fire box, like we have in our house, there is usually a shallow pan
shape formed by fireproof bricks inside.<o:p></o:p><br />
top of old ash, and a shallow layer is good, but I like to
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3 – Lay <b>a base</b> of
<b>cardboard or thick paper (not glossy) or thin bark</b>. Save cardboard boxes from cereal, crackers
etc. A cereal box flattened makes a good base as do cardboard egg
cartons, non-glossy magazines, old bank statements, bills, advertising
brochures and other junk mail. Paper
will do if nothing else but cardboard, or heavy paper, burns slower. Junk mail and envelopes inside a large used envelope or paper bag makes a good base for a fire, but not too thick.</div>
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4 – Put <b>kindling</b>
on top of the base - <b>scrunched
up newspaper</b> and parcels of dry leaves, very small sticks and twigs wrapped
in newspaper. Use twisted newspaper to
make a ‘wick’ from front to back of the fire box, so that when you light it
later it will burn into the middle of the space.<o:p></o:p></div>
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5 – Lay <b>small sticks</b>
across the top of the kindling in a criss-cross pattern to allow air movement
between the pieces. <b>Air is fuel</b> for the fire.
The fire box should be about half full.<o:p></o:p></div>
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6 – Now we are up to the real wood. Select some sticks
bigger than your thumb but not as big around as your arm. Lay two or three of these <b>bigger sticks</b> across the top of the pile of the smaller sticks and stand
about 8 or 10 more in front of the fire, leaning back on top of the kindling
pile i making sure your newspaper ‘wicks’ poke through to the front. Ir this
was a camp fire the standing sticks would be in tepee form around the kindling.<o:p></o:p></div>
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So now the fire is ‘set’ and ready to go. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Light the fire</b> by
touching your lighter to the four wicks and stand back, or close the door if
you have a glass door firebox. You
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As
the kindling burns the pile will collapse and you can add more of the larger
sticks and finally the logs. From here on you need some intuition as every fire is different.</div>
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If you get a lot of black smoke try opening the door a little. A little cool air going into the fire box
helps to draw the smoke up the chimney.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Close the flue half way when the fire is burning well.<o:p></o:p></div>
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When the large sticks are glowing you can add bigger and bigger
logs. The fire will eventually become glowing logs with a few flames and you
will feel the heat radiating from the firebox.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I know people who collect frog things, owl
things, cat things, odd coffee mugs, souvenir spoons, buttons, cook books,
stamps, patches, garden gnomes - almost everything you can think of. And this
is not just a female thing - men will collect everything from beer mats to
cars. People enjoy their collections,
which satisfy personal needs and help with bonding to family and friends. If
you are a collector of post cards you are more likely to receive one from Aunty
Val when she goes to Fiji, because she sees them in the gift shop and
immediately thinks of you. She might also buy an owl figurine and a snow globe
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<span style="text-align: justify;">I think to be a collector you must have a streak of OCD
(obsessive compulsive disorder). I have
a touch of that - if symptoms are
matching the pegs colours on the washing line, unease that books in a series can't
be shelved by height AND author and resorting my button box annually ... size
or colour or shape is the big question.
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The experts say people collect for emotional value, not
financial. Collecting can provide us with a sense of security, help us cope
with anxiety or connect with a person or time that is important to us. Savage collecting can be a hunt, a quest - a never
ending pursuit. This does not include
people who collect to resell for profit, that is business, or hoarders, which I
am often called. Hoarders will hang onto anything, empty cat food tins,
newspapers, string (well string is good to keep), but not items to treasure or
display - and so not really a collection.</div>
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And collections do not include stashes for hobbies - piles
of fabric, boxes of thread and ribbon or stacks of wood and containers of nails
and fixings needed by quilters, wood carvers, toy makers, crafters and
artists. So, my fabric stash is not a
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I was given a stamp album when I was about 10 years old. Even in those days I didn't get many
letters and had to buy stamps to put in the book until the great aunties cottoned
on and started sending me envelopes of their used stamps, but so many were the
same and then I found you really should research the different countries and
mount the stamps by issue date ... and it just wasn't my thing, at that age. I still
find it hard to throw a stamp away, so I cut it carefully from the envelope and
slip it into a box to keep, until I find a charity that uses them. That leaves
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and by my late 30's I had 70 dolls from all over the world - representing over
50 countries. I didn't travel, but other people did and it gave them the idea
of bringing home a doll for me and some of the dolls I had dressed myself.<br />
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had to shed some things. The dolls represented a carton to carry and my
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presented my collection to the library of the Primary School my children had
attended. The librarian ...ummed and ...arred and obviously didn't want them - how
could she not want them, they were lovely and all came from different parts of
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The world is full of beautiful things I would like to
collect including, but not limited to, children's books, modern art, period
costumes, chairs, tote bags, small decorative containers, rag dolls, and pottery. Collecting is time consuming and expensive. I
had to make a decision to avoid collecting.
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growing up and away, I found the Matryoshka doll my mother bought back from
Germany in 1974. It was the one small
doll I kept from the box donated to the library. I've always loved these Russian nesting dolls
and really wished I knew more about them. So, I'd found something I could
collect and research and treasure and display - something people could identify
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cyber world of information and history and on-line Matryoshka shops to browse
and Babushka kitsch to buy. Some Matryoshkas are signed by the artists who
painted them, some are made with stick on faces. The prices vary from about $10
up to $100s for dolls that are works of art. I now have a collection of doll sets that I
love, dolls I've bought on special occasions, some imported from Russian, some bought
by family and friends travelling overseas and one special set made by a lovely
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Beside the dolls is another collection of related items
that are not dolls, including salt and pepper shakers, measuring cups, egg
poachers, drinking glasses, coffee mugs, storage boxes, canisters, nail files,
scissors, wrapping paper, gift bags, tea towels, fabric pieces, sew on patches,
soft toys, key rings, lip gloss holders and more - the world has gone mad over Russian
Matryoshka, aka Babushka, nesting doll stuff - and I am happy about that - because I
collect them.</div>
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Janine Chttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11303851595351976670noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6108283190671015318.post-75750329992787691492015-04-02T00:02:00.002+10:002015-04-25T16:46:26.672+10:00JOY<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Janine Chttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11303851595351976670noreply@blogger.com0Rosemount QLD, Australia-26.6230417 152.98834420000003-26.679818200000003 152.90766320000003 -26.5662652 153.06902520000003tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6108283190671015318.post-43545254084331486352015-03-23T02:28:00.000+10:002015-11-23T18:26:41.757+10:00Surviving grief<ol data-ved="0CCcQ_xc" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; line-height: 12.4800024032593px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">
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<span style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 19.8400001525879px;"><b>GRIEF</b>: a multifaceted response to loss, particularly to the loss of someone or something that has died, to which a bond or affection was formed. Although conventionally focused on the emotional response to loss, it also has physical, cognitive, behavioural, social, spiritual and philosophical dimensions.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 19.8400001525879px;">I thought I knew about grief. I felt it when my grandmother died and definitely when we lost our mother, though my reaction to my father's death left a numbness that has never gone away. I've felt the pain of loss over the death of family pets and friends and acquaintances, over broken relationships and distance between loved ones, over a close call on my own life - and I thought I knew all about it .... but I didn't and I don't.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 19.8400001525879px;">Five months ago a family we have known for a very long time, and who have been both neighbours and work mates, lost a daughter. She was 25 years old and had lived those years with cystic fibrosis. I witnessed their deep and painful grief through friends, face book messages and on their faces when I saw them. Their battle with grief continues and like ripples on the pond, has affected everyone who knows them, causing many people to examine their own lives and fully appreciate their family.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 19.8400001525879px;">When, less than three weeks ago, our beautiful, friendly, happiest-dog-in-the-world, Rufous, died on the living room floor at 4.30am, in the two minutes of that night we were not in the room with him - we were (and I do not often use this word as it is over used) devastated. We were shattered, shocked, stunned, dazed, traumatised, crushed, overwhelmed, distressed and overcome with the deep sorrow of loss.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 19.8400001525879px;">We had seen the vet the afternoon before, knowing things were not right - and they had not been right for several months, but, being in a state of hope, we didn't fully realise that. Rufous died a week shy of his 14th birthday. That made him about 98 in people years. He was more than five years past his use by date after a diagnosis of cancer, he had problems with his pancreas and digestive system, arthritis in the spine and he'd had both knees rebuilt after wearing them out. Regardless of what areas of his little body were shutting down, I feel he died of old age - it was his time, we knew it was coming but would never be ready. I still weep as I write this because I miss him so much.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 19.8400001525879px;">For three days we hardly ate, we walked around in a daze, crying in anguish. We thought we were prepared, we had chosen a burial site five years ago and that made the first task a little easier. But we kept hearing him in every creak of the house and seeing him out of the corner of our eye. He was in every room, every part of our day. We suddenly had the first of many, many things - the first mail delivery without Rufous, the first shopping trip without Rufous, the first washing day - the first visitor to not be welcomed by Rufous - our days were full of missing him.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 19.8400001525879px;">There is no way our loss could be compared to our neighbour's loss, after all they lost their daughter, we only lost a dog. But our pain was the same. Possibly we will adjust sooner .......... whatever sooner is.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; line-height: 19.8400001525879px;">But it set me wondering about what we grieve for and I came up with relationship. We have lost a relationship that we enjoyed, treasured and were blessed by. I feel that relationship with family and friends is the core of emotional life for human beings, especially as relationship is a two way deal. We have a relationship with God, with animals, with our garden, and the loss is like an amputation as it rips away a precious part of us.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; line-height: 19.8400001525879px;">Many people have written about grief with more knowledge and understanding than I have, but I needed to gather my thoughts into words, so I can look at them.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; line-height: 19.8400001525879px;"><i>The 14 years we had with you will never end as you live in our hearts forever. </i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; line-height: 19.8400001525879px;"><i>You were an angel, sent to teach us about life, </i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; line-height: 19.8400001525879px;"><i>about strength and survival,</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; line-height: 19.8400001525879px;"><i>about not complaining,</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; line-height: 19.8400001525879px;"><i>about unconditional love and forgiveness, </i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; line-height: 19.8400001525879px;"><i>about joyfulness and the miracles that joy can bring,</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; line-height: 19.8400001525879px;"><i>and we embraced all those lessons.</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 19.8400001525879px;"><i>Thank you.</i></span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rufous B the Happiest Dog in the World, 10.03.2001 - 03.03.2015</td></tr>
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Janine Chttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11303851595351976670noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6108283190671015318.post-29829023325301159862015-01-20T00:42:00.000+10:002017-04-27T01:59:24.004+10:00... and very OLD sweets.<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Recently I commented on facebook that after not tasted smarties
for a long, long time I was disappointed to find they did not taste as I
remembered. A tiny box of smarties was a treat we were given as children -
often by guilt driven parents. The box could barely take two fingers and the
number of smarties inside was not many, less than 25. The shell colours were as bright and shiny as new
toys and children were tempted to line them up and sort into colours and swap
with others to make patterns and let the colours stain their fingers and
tongues.</span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #141823; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Smarties, referred to in the industry as 'hard tablet sweets'
apparently began life, in England, as Rowntree's Chocolate Beans in ... 1882!
and were renamed as Smarties in 1937, so kids have been enjoying them for over 130
years!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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thin candy coating that melted in the mouth allowing the sweet chocolate centre to
flow over the tongue. Sweet and creamy. It was possible to eat them one at a
time and really enjoy each one and as kids we were convinced that the colours
had different flavours. </span></div>
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yummy enough alone, they changed the recipe in 2009. The motivation may have
been to make them healthier - if any
sugar coated chocolate thing can be healthy - but the colours faded to
almost pastel and the chocolate changed texture and tasted stale.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #141823; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The Smarties web site explains there are eight colours, pink,
red, orange, yellow, blue, violet, green and brown AND the orange Smartie is
flavoured with natural orange oil. Hmmm,
so what are the other seven colours flavoured with? </span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #141823; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The other little treat we had from time to time, in our
house, was a two bar Kit Kat, also a creation of Rowntree's. An interesting
little story is - the chocolate bar we know today was developed in 1935, after
a suggestion by a worker in the York factory, to make a snack that 'a man could
take to work in his pack'.</span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #141823; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The Kit Kat is composed of a block of two or four fingers
that can be snapped apart. Each finger is made with three layers of wafer and
cream covered in an outer layer of chocolate. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #141823; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Kit Kat has been enjoyed all over the world since 1940 and everyone
knows the 1958 advertising line, 'Have a
break, have a Kit Kat'.</span></div>
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the US where it is owned by Hershey). So, what did they do to Kit Kat? Well, they added a flavour range from orange,
caramel to almond flavours, and a choice of dark, milk or white chocolate
coating. There are chunky versions, snack pack sizes and Kit Kat easter eggs as
well as 'Pop Choc' pieces, square 'Kubes', praline-filled 'Senses' and Kit Kat
pieces in yoghurt or iceceam cones. In
Japan a Bake 'N Tasty mini Kit Kats Custard Pudding Flavour was launched in
2014 - you bake that in the oven and the
outside caramelizes. O M G<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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occasional very small block of Cadburys chocolate or a coconut rough in a show bag, and the occasional half-penny's worth of mixed lollies at the corner shop, the above
treats were just about all we had in those good old, healthy days when everyone
was a size medium. That might be difficult to understand in the 21st century.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; text-align: justify;">We had cake of course, and they were always
homemade, using real butter and actual sugar and locally milled flour and real
cream and often homemade jam or lemon curd - all good stuff and you could
almost live on Aunty Mab's jam and cream filled sponge with a beaker of homemade
fruit cordial or a cuppa, and a few homemade sausage rolls, dipped in sauce
cooked up from Uncle Harry's tomatoes - add a stick of celery and you've got
all the food groups covered. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; text-align: justify;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; text-align: justify;">No tortes
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<span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background: white; color: #252525; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">My life in the outer suburbs, without
TV, limited my early experience of sweets. I can actually remember the day when, at
the age of 21, I took a short cut through Sydney Central Station on my way to
an Art Class, and stopped at a mobile newsagent (it was a tiny cream caravan)
to buy a magazine and I bought a Polly Waffle.
I'd never had one before but I liked the name and so I bought it and ate
it over two days. And no, I did not
repeat this often, it wasn't until years later, after having babies, that I
discovered we need a daily hit of chocolate.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #252525; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Google tells me the inventor of the Polly Waffle, in the year I was born,
was Abel Hoadley of Hoadley's Chocolates in Melbourne. Polly was a waffle wafer tube, filled with
marshmallow (yummy) and coated in compound chocolate (Yuk, I didn't know that). Compound chocolate is made of cocoa,
sweeteners and cheap vegetable fats that
are not cocoa butter. And back then a Polly Waffle had a sugar content of over
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sales dropped off. I wonder why? It also developed a flat bottom where it had once been round. Polly Waffle was discontinued at the end of
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day. I brush it away, as you do and find there actually is some tiny little
beetle or flying thing on the back of my neck or climbing up my legs or arms. I suppose that is normal for the sub-tropics. <br />
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The really amazing thing is - they are all so different. Just while writing this I've flicked off a flying ant and a tiny spider and squashed a long narrow climbing thingy. They all share my living room.<br />
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So, how many different
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Just in Australia, the
number of insect species is estimated at 300,000. And, scientists tell us that there are more
insects yet to be discovered than we already know about. In fact, there could be as many as 200,000
insects on the planet PER person.</div>
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Lots of creatures eat insects, so they are handy to have. Entomophagy is the eating of insects by people. Three thousand ethnic groups around the world include insects in their diet, including cicadas, ants, grubs and worms. Crunchy!</div>
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Janine Chttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11303851595351976670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6108283190671015318.post-63930583330236841302014-10-13T01:56:00.000+10:002015-04-02T00:03:55.370+10:00... saying please AND thank you<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.95pt; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;">
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grandmother lived by a list of rules that often only she understood - for
example she felt saying 'please' and 'thank you' meant very different things
and it was not necessary to say both for the same action. She wasn't able to
explain details of the dos and don'ts but I remember she often softened
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necessary to say 'thank you' to someone who was being paid for what they were
doing, such as delivery men or waiters, and this horrified my mother who was
all about making people feel comfortable.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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exchange students some years ago I came across different customs regarding
politeness. One student from Finland told me their language had no words for 'please'
and 'thank you' - but another explained that '<i>kiitos'</i> is used for both. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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that Australians overdo 'thank you'. She thought it should only be for nice
things, like when receiving a gift. In her words "I handed the girl a bag
of trash and she said <i>thank you</i>? You don't say <i>thank you</i> for trash." <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">In Italian the word <i>Prego</i> stands for please. It actually
means I beg, or I pray, but in context it is used as - certainly, sorry,
pardon, excuse me, you're welcome, don't mention it, no problem, it's
alright. And, when someone says '<i>Grazi</i>', or thank you, the response is
... '<i>prego</i>'. So many things sound
romantic in Italian.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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probably understood by my grandmother, is etiquette. This describes a code of
behaviour expected by a particular society. Even if it was not technically
accurate, etiquette demanded people at least appeared to meet a certain standard.
From the 1500s to the 1900s etiquette was a
school subject in most English speaking countries and people were judged on
their good manners. Today there is an
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to create an sense of respect and peace, even if people were talking through
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">When we ask someone to
'Pass the butter, please', we are saying - 'Pass the butter to me, even though
I am not saying you must, it is a social obligation'. Of course this can't be refused, even though
it is not an order. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The English 'please' is
used to add politeness to a request. It
is used at the end of a sentence, after a comma.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">May I borrow your pen,
please?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Could you wait for me,
please?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">And, 'please' is used in
the phrase 'Yes, please', to confirm an offer.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Would you like more ice
cream? - Yes, please.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">We also use 'please' to add
a polite note to a single order or instruction, and then it comes at the beginning.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Please sit down.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Please
be quite. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">We
do not use 'please' when giving a firm order or a list of instructions.<br /><span style="font-size: small;">
Stop that right now. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">Put the gun down
and step away.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="color: #191919; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And 'please' is not used as a response to 'thank you'. Other expressions are used instead.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #191919; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thank you. - You're welcome. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #191919; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thank you. - It was my pleasure.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="color: #191919; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We use 'thank you' when a compliment is given. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #191919; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You look lovely today. -
Thank you.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #191919; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Your sponge cake was delicious.
- Thank you.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #191919; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Offers can be accepted and refused with 'thank you'.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #191919; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Can I get you a cold drink?
- Yes, thank you.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #191919;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Will you come for a swim? - No, thank
you. I don't have time.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">In English 'thank you' comes from the word 'think'. It originally meant 'In my
mind I will remember what you did for me' (in order to pay you back).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The
Portuguese '<i>obrigado</i>' means 'much
obliged' or 'I am obliged to you' or 'I am in your debt'.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The
French '<i>merci</i>' comes from 'mercy', as
in begging for mercy because you are (symbolically) in your benefactor's power
because a debtor is a criminal.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The Chinese have various ways of saying 'thank you' for a gift or a favour but
not for a compliment as their desire for humility forces them to politely
deflect compliments. A forced humility
can be seen in our culture at times, but is often translated as 'fishing
for more compliments'.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The
next stage of response is - 'You're welcome' or 'It's nothing' or 'It's my
pleasure'. In French it is 'de rien' and in Spanish 'de nada'. This is a reassurance that there is no debt, in
fact it is often a credit position. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">So the simple request at the dinner table can be a coded message.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">"Would
you pass the butter, please?" (Pass
the butter to me if it pleases you to do that as while this is not an order, it is a social
obligation.)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">"Certainly".
The butter is passed. (The favour is
done.)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">"Thank
you". (I will remember that you did this for me and I am now in your debt.)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">"You're
welcome". (You are not in my debt as you have provided me with the
opportunity of doing something that pleased me.)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">But
we can't write this off as being outdated because over 500 years these niceties
have become signals that form part of our relationships. "Please' and 'Thank
you' can still signal the difference between a requested favour and a demand for
something owed. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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people feel we should err on the side of overuse because the boundaries are
vague and different values mean not saying the polite words can be
misinterpreted. Others say that overuse, or incorrect use causes confusion.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Today,
saying 'thank you' can be a great motivational tool - as a show of respect, appreciation
and also encouragement.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">We'd
all agree it is very good to say "Thank you" when presented with
flowers or a box of Belgium chocolates, and it doubles as a reward for the
giver, and, if we have asked someone to pass us the bag of rubbish (trash), as
appreciation or compensation for doing an unpleasant job, but, should we say
"Thank you" when a friend repays money that has been owing for some
time and causing great inconvenience? We do, but I
think my grandmother would say no to that one.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Janine Chttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11303851595351976670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6108283190671015318.post-17451411241764345422014-10-02T02:04:00.000+10:002015-03-30T16:21:57.387+10:00...seeing both sides<div class="MsoNormal">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">... seeing both sides.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Last week I
was chatting with the girl I usually see at the supermarket checkout and found
we both have birthdays in October - yay.
Also, we both enjoy reading and watching movies, both have strong
opinions on a variety of things and we both have a talent for seeing more than
one view of a situation. This constant balancing act can be tiring but, we
agreed, it does not make us indecisive. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I don't mind
<i>'seeing both sides of the coin,'</i> I wouldn't feel normal if I was different - but
what is this condition called? Do I have
a syndrome or a disorder? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"It's a
bilateral view," someone said. But
then, "No... I think that means having a mammogram of both sides."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"You
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Google finds some interesting comments.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>"</i><i><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-size: 10.5pt;">Seeing both sides of an issue only gets you halfway to your
goal. In many big companies, the unintended dysfunctional
consequence of doing so is passivity and fence sitting.<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">But I think that comes from having too many people involved. And, fence sitting is ambivalence,
conflicting reactions or mixed feelings.
That is different.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="apple-converted-space"><i><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-size: 10.5pt;">"</span></i></span><i><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-size: 10.5pt;">The best decisions come when you hold two opposing ideas in your mind at
once."<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">But, I object to the word opposing, you can see more than one side, or
more than two sides and they are not necessarily in opposition.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-size: 10.5pt;">"The point of seeing
both sides isn’t to avoid decision making. The point is to make better
decisions."</span></i><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-size: 10.5pt;"> Well,
yes but not always.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"It
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my mind, and you say it's not their fault because the system came from China.
You're always against me."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"Like
when someone in a truck so old it's about to fall apart can't speed up, won't
pull over and makes sure I can't overtake and you feel sorry for them."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"You
said maybe he was old, or sick or sad to be driving his truck for the last time
but NO, it was because he had a dog in the manger attitude."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"The dog is sitting on the straw in the manger so the cow
can't eat it."</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"Maybe the dog doesn't know that the cow wants the hay or maybe he was
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So, the dog in the manger is a metaphor or an idiom (a group
of words established by usage as having a meaning not deducible from those of
the individual words). I didn't know
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Dog in
the Manger story comes from a Greek fable, possibly one of Aesop's, written
around 600BC. It's become a metaphor for
those who prevent others from having something they themselves have no use for. </span></div>
<i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A dog was sleeping on the hay in a manger when an ox
came and tried to eat the hay. The dog barked and snapped at him and wouldn't
let the ox get at his food, food that was useless to the dog. Finally the ox
gave up and went away muttering, "Ah, people often grudge others what they
cannot enjoy themselves.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Though
it be not the hound's habit to eat chaff, </span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">that
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vnto cruell Doges liyng in a Maunger, neither eatyng the Haye theim seluse ne
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and a 1680 Spanish
play, called The Gardener's Dog told the story this way - A gardener sets his dog to guard his cabbages.
After the gardener's death the dog
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eats no cabbage and won't let others eat either' or 'playing
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his neighbours steal his cabbages before he can harvest them. One day the
gardener saves a puppy that has been cruelly treated. The gardener trains the dog to guard the
cabbages and a strong bond grows between the pair. The dog is pleased he can
help the gardener who saved him and the gardener is glad of the help to safeguard
his meagre income. Years pass and one
day the gardener has a heart attack and dies.
The dog is grief stricken. He
fears he will be abandoned again so continues to guard the precious
cabbages. When neighbours come into the
garden the dog drives them off. Finally
all the cabbages are dead and the field is empty, so the dog curls up, job well
done, and goes to join his master. </span></div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And the simile - 'As loyal as a gardeners dog. ' </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The metaphor - 'He's a loyal gardeners dog.' </span><br />
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mean and wicked ways, owns a large brutish dog. The gardener grows far more produce than he
can eat or sell while his neighbours starve. He trains the dog to
viciously attack anyone coming into the field and the dog is so protective that
when the gardener has a heart attack no one can come near to help him and he
dies. The neighbours are forced to
poison the field, killing off all the produce and finally the dog. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So, next time I
am sleeping on straw in a manger and a rude oxen, who arrives without
notice, wants to eat my bed, I will refer him to the idiom - 'Let sleeping dogs
lie' -</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #252525;"><b>Kale</b> - hailed as a superfood and
a </span><span style="color: #363636;">nutritional powerhouse, kale might seem to
belong in the food-fad basket but that could be because ... it is a very super
food.</span><span style="color: #252525;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #363636; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I first
heard of kale as an ingredient for juicing but I didn't take much notice as I
don't juice, preferring to chew my own food and eat the fibre. But people were
talking about kale being a superfood and instead of buying a bunch I decided to
grow my own, read about it, learn what I could and experiment. Here are the results so far.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kale in the garden adds an element of luxury and freshness</td></tr>
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Kale?</b></div>
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<span style="color: #363636; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Kale is a
leafy vegetable, with bluish/green or purple leaves, sometimes with pretty
frilled edges and the centre leaves don't form a head. Kale is from the species Brassica oleracea so
it's related to arugula, broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage and brussels sprouts - all yummy
vegetables. There are many types of kale
including Curly-leaved or Scots Kale, Plain Leaved Kale, Rape Kale and Black
Kale or Cavolo nero. Some grow into huge
bushes but the those that are good to eat are much closer to the ground.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This cool climate vegetable has adapted to most climates. My garden is in the sub-tropics<br />
and I have four varieties of kale growing. While I'm not sure of their names they are all good in salad and stew</td></tr>
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a descendant of wild cabbage kale traveled from Asia Minor to Europe with
early traders. Curly kale was known to
the ancient Romans and Greeks and similar vegetables were used in Ancient
China. In the Middle Ages kale was one
of the most common green vegetables eaten in Europe, helping the poor to
survive long, cold winters. During World War ll families in England were encouraged
to grow kale at home to provide nutrition during food shortages. Even though it
is a cool climate vegetable it is now grown and eaten around the world.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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store Kale?</b><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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winter hardy vegetable Kale tastes sweeter after being exposed to frost and keeps
best in a cool environment. Store it,
unwashed in an air-tight container or
plastic bag in the fridge, for up to five days. Apparently it freezes well, but
I've found it is happy in a glass of water on the kitchen bench for 24 hours,
and as I grow it I don't need to store it longer than that. </span></span></div>
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<b style="color: #363636; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">How does Kale taste?</b></div>
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<span style="color: #363636; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Kale needs some help in the flavour department, especially when boiled or steamed, and even raw it's
best when combined with other strong flavours. Personally I like kale shredded over salmon on toast. </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #363636; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="color: #363636; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The best kale tip was given to me by a friend
who heard it on a TV show - cut off the stalk as that is where the bitterness
lives. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #363636; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">You do
get used to the taste and the texture is good. Cooked kale can be very filling.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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good about Kale?</b><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #363636; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Kale is
called a nutritional powerhouse because it contains;<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #363636; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">VITAMIN A
- good for skin and eye sight, works to prevent lung cancer and mouth cancer.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #363636; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">VITAMIN C
- strengthens the immune system and boosts metabolism better than oranges.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #363636; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">VITAMIN K
- for antioxidants that prevent coronary artery disease and protect against
some cancers, promotes normal blood clotting and bone health.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #363636; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">CALCIUM
- all dark leafy vegetables are rich in
calcium to strengthen bones and improve their density.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #363636; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">IRON - more iron than beef. Iron helps
with liver function, cell growth and transporting oxygen around the body.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #363636; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">FIBRE
- that works to eliminate
waste and clean the body of toxins, lower cholesterol levels (especially when
steamed) and reduce the risk of heart disease.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #363636; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">ANTI-INFLAMMATORY properties - the omega 3 fatty acids in kale help to treat arthritis, joint pain, disorders of
the immune system and asthma.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">ANTI
CANCER properties - Isothiocyanates (ITCs</span>) made from glucosinolates in kale can
lower the risk of common cancers in the bladder, breast, colon, ovary, and
prostate.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Kale is also a good source of vitamin
B1, B2 and B6, vitamin E, copper, manganese,
potassium, magnesium, phosphorus,
protein, folate, and niacin.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Kale leaves should be firm to touch and attractive, with a good colour -
no brown or yellow on the leaves. </span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Do not buy kale if it is limp or warm, it should be refrigerated.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222;">When picking kale choose the smaller tender leaves for a milder flavour.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #363636;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Where
possible use organic kale. Green leafy
vegetables hold onto pesticide residue more than other vegetables and we don't
need to eat that.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Freshly picked kale - even under the hot sun it is firm and crisp</td></tr>
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news about Kale?</b><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #363636;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Low
functioning thyroid - limit your intake
of cruciferous vegetables if you have a low functioning thyroid, and take
thyroxin tablets, as cruciferous vegetables are believed
to slow down the thyroid. But don't miss
out on the nutrition found in kale, broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage and brussels
sprouts, you can have up to one cup of shredded kale or half a cup of cooked kale
four of five times a week and balance it by also eating iodine rich foods including
eggs, kelp, seafood, Himalayan crystal salt, turkey breast, dried prunes, plain yoghurt, cheddar cheese, green beans, bananas and
strawberries. If the thyroid is healthy
or has been removed you can happily eat up to 2 cups a day.<span style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #363636; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Medication
- while vitamin K is good for us, it can interfere with anticoagulants like Warfarin. Avoid kale, other green leafy vegetables and some vitamin supplements if you
are on this medication. Check with your doctor about other medications.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-size: 12pt;">Oxalates</span>
<span style="color: #363636; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">- kale
contains oxalates which could interfere with the absorption of calcium. You can still eat kale but be sure to chew it
very well and avoid eating foods rich in calcium at the same time as kale. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #363636; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #363636; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">If
you have untreated kidney and gall bladder problems, check with the doctor
before eating large amounts of kale.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It may not have a heart but kale is a bright green crunchy vitamin boost</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Raw kale with breakfast</td></tr>
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a salad or sandwich. The smallest new leaves are milder in flavour for those
new to kale. Wash and dry the leaves, bunch them up and cut into thin slices.
The bitterness goes well with strong flavours so combine with foods like
capsicum, tomato and pepper, sesame seeds, lime juice or lemon infused oil,
strong salty cheese, olives and garlic dressing. I like it with lemon basil and nasturtium leaves
as seasoning alongside hard boiled eggs and sun dried tomato.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #363636; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b>JUICING</b> is another way to have kale raw, as a smoothie with yoghurt and berries, or as a base to a
green juice, or with carrots and celery and other veggies and herbs. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #363636; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">A kale and banana smoothie makes a good breakfast or with other fruit as an afternoon snack.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #363636; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b>COOKED</b> in stew, soup or pasta sauce, kale is a hearty leaf that doesn't fall apart or
lose texture like silver beet or spinach, when cooked for a while. </span><br />
<span style="color: #363636; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Chop the kale into strips or chunks and drop
into the pot of soup or stew about 15 minutes before serving. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #363636; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Add kale to a stir fry but cut finely and use only the very small leaves or it
will not cook enough and the bitterness can overpower other flavours.</span></div>
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OR BOILED </b>kale does not lose texture. But, it is not the most attractive looking boiled vegetable so enjoying it cooked depends on how you serve it. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #363636; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">The bitterness is reduced by steaming and the fibre is more easily available for use.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #363636; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Wash under cold running water, cut into thin
strips and steam or boil for 5 to 20
mins, depending on the texture preferred.
If using the stem, put that in the pot first and the green leaves five
mins later. When cooked,
strain out all the water and toss with salt, pepper and a little olive oil, or butter and grated parmesan cheese with a squeeze of lime juice. Kale is versatile enough to be yummy with a fried egg breakfast or with
mashed potato and steak for dinner.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #363636; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b>BAKED OR FRIED</b> kale </span><span style="color: #363636; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">chips are good. This is the second most popular way to serve kale. Break the leaves into bite size pieces, wash and pat dry and put into a bowl. Drizzle olive oil over the leaves and sprinkle on salt and pepper. Toss the leaves until they are coated with oil and salt. You could also use chilli flakes, cumin or garlic salt. Spread in single layer on a baking sheet and put into a moderate oven for about five mins or until crisp. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #363636; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Salted kale fried in coconut
oil, until brown and crisp, is very tasty with fried tomatoes and chives,
another of my breakfast favourites. Make sure it browns all over, if only half
cooked it's like eating the dish cloth.</span></div>
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grown from seed and these are available in online stores and organic nurseries.
It likes soil rich in organic matter and prefers cool temperatures. </span></span><span style="color: #363636; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Do not let the soil or seeds to dry out before germinating. Seedlings can be transplanted easily. </span><span style="color: #363636; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Kale will grow in full sun if it has plenty of water. I found that during a very dry winter my kale
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Janine Chttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11303851595351976670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6108283190671015318.post-66654819981946120132014-06-24T20:54:00.003+10:002014-06-24T21:01:06.590+10:00A little truth 3<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Janine Chttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11303851595351976670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6108283190671015318.post-72736218985123805562014-05-15T01:52:00.003+10:002015-11-23T18:27:38.352+10:00the OTHER teas<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
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The other
teas - there are no other teas, tea can only be made from leaves of the tea bush, called Camellia Sinensis. So what about
herbal teas? They are not tea at all. They are infusions. An infusion is made by pouring boiling water over the dried leaves, flowers and/or stems of herbs and sometimes chopped rhyzone or spices, and allowed
to steep (sit for a while). Some herbs can be used fresh from the garden. These
infusions, or decoctions are actually called tisanes - but, commonly known as herbal tea.</div>
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Herbal tea
often looks like real tea. The taste is similar to real tea and easy to drink, hot, cold or iced. Herbal teas can be made from one herb or a blend of herbs for medicinal
uses. Herbal teas contain no caffeine.
As many herbs promote relaxation the most common usage of a herbal tea is to
de-stress. Other uses are to aid
digestion, cleanse the body, promote energy, strengthen the immune system,
provide antioxidants, stimulate certain internal organs, help restful sleep and
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To get the
most out of herbal tea start with fresh cold water - filtered if possible. Boil
the water in a stainless steel kettle or saucepan - avoid aluminium - for a clean fresh flavour. Use glass or a glazed ware teapot and cups. Herbal tea looks very pretty in
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Use one
heaped teaspoon of dried herb, at least twice that if you are using chopped fresh herbs, or a commercial bag, in a teapot or jug. Add boiling water over the herb, cover with a lid and let it steep for 5 to 10 minutes, depending on which
herb used and how strong you like it. I find 5 - 7 minutes is good. The longer you leave it the stronger the taste and some herbs can become bitter. Herb teas must be strained before drinking and what is left in the strainer can go back onto the garden.</div>
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Milk is not
used in herbal teas but they can be sweetened with honey or Stevia. For other flavouring add a wedge of lemon, lime or orange, slices of ginger or a few fresh leaves of lemon balm or mint. Cinnamon also adds flavour and warms the body.</div>
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Ginger tea is
made by grating or finely chopping the root and using as above.
Fennel seeds can be crushed and infused in boiling water. Juniper
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<b>Warning:</b> Herb
teas can be made of any plant material so it is important to know what you are
drinking and what effects it may have. People react differently to herbs
and some herbs are fine in small amounts but can cause damage in large amounts.
All herbs and many plants contain substances that may interact with medications
or cause unwanted side effects. If you are not sure, don't use it.<br />
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Taking Dandelion can complicate the effects of other medications. St John's Wort should not be taken with med for high blood pressure and, as Lemon Balm stimulates the thyroid, people with thyroid problems should avoid it. Lavender or mint, can cause problems if used alone in a tea, so are best added to other teas to compliment or flavour. Some herbs, such as Slippery Elm, Raspberry leaf, and Red Clover should not be taken by pregnant or breastfeeding women or children. Look it up first.<br />
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We all have poisonous plants in our gardens. Before
picking leaves read a few herb books or browse the tea section
of a Health Food shop and read the packet instructions. Many herbs can be purchased in tea
bags as well as loose leaf or dried root. If you do pick fresh herbs make sure you can identify
them properly. Foxglove is very dangerous and looks a lot like comfrey.<br />
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If you hope to use herbal infusions for their medicinal properties remember it is folk medicine, that is
information passed from person to person - not always tested in a laboratory. The strength of herbs can be affected by soil type, age of the plant, time of harvest, remedy preparation. I feel some herbs will suit one person better that another and you won't know until you test it - but, it is still worth trying to find a non chemical solution for many of life's problems.<br />
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Allspice - upset stomach and common cold.</div>
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Anise seed - digestion, fresh breath, soothe a cough.</div>
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Chamomile - soothing, calming, anti-inflammatory.</div>
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Chrysanthemum - reduce fever, good for liver.</div>
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Cinnamon - calming, good circulation, digestion.</div>
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Fennel - indigestion.</div>
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Herb Robert - immune system, tumours, cancer</div>
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Hibiscus - (flowers) sore throat, cystitis, gum disease, high
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Ginger root - circulation, digestion, nausea, reduce anxiety, lung
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Lemongrass - calming.</div>
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Parsley - diuretic, good for kidney function.</div>
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Peppermint - stress relief, digestion, fresh breath.</div>
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Rosehip - vitamin C for colds and coughs, tonic for liver,
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Rooibos - (South African Red Bush tea) antioxidants</div>
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Slippery elm - stomach cramps, gastrointestinal problems. </div>
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St John's Wort - depression</div>
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CONCOCTION - mixture, brew, preparation, creation, potion, blend.</div>
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INFUSION - a drink, remedy, extract prepared by soaking tea leaves or herbs in liquid, introduction of a new element or quality into something.</div>
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TEA - a hot drink made by infusing the dried crushed leaves of the tea plant in boiling water or the evergreen shrub or small tree which produces tea leaves, native to southern and eastern Asia and grown as a major cash crop.</div>
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HERBAL TEA - a drink made from the infused leaves, fruits, or flowers of plants other than tea, including coffee or cocoa.</div>
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HERBAL TINCTURE - herbs dissolved in vinegar or alcohol to be used externally as a wash or taken as a remedy.<br />
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RE<span style="font-family: inherit;">MEDY - treatment, cure, medicine, medication, drug, restorative - a means of counteracting or eliminating something undesirable.</span> <br />
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not used often these days and one that is not easy to say. It refers to a
person who makes and sells medicines. In the middle ages Apothecaries also
delivered babies and practiced surgery and dentistry. The apothecaries were the
forerunners of pharmacists and chemists.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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was where medicines were grown, in the form of herbs. During the middle ages
most large households had a kitchen garden, for vegetables, and an apothecary
garden for the herbs that were to be used in medicines and toiletries. The
house keepers of the wealthy, and farmers wives, were skilled in making
everything from soap to cures for gout and diarrhoea. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Large apothecary
gardens were created in monasteries and tended by the monks who also
acted as apothecaries for the local area. Medicines were prepared and stored in
a special room - also known as the apothecary.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Medicinal plants were the
only medicine, and drinking infusions or potions, rubbing on salve or piling on a
poultice was the way to treat most ailments. The cures offered by what we now
call conventional medicine, are often chemical imitations of these old
remedies.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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garden each plant was known and valued for its curative properties. Plants were collected from other areas and
countries to be studied. Raised garden beds were often used and I was excited
when my husband agreed made some for me, as well as terracing other areas of
our garden. It's so much easier to care
for the plants when you don't have to bend double or crawl around on the ground
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gardens. All t<span style="background: white;">hese plants are available today
and can be found in many gardens where those who understand them make use of
their powers. </span> Of course many of
these cures are traditional and have not been proved by science, which didn't
stop apothecaries in the middle ages because they had nothing else, but these
days health and safety issues mean that warnings should be given. Information of how to grow and to use herbs
is available online. I don't add links
because new information is constantly being up loaded, adding to the choice of
many good websites.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Aloe Vera: An easy growing succulent, Aloe Vera does
well in the ground or in pots. It is antiseptic and can be used for skin
irritations; burns, cuts, grazes and other sores. This week I used several leaves from this plant, scraping out the gel to treat a wound on my arm where I'd had a skin cancer removed. I was amazed at how well it actually worked - swelling and inflammation gone over night, skin healing up.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The soft gel inside the leaf
can be eaten or applied straight to a wound. Cut a leaf close to the bottom of
the plant, slice off the sharp sides and cut and peel one side back to reveal
the gel inside. This can be applied directly from the plant. Aloe Vera is also used for digestive problems - if you are eating
it you can use a teaspoon to scrape the gel away from the leaf skin but do not eat the
lining </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">of the skin as it tastes horrible.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Bay: Usually grown as a seasoning bay is an attractive
ornamental shrub, or if allowed to grow wildly, a huge tree. It can be use as decorative topiary, pruned
into different shapes. The leaves are very fragrant, especially when dried, and
can be broken into hot dishes such as soup and stew. It is used with fish and
in homemade tomato sauce and is a necessary component of the French bouquet
garni. </span><span style="background: white; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">The leaf itself
is bitter and not really edible and as it does not soften in cooking it is
removed before eating.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Bay leaves are exceptionally rich in vitamins A, B
and C, folic acid and the minerals copper, potassium, calcium, magnesium, zinc,
iron, selenium and manganese. They also contain essential phytochemicals and
volatile oils. Bay can improve the skin, </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">remove free radicals and boost the immune
system; strengthen eyesight and maintain mucus membranes.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The potassium is important for cell and body
fluids, blood pressure and heart rate. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">As a traditional medicinal plant Bay has been used to treat earaches and rheumatism and is used as an insect repellent - though some people find it
irritates the skin. I am very impressed by what I've learned about Bay.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Comfrey: This is my favourite herb. Comfrey is a perennial herb that aids healing,
though it should not be used on open wounds. It is anti-inflammatory and can be
applied to sprains and strains, broken bones and bruises, either by making a quick
poultice of crushed leaves and your usual moisturiser or hand cream and applied it straight onto the skin, or by heating chopped leaves in good quality olive oil for half an
hour and, when cool, using that for massage. You can also add bees wax to the hot
comfrey oil to make a salve. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Echinacea: This useful and beautiful plant
loves the sun and is very forgiving of drought. It comes from North America</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> and was a traditional herbal remedy
of the Great Plains Indian tribes</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">. As an anti-inflammatory it has been used to
speed up recovery from the common cold and flu, for urinary tract
infections, vaginal yeast infections, herpes, septicaemia, gum disease,
tonsillitis, strep infections, typhoid, malaria and diphtheria. It can boost
the immune system when taken internally and reduce
the effects of upper respiratory infections. Other uses include chronic fatigue
syndrome, migraine, acid indigestion, dizziness and, applied to the skin, boils,
abscesses, skin wounds, ulcers, burns, eczema, psoriasis, herpes, bee stings
and haemorrhoids. That is a great long
list. Echinacea is available as a dried
herb, as a liquid and in capsule form. The fresh leaves, flowers and stems can
be made into an infusion (tea) for drinking.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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should not be taken indefinitely, so if you are treating yourself long term it's a
good idea to take it for two weeks and then have a week off. Also some people could be allergic to Echinacea,
especially those</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> allergic to ragweed, marigolds,
or daisies or if you are on medication for an auto-immune disorder.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Ginger:
An ancient spice from India, it is used in cooking around the world,
often paired with garlic and onion or used in sweet dishes. Ginger grows underground as a fleshy rhizome.
</span><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Planted in spring it
grows through the summer and dies back in winter, though the root can be left
underground for several months until needed, in a well drained area. Ginger is found in many apothecary gardens
for its antiseptic, analgesic, and antispasmodic properties. It stimulates the
heart and settles the stomach. It can be used for colds, flu and muscle spasms,
rheumatism, arthritis, migraine, sore throat, cholera, anorexia and to improve
circulation and reduce fat deposits and many of these uses are supported by
science.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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should be used with care by people on blood thinning medication.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Lemon Balm: Most of us know this herb as a garnish for drinks and
desserts. The fresh leaves can be added to fruit salad, garden salad,
fruit punch, sorbet, marinades and sauces for fish and chicken, and combined
with butter and pepper to serve with corn and broccoli. Mix it into apple
crumble or with honey into a cheesecake. </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Lemon Balm is from the mint family, it is antiviral and can be combined with other
medicinal herbs. As an infusion it helps to cool the fever from colds or flu, it acts
as a relaxant, relieves anxiety, soothes nervous indigestion and headaches. But, a warning here, Lemon Balm stimulates the thyroid so people on thyroid medication should avoid it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Mint: We all know
mint as a flavouring for cold drinks, hot tea and mint sauces as well as sweets
and in toothpaste. There is a wide variety of mints and most are also prized
for their nutritive and medicinal qualities. Members of the mint family include
</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">basil, bee balm, catnip,
horehound, horsemint, hyssop, lavender, lemon balm, marjoram, oregano,
peppermint rosemary, sage, savoury, spearmint, thyme, and there are many others. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">While they all have their own medicinal properties most mints
share the qualities of being</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">analgesic,</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">antimicrobial,</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">antiseptic,</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">
</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">antispasmodic,</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">
</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">diaphoretic,</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">
</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">digestive,</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">
</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">repellent and stimulant.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">They are usually found in herbal remedies that treat headache, migraine, fever, sore throat and sinus
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">You can add mint to your bath or
the rinse water clean shiny hair. Externally mints can repel mosquitoes and ease the heat and itchiness from bites, stings, rashes, hives,
eczema, some fungal infections and other minor wounds. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">As an infusion (hot tea) mint
can help ease the symptoms of indigestion and irritable bowel syndrome, heartburn,
flatulence, cramps, bloating, diarrhoea, and nausea. If the common mint does not help try using
spearmint, lavender or basil instead. The milder spearmint is also more
suitable for children. Peppermint
contains a higher percentage of volatile oils and is considered a strong medicinal
herb. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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2 - 4 teaspoons of chopped fresh leaves in 1 cup of just-boiled water for ten
to fifteen minutes. A strong decoction
is often the best choice for external uses.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I have other medicinal herbs
in my apothecary garden including Bergamot, Chives, Calendula, Gotu Kola, Herb Robert, Nasturtium,
Parsley, Rocket, Rosemary, Stevia and Yukka.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></div>
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</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">It's all a work in progress as I learn about each new plant.</span></div>
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of tending the herbs, gently plucking away damaged leaves, pulling weeds,
mulching and watering has a very calming effect and I like to spend at least an hour
in the garden most days and consult my herb books regularly to help my understanding.</span></div>
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