Summer is ending with another vacation! We’ll start in Portland for SFL’s wedding then continue on to Hawaii for a bit of rest and relaxation in the sun. I probably won’t blogging every day (it’s a lot of work!) but you can expect several updates during the trip.
Of course you’ll get postcards as well They can be a lot of work too, but I don’t plan on stopping any time soon 🙂
Let soak 24 hours…
The crystals are strong and very pretty!
Bernard and Lakshmi visited! We had fun both here and in NYC, and here’s some of the best photos that resulted.
Bernard hadn’t mowed in aeons and Lakshmi never had!
There’s a brand new Vegas-style casino not far from where we live and we went and had a flutter. Bernard won; I lost 🙂
In Secret Caverns, about 150 feet underground.
In Central Park, NYC. The humidity when this photo was taken was about 1000%!
At Times Square. I’ve rarely been in the middle of summer so had forgotten how busy it is!
Thanks for visiting B & L! I’m already looking forward to the next time we get together 🙂
Continuing the tattoo theme we went to the local Indian shop when Lakshmi was here and got some henna! Naturally I elected myself as the artist:
It was squeezed out of a narrow cone like decorating a cake and came out as a thick, sticky paste. It wasn’t easy, but I mastered it quickly…
My results were perhaps not traditional henna style, but impressive nonetheless:
Several hours later they had all dried:
I was slightly alarmed when B and L said they would last for a long time! Happily (sadly?) they’re completely gone now less than a week later.
It was fun. Next time you’re in town if you’d like a henna tattoo let me know!
I bought a few packs of these for 25 cents each:
Considering they’re from 1989, I’d say they didn’t retain value! The gum inside is of course inedible, but the tattoo sheets are fine and look like this:
(Yes I’d removed one…)
This is the old 1980s technology; where the tattoos are just food dye printed onto paper. Get them wet and they (are supposed to) transfer. Let’s try one:
Putting aside for now the fact I resemble a snuffleupagus in the photo, licking my hand to administer just enough moisture to apply the tattoo was a trip down memory lane to say the least! These sorts of things were common in our youth, and I particularly remember them being packaged on lolly/ice-cream wrappers. I’d always be putting them on myself, and I seem to recall having fun applying them to bread (!) and even ice-cream (!!) as well.
However… these didn’t work too well:
Maybe the ‘lick the hand’ technique was at fault? Let’s try water:
Yeah… terrible. I can’t imagine much would have happened to the tattoo in the intervening 30 years, but it’s hard to believe they were sold if they worked this poorly?
I will say though that they last a while! It’s been 12 hours now and they haven’t faded at all, and even survived several handwashings! Maybe these ancient tattoos were engineered for strength as opposed to beauty 🙂
I’ve got a couple of packs left if you want one. Let me know.