Political thoughts on pineapples.

Sunday, August 31, 2008, 11:49 pm GMT +1

Hello folks,

first, I want to gladly announce the first contributor to our blog:
Katapple & Samapple is a lovable blog inspired by ours. It also appears on the right in a link-bar.

Then I was thinking about random stuff just now and one thing seemed important enough to post it here. As some of you might know, the world out there is not nice for everyone. The people reading this blog will have to face "minor" threats like breaking up relationships within family and friends, feeling alone at times, and sometimes even not enough money for the whole month. But nothing really brings us to the brim of death. Even though we sometimes think we are poor, cause we can't buy the latest dress or go out for dinner too often we are far from being really really poor.
When i hear the word "poverty" I more of think of the people in the Third World, who barely have enough water and food to survive, insufficient educational facilities and poor health supplies. Also, there are people out there who have to fight to ensure our peace and wealth.

So someone who I showed this blog to asked me, after thinking about it for a while, how I could waste my time with this crazy nothing, instead of putting my energy into really helping people in need.
First I didn't really take that serious, cause this blog makes me happy, and that's why I keep on going.
But it came to my mind again, just now. And my answer is: This is not a crazy nothing. This is my way to fight for peace in the world. The purpose, or more of, side-message of this blog should be, that everyone in the world is connected, somehow. We all are one, and instead of destroying each other, we should be loving our next ones, and spread the love. This is what the blog should do: remind the people of the love around us, that is sometimes forgotten in bad times.

Sure there will be others who agree with the sceptic: that this is just some kind of non-sense we "rich" children of today do to keep us occupied. I guess that's just people who don't understand the meaning of love at all.
But others will see how this is an attempt to make the world better.

So this is the message for today: keep up the hope for a better world, and keep loving each other, in good times aswell as bad times.

Alita, concerned mother

P.S.: Some of you might think I'm a hippie, now. No, I'm not.

A home for Litapple.

12:11 P.M. in Vancouver B.C.

Today I woke up unreasonably early (6am) and decided it's been far too long, Litapple need a home. And so it began. The search for the perfect spot.

I thought hmm maybe litapple would be happiest on my dresser, where I would notice her every day and she could see everything from up there. Plus there is lots of room there. 'well' I thought to myself, 'maybe not such a good spot, lots of light but not from the sun; keep looking'



So Umm if you don't know me, or rather if you've never been to my house then you don't know about this... ahem. This house that I live in? It was built in the 1970's and so naturally it had one of the coolest things I've even seen in a house before in my life... An Atrium...that's right, plants that grow inside... in dirt.. lots of dirt, don't get it? check it out...


I was thinking, man, what a perfect spot for a Litapple plant to grow lots of light, but indirect, so no burning, not too much water, how great, but then I thought to myself, 'self, you can't go on putting litapple over here in the garden with the other plants, she needs love from real people not just garden plants... no this won't do at all! keep looking'

Put it in my room by the other plants? hmm interesting idea, tho the other plants aren't doing so well...


Back upstairs to the kitchen to visit Litapple and get her thoughts on the whole process, well she didn't have a whole lot to say, she seems to be a quiet plant, she just loves to sit there and watch and take it all in, she's so cute. Well Sponge Bob lives in a pineapple under the sea but, I learned that no pineapple would survive down there tho Litapple was anxious to see what it might be like, I was strongly oppinionated against the idea and then I had the thought that I should just try a few spots out for now and see how it goes. How lame right? WRONG it's NOT. *Hugs Litapple and sings lullaby* and so for now Litapple is comfy cozy on the windowsill in the kitchen.

<333 Litapples mommy

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Some things to be said.

Thursday, August 28, 2008, 2:26 pm GMT +1

I was a bit lazy the past days, which means, I didn't keep the site updated.
Don't worry, I wouldn't ignore my Dabapple ;)

I gots me some new ice-cream, cause I thought after finishing the first that would be the best for my baby. Again not my favourite, but at least some fine Vermont B&J:



Then, two days ago, I thought it would be the right time to plant Dabapple. I got a little worried about the brownish leaf-tips she had, that went a little browner every day :O

So, this is what i needed for planting:
I had the soil, a huuuuge 30 cm / 12 in pot, and of course Dabapple. The pot is not very nice, but it was the only damn pot i could get around :/ I need to find a nice cache-pot.

Then I filled the pot with the soil almost all to the top and formed a little hole in the middle with my hands. Gooosh, I was dirty after this. I did it with all the love I had for my little beloved baby.

I placed Dabapple into the hole, after removing a lot more of the bottom leaves, so I had a longer stem, and covered the stem with soil, until it was standing secure. Now she is on her spot inside, at the balcony window, and enjoys the view!

A VERY stressed out Mummy

SIGH I have neglected my job... I hope I don't kill poor litapple. so right now I have put her in a mug and she is enjoying the lovely summer sunshine streaming in the kitchen window... maybe I'll get a pic later.

Todays post is one of anguish and greif and other things I can't say.
just... look at this...


who does such things? you know what they were doing?

BLENDING up pineapples... babies... and drinking them!

ritualistic...terrible.

i have to sleep I'll post more later

<33 dabi

Dabapple - The Awakening

Monday, August 25, 2008, 7:15 pm GMT +1

It was time for Dabapple to wake up. After some days all alone in my kitchen drawer I woke her yesterday, petted her a bit, took off some more of the smaller leaves and placed her into a glass full of water, to help her grow some roots.



I just wanted to let you know she's OK,
Alita

On special request: Cannibalizing Dabapple

Friday, August 22, 2008, 2:15 pm GMT +1





... I'm not sure why we called it cannibalizing though. Maybe cause I am a pineapple-mother now? Does that make me part of the family? Who knows.

So, here come the details. As you see in the picture above, I had a fun time cutting it into pieces. I had a huuuuge knife, to cut the "skin" off, slow and painful, I guess O.o

I did this, until Dabapple's old body was all naked and vulnerable.
I lay down the knife and got a little rest, till I went on to remove
all those little prickles on the side, that would hurt my mouth and actually don't taste good at all.

Then I had to cut it into four long slices, in order to be able to easily remove the stem inside (no picture available of that). After that i cut it into smaller pieces and Dabapple was ready to be eaten! Of course with the walnut ice-cream I bought for this special occasion (still no B&J at home...)

Preparing our little babies.

Thursday, August 21, 2008, 2:50 am GMT +1

Now it was time for Dab and me to prepare our babies for the planting in about a week. Take it into your hands and then grab the leaves and the "body" and twist the leaves off with a soft swing. This is not as hard as it looks by the way. You might try to wear gloves if it is much too pricky.


You should have these two parts now. If not, please be sure you made a major mistake and might need a new pineapple. But don't panic, the chances for such a fault are really low I think.



On the bottom of the leaves there should be a little, umm, hump? If that was not a word that would describe what you see in the picture, then excuse my sucky english and the dictionary I got this word from :)


What you have to do now is to cautiously pick the little brown leaves right next to the hump, so you get a little longer stem. One or two layers should be enough, but you can decide that yourself.


Now your little baby is ready prepared to go sleep into a dark, lonely place, like your cupboard or any drawer, or any other place with no light and not much heat, so the cute little stem can dry a little to prevent rotting. I chose the shelf with my pots :O
Yes, I pity my baby a lot that it has to stay there all alone for so long :(

Good night, Dabapple!

Getting to action.

Wednesday, August 20, 2008, 8:33 pm GMT +1

Hi all,

today's the big day, the one and only, the day I chose my Dabapple.
It wasn't too easy to get it, cause the shop I wanted to get it from, a cute little turkish veggy shop, didn't have any pineapples at all. So I had to go to the next store, which was a simple supermarket with a really poor assortment. So this was what I had to choose from:



Not very satisfying. Look at this little mutant:



The leaves are sooo small >.<


Definitely the right choice, even though it is a bit small, but already very ripe, and the smell of it makes me drool, as it is standing right next to me on my desk at the moment. I wish I could give you an impression of what it smells like... Though, shouldn't be too hard: just get a pineapple and smell at it ;)

At that darn little supermarket they didn't have my favourite ice-cream! Bitches! So for now I got just plain walnut flavoured ice-cream, and will look for my B&J the next days.

This is it for now,
Alita, Dabapples loving mommy.

The Perfect Pick

The Search for Litapple Begins. Muah hahahaha

hello,

I'll try to keep it breif, I know that all this pineapple talk can be quite tedious and also very dull if you are not completely in love with the idea. Alternatively it can be quite mouth watering, and I don't want to be the cause of stomach tumult.

Today is WEDNESDAY!
"what the heck? Deb, there was a Wednesday last week too..."

That's what you're thinking right? WELL YOU ARE WRONG there was NO wedne... Okay so maybe there was a Wednesday, but that doesn't matter, what matters is today is the wednesday, the beautiful wonderful, golious, spectacle...okay well it's raining outside BUT today I did something quite out of the ordinary, today I found LITAPPLE that's right the lovely little plant that I will love and adore and (hopefully keep alive) for the next year+ until it bears a little lita.

There were many issues, rain, traffic, first store had all but destroyed the tops of their pineapples, second store had the same issues but more to choose from.

I decided to go with a beautiful Maui Gold Pineapple from Hawaii, still slightly green, and quite large, I'm not really hungry for it now so its just chilling here with me.

^_^ Litapple, a.k.a. My Baby!! >< or my baby's mumma :O

After the first euphoria has passed.

Monday, August 18, 2008, 4:11 pm GMT +1

Hello readers and pineapple-lovers,

I had my time to sleep, the first night after this idea came to life. The first euphoria about it flew off...

And know what? I'm kidding. I'm still uber excited about this, I can't wait to start following Dab's instructions to make my baby happy. You see, without Dab's wonderful instructions I would most probably make my baby die, I guess. She's the gardening expert of us both :)

I already chose the best place for my baby, which is right in front of my huuuuge balcony window, where it will get a lot of sun all day. Also, it can watch the birds flying from there, and even see the clouds passing by. Maybe we will imagine together what we can see in the clouds.. Most likely pineapples? Who knows.

Now I have to find a wonderful pot for Dabapple. I want something colourful, but after we thought about painting pots ourselves, I decided to get just one that's colourful by itself, as I so much suck at painting, that it will definitely turn out as ugly as it could, if I put my hands on it. As soon as I found one that seems fitting (and 12in or 30cm wide O.o ) I will of course let you know about it.
I need some soil, too, but that should be easy to get.

Also, I need to start to look out for my favourite ice-cream, which is not too easy to get over here. It is Ben&Jerry's New York Super Fudge Chunk. For those of you who don't know it: It's chocolate ice-cream with dark and white chocolate chunks, walnuts, pecans and chocolatey covered almonds... *starts to drool all over the blog*... ok, umm... let's go on to the next point.

The pineapple. I will get my pineapple on Wednesday, aswell as Dab will, too. We decided to get them at about the same time, cause they will be connected in a certain, esoteric (?) way. As in, our love and stuff. I hope you get the point O.o

I am so damn fucking excited, and I do hope you all will take part in the birth of our beloved pineapple baby plants.

Alita, excited mommy-to-be.

Making Babies is fun.

So you think we are insane and you love it?

So you want to grow your own babies?

Well here's a simple and profound warning, as with all babies they take time, attention and love.

The first step is to get together some cash, not a lot, and then once the financial future of your baby is secured, you will have to think of a name, because with out a name and a lot of love, it just won't happen.

1. Go to a store and buy the following,

- 1 beautiful and delicious Pineapple
- 1 8in or 12in pot to grow your baby in (8in is okay to start but eventually 12in will be needed, that is just how much space they need to grow)
- 1 bag of soil, enough to fill your pot and keep some to add to your pot from time to time.
- 1 container of your favorite ice cream (not necessary but really, its for the best)

2. When you arrive home, think about happy baby thoughts, all the wonderful things you will do when your baby arives and how you will help it to grow.
3. Firm and gentle, you must twist the top off of your new Pineapple this is really the easiest and best way of starting the roots to grow.
4. Peel off the first few layers of leaves near the base of the pineapple top, you might notice little roots there already, thats good.
5. Take your pineapple top and place it in a dark cupboard upside down to let it dry for about a week. This will allow the top to heal and prepare for growth.
6. Eat some ice cream, and count the days, try not to forget about your pineapple top, cause then it dries up and is useless, and you have to go back to the store and find another perfect parent for your baby, this is not always so easy.
7. Now you may take another layer of the small leaves off the bottom of your pineapple top or you may leave it the way it is, then you can either place it in some water to start the roots growing or you can plant it directly in its new home.
8. Now it depends where you live and what time of year it is, to see where you will place your new plant. NO FROST, it will die. During summer, set your plant on a sunny porch or bury the pot in your garden. When you first remove your plant from your house, keep it in a semi-shaded spot for several days to prevent sunburn.
9. You can also keep your plant indoors, where it will be warm, and have sunlight, and you can remember to water it every week or so.^_^
10.Enjoy life. eate ice cream and pineapple and remember to have a lot of Love in your house, and never raise your voice, water your pineapple once a week, in nature they need less than 20in rain annually, so don't over water it. It can take up to 3 years to get your baby to grow, but sometimes it's faster. Like one year. O.o

(you can use fertilizer if you wish, follow instructions on fertilizer package for shrubs)

Please show us your little babies!

If you liked our idea of growing a pineapple baby and made one yourself, this is the place to show us!

Comment on this post, tell us everything you want about your very own pineapple, and if you have pictures that's even better!

Feel encouraged to contribute and spread love over the world :)

Don't know how to make a pineapple baby? Check out Dabs instructions here.

So, seems like the first post?

Monday, August 18 2008, 12:30 am GMT +1

Let's celebrate this moment, epic and unique as it is, as Dab and me formed the idea of making all this.

It started with a picture. Of a growing pineapple in Dabs garden, which made me jealous right away.
I said: Hey Dab, I want a pineapple-baby, too!

So Dab told me how it works, and it seems I got totally insane. While we were talking about it, the idea arose to both make a baby at the same time. Then we thought about taking pictures of our lil pineapples. Like, everywhere. Making a photo-album with pineapples. So why not a blog? Here it is :)

Welcome to take part at our insane minds, and of course, the birth and growth of our beloved babies, Dabapple and Litapple.

We will keep all of you informed on how they grow up, about their characters, their little faults and lovable quirks, and of course, photos!

So long, wait for the making of the babies, coming on Wednesday!

Greetings,

Alita, aka Dabapples mom