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!