Human Flower Project
Orrington, MAINE USA
Murrieta, CALIFORNIA USA
Princeton, MAINE USA
Tuesday, August 01, 2006
Hint from Hades
Greet August with a tray of floral ice cubes.
August First Ade: Tea with iced flowers
Our dear late cousin Andy Tweedy had a phrase for this weather: “Hot as the Hinges of Hades.” One survived it with barefeet, late night bridge games and beer on ice.
The Human Flower Project is generally weak on Hints from Heloise but we can offer a Hint from Hades today. The only trick is finding flowers you’re sure are fresh and free of pesticide—those being, of course, grown in your own chem-free garden. Fill an ice-tray half way with water and freeze. Then pick your flowers, wash and gently dry them, remove stems. Drop one on top of each bit of ice, top off the tray with water and freeze again. Violas, dianthus and miniature roses are especially cubi-genic. A big petal will do too.
No more Shiner or Lone Star for you? Try one these delicious drink recipes.
Here’s wishing a Blue Norther to our friends and kin in Knickerbocker, Texas.