Blooming tea 9

Today we are looking at "Love Reflections" peach flavored tea bloom. I only had 4 marbles left, and three of them were a love theme.
All of the tea blooms left appeared tall, so I decided to bloom it in a tall glass. I was also poised and ready to take a video of it blooming since they are so interesting to watch.
As I watched, I realized this was possibly the most boring blooming tea I ever saw. It bubbled and floated a bit, but nothing particularly exciting happened. At some point, I realized that this one was a floater. A side floater.
Then I realized that this was a golden opportunity to take a picture of a blooming tea's butt. No, that's not a technical term, but it is the part it is supposed to sit on...
I realized this one was going to need a little help if it was going to look like anything, so I got a chopstick.
Apparently reflections of love aren't that interesting. They need a little help along, otherwise they look a little pathetic. Right now I'm in the mood to break up with a lot of my stuff. I think a big part of that is knowing that I will have to move again at some point (because I rent). I don't know where or when, but I'm not looking forward to it. Given the sky high rent prices these days, it's going to have to be somewhere small. A couple of days ago, a 12 unit apartment building caught on fire. According to the news (and the pictures), the roof of the building is gone, so that's 12 more households looking for a nonexistant place to live. The building I live in has built in sprinklers. There's one in the kitchen. Sometimes I wonder what it would take to set those off. Thankfully there isn't a smoke alarm in the kitchen so I don't have to listen to it scream (or take the battery out) whenever I cook. The interesting thing about going through stuff to get rid of is that I actually get motivated to use up items associated with my hobbies instead of just looking at the pile and feeling so overwhelmed that I can't get anything done. I'm not sure how far I will make it on getting things done, but I have the rest of the day to find out!

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  1. Poppy CrockerMay 15, 2022 at 8:19 AM

    This one looks the most like lawn clippings.

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    1. Lace makerMay 15, 2022 at 2:53 PM

      Now that you mention it, it does! Grass with a dandelion and some clover.

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