my city: a teeny bit bipolar

[rivendellrose]

It's summer! All of a sudden!

That's right - two days after being cloudy, rainy, nasty and grey, Seattle is now Bright And Sunny and 85 degrees, headed for 90, as if it'd been summer for weeks. This morning was a rush to find my straw hat, my sunscreen (don't laugh... I'm uber-pale and my skin burns easily), my sandals and a tank-top that would work with the skirt I wanted to wear. Oh, and a white blouse to wear over the tank-top. And then to close our blinds so that our living room doesn't bake while we're gone today. Don't get me wrong, it's lovely and beautiful and I'm happyhappyhappy to finally have summer here, but... a little warning or build-up might have made it all easier. Still, it's great fun being outside in it.

Which makes it sad that there is a baseball game tonight, which is bound to balls up my commute so badly that it could very well be past sunset by the time I actually make it back home. And, while I'm nattering about nothings - BPAL has a lovely line of limited edition perfumes themed around varieties of moths and butterflies, and I'm trying to decide which one I should get. My favorites are:

GYPSY - Bourbon vanilla, Egyptian musk, tonka, white sugar, and cardamom.

LUNA - Touareg tea, Asian pear, carnation, lime sugar, green musk, armoise, and thyme.

ROSY MAPLE - Lemon blossom, vanilla bean, huckleberry, sweet pea, rose sugar, acai berry, and candyfloss.

SPICEBUSH SWALLOWTAIL - Brown sugar, sassafras, clove, and wild plum.

I'm leaning toward the Rosy Maple and maybe the Luna, but they all look lovely, and I'm not totally sure about the huckleberry in the Rosy Maple one - sometimes fruit scents overwhelm everything else, and that would make me awfully sad. At least I have until August 26 to make up my mind!

Comments

[snakewhissperer.livejournal.com]

I would so be over Gypsy.

[rivendellrose.livejournal.com]

It does look reeeeeeeally nice, doesn't it? But then Luna looks so wonderfully bright and green-smelling, and Rosy Maple... *Sigh*

[snakewhissperer.livejournal.com]

If you get something you particularly like..and if yu'd be willing to pay for shipping etc...

I can make lotions and creams wiht fragrance oils in them. Make the stretch.

[rivendellrose.livejournal.com]

I appreciate the offer very much! Honestly though, I'd probably go through lotions or creams even faster. I tend to ration my oils pretty well, but I have compulsive lotioning habits due to dry hands, so I tend to make expensive lotion vanish very quickly. Best to keep the oils separate, for me. ;)

[snakewhissperer.livejournal.com]

*snickers* want to learn how to make your own expensive lotions?

[rivendellrose.livejournal.com]

Consider me intrigued... ;)

[snakewhissperer.livejournal.com]

ok seriousl question.
do you have:
1) non food safe stick blender
2) stainless steel bowl or plastic dedicated jug.
3) some base oils (I like grapeseed, almond, sunflower even)
4) teh willingness to buy preservative, fragrance and maybe liquid silk? (not much, depends how much you plan on making. You need maybe an ounce or two of each. My source: mountain majestic sage. I use liquid germal plus as my preservatives). you also need emulsifying wax (maybe 4-8 oz, same site).
5) tubes (same site) or other containers.

and 6) can you make packet soup? As its about as hard.

[narsilion.livejournal.com]

Luna sounds heavenly, I may have to look at that.

[rivendellrose.livejournal.com]

It does look really nice, doesn't it? Aaaaaah, can't decide! If I end up getting Luna, I'd be happy to decant some off for you. ♥

[mmegaera.livejournal.com]

Usually the switch flips in October, and we go from hot and dry to the rainy season over night. In seventeen years, I don't think I've ever seen the switch flip this dramatically in the other direction before.

Not that I'm complaining... AAMOF, this is the first time I haven't complained about 90+ degrees in over a decade [g].

[rivendellrose.livejournal.com]

Agreed. I've lived here all my life, and I'm used to insta-winter, but sure as hell not insta-summer. This is just weird.

I don't exactly mind it, but I would be a lot happier if I could sleep without sprawling on the covers mumbling "you're too warm" and pushing ineffectually at cat or Boy who happens to lean against me. :P

[mmegaera.livejournal.com]

It's been cooling off at night for me, but I live out away from downtown heat islands. If I put a box fan in my bedroom window at dusk, by bedtime it's a reasonable temperature in my bedroom. Not cold by any stretch, but reasonably cool.

[darthparadox.livejournal.com]

Completely off-topic, it's once again time for Random Thing I Found On The Internet That I Think You'd Like! Maybe you've seen it already, given how it seems to be bouncing around the fandom, but still: Doctor Hoo.

[gaslightgallows]

I've got to step in here and say:

PLEASE check out the original Doctor Hoos done by thecosmicdancer; she's the artist linked in pu-sama's description and she's not getting nearly enough credit.

No, seriously, please. TheCosmicDancer is my roommate and she's in a state of constant miff over not even being properly credited.

[rivendellrose.livejournal.com]

Oh wow. You're right, those are adorable! (And, fwiw, for my money much more technically impressive than the others.

I absolutely love Seven and Ace! ♥♥♥

[snakewhissperer.livejournal.com]

Three Hurrah's for Seven and Ace!

[gaslightgallows]

Oh, she'll be so pleased to know you think so!

*cough* She also has a Zazzle shop where she sells product emblazoned with the non-Hoo owls. I could leave the link if you like, for someday when you have money. :)

The Seven/Ace owls were done for me by special request; the Four/Sarah owls literally made my husband melt into a jibbering ball of cute, which has never happened before.

BEHOLD THE MIGHTY POWER OF THE OWLS!!!! *thunderclap*

[rivendellrose.livejournal.com]

I have! They're terribly cute, although I think I'm going to have to take hearts_blood's side and say that the other set she links to, particularly the Seven and Ace, are even better. ♥

[gaslightgallows]

New York State is famous (within its own borders) for being able to experience all four seasons in one week. I think I even saw locusts one time.

I'm not even a perfume person normally, but the Gypsy fragrance description sounds heavenly.

[rivendellrose.livejournal.com]

Geaugh, yeah, we certainly have nowhere near the temperature problems you guys are having right now. 90s is quite high for Seattle, but the last time it got above 100 I pretty much just plain melted. :P

Gypsy does sound lovely, doesn't it? As for being a perfume person... I'm not, with normal perfumes. With most, they all smell roughly the same to me and have a lingering alcohol scent that makes me a bit "eugh." Fancy, geeky, artsy perfume oils like BPAL, though? I'm a total sucker. My collection... is frankly getting a bit absurd, but they always have something new, so I can't resist!