Sipdown (120)!
First tea of the new year! There was no deliberate choice to the tea I picked out, but when I stopped and thought about it I realized that two of my tea related resolutions for the year were to get my cupboard under 100 teas and to explore Pu’erh in greater depth so perhaps there’s something kind of perfect to the fact that the tea I chose was a sipdown and a Pu’erh. Maybe that’s an indicator of good things to come this year?
I like to think so.
You know what else I started off my year with? A new pet! January first I brewed up my tea, and took my tea with me to the pet store. I was kind of looking for a rat, but when we got there they didn’t have any. I didn’t go home empty handed though: instead I brought home the most adorable Skinny Pig! What’s a skinny pig, you ask? Well a skinny pig is a hairless guinea pig! AND HE’S SO CUTE!!! But damn does he eat a lot. Maybe I’ll post pictures of him…
I named him Eilert after Eilert Lovborg (In Henrik Ibson’s Hedda Gabler). He’s my new best friend! So gentle, and calm. We had a nap together today.
So, that’s how I started my new year; good tea and a good pet.
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I’ve never heard of a skinny pig before. Have fun with him!
You should look up Eilert Pilarm on YouTube.
I had guinea pigs when I was young. They are a lot of fun. It was especially entertaining because my German Shepard thought they were all friends and would go sit in their cage. The guinea pigs, of course, were terrified because she was huge (like 120 lbs).
My mother has a neighbor who has guinea pigs on her from yard. They are very happy just nibbling away on her lawn and plantings. They look so cute just wandering around on their own. The owner says they don’t run/wander away because they have such bad eyesight that they can’t see for more than a few inches away.
The skinny pigs are new to me but they sure look cute. Have fun.
I’ve never heard of a skinny pig before. Have fun with him!
You should look up Eilert Pilarm on YouTube.
I had guinea pigs when I was young. They are a lot of fun. It was especially entertaining because my German Shepard thought they were all friends and would go sit in their cage. The guinea pigs, of course, were terrified because she was huge (like 120 lbs).
My mother has a neighbor who has guinea pigs on her from yard. They are very happy just nibbling away on her lawn and plantings. They look so cute just wandering around on their own. The owner says they don’t run/wander away because they have such bad eyesight that they can’t see for more than a few inches away.
The skinny pigs are new to me but they sure look cute. Have fun.