I don't like radishes...
so I turned them into chocolate...
Then I transformed bananas into mandarins...
and a felted flower into turmeric...
Yep, I am an alchemist...
Although I wasn't expecting to ever be one.
You see, I don't like radishes, so I gave them to a work colleague.
To my surprise, he brought me chocolate the next day.
And then I gave my neighbour some bananas.
He got so excited that he went to the mandarin tree he had never even looked at in his yard, and picked me a bucketful... it seemed that wasn't enough for him though, and he sent his flatmate over the next day with some special cat food for Mrs Goggins.
The next day I went to work, where I found a whole lot of turmeric piled up on my desk, and next to it a little note... Thank you ever so much for the felted flower, I will wear it always.
I didn't give anything away with any sort of idea that I would receive anything back. In a day and age where big businesses might just not help you up if you fell over in front of them, the thoughtfulness and generosity of my fellow man fills me with pride, happiness and a warm glow for the future of mankind.
p.s. those chocolate boxes are empty, I couldn't wait.
:D
19 comments:
Thats lovely......but I hope you like tumeric?
I like radishes but I would rather have chocolate any day.
I've never seen tumeric like that before; what can you do with it?
How wonderful! Karma, baby, fruit & vege karma!
Well LBM, I'm glad you asked! I googled some recipes and you can use it fresh in recipes just as you would dried. And I have planted some in a big pot - apparently it grows a bit wild and can be a pain to contain. And you can pickle it too which could be fun.
Pickled turmeric for xmas presents!
Ooo I am going to do this: http://www.rawmom.com/blog/2010/07/raw-recipes-fresh-turmeric-juice/ - claims to give you a nice buzzy feeling!
I find people are much nicer than we have been led to believe!
Ah, nice story Ali. I'd gladly swap radishes for chocolate, I know who got the better deal. :)
I'm trying to think what would be an appropriate return present for the freshly caught mackerel a neighbour gave us the other day.
Esther
I had to read this twice to understand where the felted flower came into the picture - and then I realised that there wasn't a picture of any felted flowers... Nor of bananas, come to that. I'm easily confused. :)
That was really nice (pay it forward) and nicely worded by you! Your radishes look quite impressive too. Kelli
Oh Mark, I can sympathise with you, sometimes it can be a little hard to follow my slightly erratic train of thought! It's good for me to write a blog,I need to practise making sense :)
A mackerel hey Esther... if I were to have something from you, I'd want one of your lovely pencil drawings... or some flowers from your garden :)
Oh, and Kelli, those radishes were by far the most successful grower in my garden this season. I had bunches and bunches and bunches of them! If I could turn them all into chocolate...
Wouldn't mind me a chocolate tree
You're crazy. Radishes rock my world. Chocolate is for chumps.
JFH, I have a chocolate vine... dumb vine, it just flowers, no cadbury's whatsoever... I'd like a lindt vine...
500m2, you are right. What was I thinking?!
Actually, I've had a rough arvo with the kids. I may need to change my tune :)
awwww such a lovely post! the alchemy of turning radishes into chocolate, now that's one skill I'd like to have! :)
Ah huh! Knew you'd crack 500... and Mrs Bok, yes, I hold the power. I am soooo growing radishes again.
You deserve all the good things you get, because you give without expecting anything back. Bless! :)
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