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Thursday, December 8, 2011

One Helluva Rabbit Hole

Falling down a rabbit hole would seem terrifying at first,
Ending up in a room of illusion, eating the cake and quenching your thirst.
You shrink, then grow, then shrink again,
Find the right order of things, or you’ll be stuck lost ‘till the end.
You make it through the small locked door,
Wandering aimlessly and nothing more.
If you come across a bright-eyed grinning cat,
Be sure that he leads you, to the Hare and the Hat.
Drink some tea with your friends, at the never ending table,
Just remember one thing this is no dream, not a fable.
Finding more words that start with M,
Marvelously, merrily, momentously rhyming with them.
They want you to stay at their tea party for good,
The decision is yours, do what you think you should.
They’ve told you well, the Red Queen is bad news,
So You’ll never go there, Step on the table with your shoes.
Go back home, to family and friends,
Or stay in Wonderland, where the fun never ends.

What would you do?



Monday, January 17, 2011

Palm Tree Garnish

My Palm Tree garnish was made out of an Idaho potato, some lettuce, a carved sweet potato, one 10 penny and one roofing nail, and finally a blue pillow case! I thought the finished garnish looked really cute because, the trunk was a light, red, sweet potato, and the lettuce leaves (Romaine lettuce) curled down and looked really good!

So here is how I made the garnish—my dad took a knife, and cut a regular Idaho baking potato in half for the island base. Then I washed off the lettuce. My dad then took a sweet potato and started to carve out a tree trunk. (He did all the cutting, he said it was too dangerous because the knives were really big and sharp…) then I cut the lettuce leaves into short little bunches for the leaves, and my dad made the hole in the potato island base. I put the sweet potato trunk into the base and my dad helped me push the 10 p nail through the base and into the trunk. I then took the lettuce and inspected it to make sure it was okay. Then I poked the roofing nail through each of the lettuce leaves and into the top of the sweet potato trunk. Then, for an added bonus idea, I took a blue pillow case and put it under the palm tree garnish. And then I took some pictures.

I think if I had a restaurant, I would have easily added a lot of interest into the tables with these cute little tree garnishes. People would love them! I’m so sure of this because, it is too cute to be a palm tree! I think they add a lot of fun to a table! It has the same idea, like a turkey on thanksgiving, it makes up the table! It seems like a very good upgrade to a restaurant!