Chamomile - Blog Posts
Everyone meet my new OC, Chamomile. Her design was based off of a poll I made on my story. Remember that the ask box is open! #oc #traditionalartwork #drawing #narwhale #traditionalart https://www.instagram.com/quokkatoons/p/Buzb_fVlcvm/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1oalnzxxyffkg
Traditional Landscape in Philadelphia
Yeah my Greek family always says ‘close the lights’ or ‘shut the lights’ instead of ‘turn off the lights’ and I’ve been hearing that since I was little so it honestly sounds perfectly normal to me lol.
In terms of my own blunders:
for some reason my brain likes French articles (le, la, les) better than any others, so I have this weird thing where I keep trying to use French articles when speaking English or Greek.
random everyday words that get used a lot, like hello and good morning and thank you, are very easy to mix up for some reason. Sometimes I say ‘merci!’ without even thinking about it in an English-speaking environment or I have to consciously stop myself from saying ‘γεια σασ!’ (hello) to some poor random friend who will have no idea what I’m saying...
English is my first and most fluent language, but there are random words that I learned in greek or french first, and it just sounds really weird to me to say them in English. The most egregious example of this is the word chamomile, like chamomile tea. Saying kam-oh-meel sounds so utterly weird to me that I actually have to pause before I say it out loud in english. The greek word for it is χαμομηλι, pronounced sort of like hah-moh-mee-lee (chamomili). It makes no sense if I try to use the greek pronunciation in the middle of an english sentence, but saying it in english sounds so odd that I sometimes just avoid the word.
when I forget the french word for something so I switch to english to try and explain to someone who speaks french but knows a little english and we puzzle it out together
there was one time I was trying to ask someone how to say ‘please’ in italian except for some reason I forgot the word please and could only remember it in french and greek (s’il vous plait and παρακαλο, respectively) so I was standing there for a few moments like a nitwit while I tried to remember how to say please in English
On occasion, my Opa will be speaking Dutch to another of our Dutch-speaking family members, then turn to me and start jabbering to me in Dutch, conveniently forgetting that the extent of my Dutch knowledge is like, ten words. (It was particularly funny one time when he did this to my mother, who, being from the Greek side of the family, has absolutely no reason to know any Dutch.)
Also I am strongly reminded of this hilarious post which I originally encountered on @space-australians
im going to have a stroke
I wonder who used to come here before, talked about things we'll never know.
Calendario “Plantas que curan” 2023 || Calendar “Healing plants” 2023
Summer☀️ has many good things, but there’s one that surely no one misses: the rise of mosquitoes 🦟 with their threatening noise at night and their sneaky bites. So far this summer I’ve been lucky and I haven’t had the kind of giant sting that swells, turns red and hot and stings a lot, but other years I have not had the same luck and researching the plants, their properties and different natural remedies, I discovered this natural poultice for these occasions.🌱
The recipe is very easy, you just need to crush and mix the following ingredients (better if they’re organically grown!):
🔹Oat flakes crushed or powder oat, since oat is very effective against skin inflammation. 🔹Chamomile infusion because chamomile has anti-inflammatory and analgesic properties. 🔹Fresh basil, which contains eugenol, a compound that helps fight itching and pain. 🔹Fresh rosemary, in addition to having similar properties to basil, is a natural antiseptic.
Once the mixture is made, we just have to put it to cool in the fridge so it can give us the cold effect that will also help with the swelling and it’ll be ready to apply to the affected area.
If you don’t see any improvement, or it looks bad or you’ve an allergic reaction go quickly to the doctor!
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Un pequeño detalle de las flores de la ilustración de Haizea. No sé si os acordareis pero Haizea es la galgo que os enseñé hace un tiempo cuando tenia la ilustración a medias, pronto os mostraré la ilustración acabada entera, la verdad es que cuando la miro muero de amor! Estos días vuelvo a estar liada, como una pequeña abejita. Después de un descanso involuntario vuelvo a dibujar flores y frutas saludables para un nuevo proyecto! Se nota que me encanta la naturaleza?🌻 A small close up of the flowers in the “Haizea” illustration. I don't know if you’ll remember but Haizea is the white greyhound I showed you a while ago when I had the illustration in progress… Soon I will show you the entire finished illustration. In fact when I look at her I die of love! These days I’m busy again, like a little bee. After an involuntary break I’m back drawing healthy flowers and fruits for a new project! It shows that I really love nature?🌻
ES || Detalle de la ilustración de la cigüeña botánica donde podéis ver de cerca una peonía, flores de manzanilla, una flor de azafrán, un abejorro y una abeja de la miel. Espero poder mostraros cosas nuevas pronto!!🌻🐝 EN || Close up of the illustration of the botanical stork where you can see up close a peony, chamomile flowers, a saffron flower, a bumblebee and a honey bee. I hope I can show you new things soon !!🌻🐝
happy bees and chamomile flowers (2021) || abejitas felices y manzanilla (2021) || abelletes contentes y camamilla (2021)
