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Thursday, July 2, 2015

Summer Drinks For July-2015

Summer Drinks for July-2015
Up in Flames - Summer Drink
Good afternoon my dearest friends & followers, gosh its so hot here in 
Washington State almost 90' degree's and climbing. They say that it will get to the mid 90's today. So I thought I would give you all a great summer drinks, I myself can't drink them but they're fun to look for all of You! I have to drink non-alcoholic so that's pretty much non-alcoholic beer/wine. 
I hope you like the fun drink I found for you all. It is a layed drink so it is a bit more difficult to make but very cool looking and it sounds very good too. Once you get the layering technique down [a baster works perfectly], you'll be hooked on these kinda layering drinks and the gorgeous flavors and stunning colors. Of course, you can always try these without the alcoholic so that you can make fun drinks for your kids or for folks like me that can't drink... Heheheh. 
The drink will make a 1 2.25 oz shot. 
So it's a quick cool drink I will be adding another drink that is a bit bigger too.
What you will need;
1/2-ounce ginger liqueur
3/4-ounce fresh orange juice strained to remove the pulp.
1/2-ounce pomegranate liqueur
1/2-ounce vodka [80 or 100 proof based on preference]
[Additional 100 proof vodka or other high proof clear liquor for 
the fire part of the drink]
Now to put the drink together-
1-Pour ginger liqueur into the 2.5 oz tall & skinny shot-type glass.
2-Rest spoon inside glass with convex surface up and tip resting on inner side of glass.
3- Now very carefully & slowly pour the orange juice onto the spoon so that it runs down the inner side of the glass in a gentle stream.
4- The slower this happens the better the separation of the color layers in the glass. 
5-Mix pomegranate liqueur and vodka together and pour into the glass 
carefully using the same process as the orange juice.  
6-Pour a thin layer of the high proof vodka onto the surface of the pomegranate layer slowly. Then dim the lights & light up your shot. If not brave enough to drink it on fire just blow out the flame before drinking it!
With this drink, you can either sip it or drink it like a shot.
[Notes; The best separation of the layers is by using a 30ml syringe to drizzle the liquids down the inside of the glass[or you can use the syringe of the cough syrup of a small child that will work very will too. It is recommended using this method for crisp layers/ To find the syringe you can typically find them at medical supply stores]

Singapore Sling-
As promised another cool drink for the hot summer. The Singapore Sling was looking very good and refreshing. So the Singapore Sling was a kinda prototype to the Tiki drink and much like its offspring it has a lengthy list of ingredients too. But if you take the time to assemble what you need in the drink, you'll be very happy rewarded with an herbal, sweet-tart and refreshing cooler drink that has a seductive reddish color too. This is one drink to truly enjoy in, the hot sultry summer days and nights. If it's the humid heat or dry heat it's a great reliever for those hot summer months.
Serves 1
Ingredients;
2-ounce of London Dry Gin
2-ounce unsweetened pineapple juice
3/4-ounce fresh lime juice
3/4-ounce Cherry Heering 
2 teaspoon [ 1/3ounce] Cointreau
2 teaspoon [ 1/3-ounce] Benedictine
1/4 ounce of grenadine
2 to 4 dashes of bitters to taste 
Soda water
As far as getting it together I couldn't find that I hope with the 
ingredients that you are able to find how to put it together. It has been
a very hot day with a headache all day with the heat.
I love you all very much my dear friends & Followers 
I wish you all well 
YOUR WENDY 


Wednesday, July 1, 2015

SHANGO OF FIRE THUNDER AND LIGHTING

Shango African God of- 
Fire,Thunder & Lighting...
Shango is the orisha of fire, thunder and lightning, and he can be invoked to bring revenge upon enemies. He is an arrogant, violent and risk-taking Orisha. Those who cross him risk death by fire or electrocution. He can be a source of both vengeance and justice, of representing both raw rage and channeled strength. It is said that he was a passionate womanizer & thus is also associated with male sexuality, fertility and virility too. Shango had a long-standing feud with the African God Oggun his brother Ogun the African God of War & Iron of the Yoruba people of West Africa. It seems that Ogun and the other Gods had climbed down to earth on a spiderweb. This is at least what I discover about Sango brother. When creation was completed the gods realized that the people needed to clear more land in the forest where they lived. Unfortunately, the only tools
Ogun African god & brother
to Shango of Fire, Thunder
and Lighting...
These two brothers didn't
get along 
available were made of soft metal, which wasn't suitable to cut down trees. However, The god Ogun had been given the secret of Iron by Orunmila a son of the supreme God Olorun. So he was able to use an Iron ax to clear the forest for the people. Ogun later shared the secret to iron with the other Gods and the humans too. He showed them how to shape them into weapons to defend themselves. In short it seems to me he was a kind and helpful God. He also cared about the humans and his own people the Gods. Though he is a very fierce god he was not evil & would help those who would pray to him. So I could see why the two brother don't get along and that is why they have had a long-standing feud with each other. Mostly Shango with his brother Ogun. So as in the World of the God Shango nothing is every made of iron or can be associated with it. This could be one of the problems between the brothers in my opinion. As for his brother God Ogun who rules with metal, in particular, this may have caused the conflict between the brothers.
Statue of Shango 
Shango history dates back many centuries ago. He was the fourth king of the ancient Oyo Empire of the West African culture & politics for the Yoruba people. The Oyo Empire thrived from the 15th century until 1835. Today there are only about 30 million of the Yoruba decedents of his people in the Western Africa, mostly in Nigeria. I discovered that Shango beside a powerful god was also a powerful king, but some of the people in Oyo Empire thought he was an unfair King. It seems when two of his ministers challenged him for the throne, Shango fled into the forest. The King Shango wandered in the forest for quite a long time they say! In time, they have said he hung himself from a tree. [note I am getting this from history that I found on the great king and I don't know if it is actually true, I am just writing down what I find...Wendy]  I guess after the great King Shango died his enemies houses were set on fire, it was said it was by Shango's friends and loyal severities. However, there is another tale of this story, some believed that the King Shango had gone into the heavens & was sending fire down upon the Earth. This is how he became the God Shango of thunder, lighting, and fire. The God Shango of thunder, lightning, and fire slowly increases his powerful energy of these elements within the heavens and becomes a very powerful African God. In later years in Africa, there are folks that often depict him in artwork with a double ax on his head as a symbol of the Thunderbolt. Shango's thunderous energy became a symbol of the resistance of the Yoruba people during the 19th century when many of the Yoruba people were taken from their home Africa to America to be slaves. So Many of these African  Gods bring hope to the people of Africa and strength. I hope that you all enjoyed the history or the African God



 Shango of Fire, Thunder, and Lighting I know that I 
did and I hope to do more of the African Gods/Goddess
I love you all my dear friends & followers 
Happy July 1, 2015 
YOURWENDY

Tuesday, June 30, 2015

Dark Elves/History Images -2015

Dark Elves/History Images -2015
Dark Elves
feared above all others
I thought I would do a post on the dark elves on the History and the beautiful images that these amazing artist do with the different media of either painting, photoshop, digital painting and so many other kinds of ways I hope that you enjoy the history and legend of the dark elves and the beauty of the images. I hope to continue to finish all the different kinda elves with History-Images on elves for 2015.. love you all very much my dears friends and followers. Have a great coming July Tommorrow ...YOUR WENDY  
It is said that they live for battle and enjoy slaughtering their enemies. That, however, is just a negative stereotype that has been put on them for many centuries ago.While the Dark Elves are the first to the battlefield, they don't live for it.  They see themselves as guardians of the elven race. Never hesitating to protect their land by any means necessary. 
It is also said that they are the most promiscuous of the Elves~
That is not a negative stereotype but is the Truth. If they find another Dark Elf that is in the same mood you bet they will find a dark quiet place to get some action going...They are known to be very intelligent as well as strong & agile. The females are much more promiscuous than the males elves. - But it seems that all dark elves are promiscuous and the combination of their powerful strength, agile and intelligent ~ plus being know for having quite the physique type of body too - they have quite the package -
They stand at about 5 feet tall & their skin ranges from dark blue to jet black -Their hair is almost always silver but is also red, green, and black too. Their eyes tend to be pale in color. They can be either green, violet, deep blue & red too -Among the elves they are considered the most beautiful of all the elven races.

Male Dark Elve
You may ask why? One reason could be that they are considered the most superior warriors and sorceresses and they all know it. You could say they are all a bit arrogant.
It is not unheard of for a entire, armies to be slaughter while other party's is there drooling over the dark elves warrior's physique.
Dark Elves tend to keep themselves, as they are very distrusting & entrusted by others even in different elven clans~
They often are found in smaller groups & can be ruthless & cruel at times. But overall they are a very close net group of elf's.
As with the Drows I love the dark elves too - I thought I would add to this post since it was a bit short and I wanted to do a new post for 2015 with the history/images and I wouldn't be able to do that if I didn't add to this post. so without more ado more about the history of the Dark Elves... From what I discovered is that the Dark elfin race was born in the Crown wars, which was a huge conflict that has continued for more between 5,000 & 10,000
years +.  I guess what happened within the war [Crown Wars Elfin] is that 
there happen to a High Elf Prince of very noble blood, life was going 
very well for this Prince until it was foretold that he was destined 
to become  a King of the Dark Elves. However, he would not only be just 
a king of the Dark Elves he would be a Witch King. This of course
change his whole world of light into the dark world of the 
Dark world of the Dark Elves. Once living outside in grand Empire 
Kingdoms to the deep shadows of the darkest caves. 
Well in short the King name Malekith was actually in secret experimenting 
with the power of dark magic and in doing so his spirit was in time
corrupted with the evil energies  that  were too overwhelming for him
to let along for that supreme power of evil. Not realizing how it was affecting his appearance and his personality, the King became more & 
more introverted, sinister and intimidating. Also, his skin became very pale. So when it was his time to step up to be king and was passed over
he just bided his time. How, you might wonder? Well he led his 
armies against the Orcs and the forces of the Chaos.  This is when the witch king took him to the coldest colonies of the northern world and abandoned his human city he had,  to a talisman of awesome sorcerous power.
After thousands of decades, the witch-king had finally got himself
in the second power to be the Phoenix King. He knew this was the 
time to act, so he secretly worshipped to the Chaos Gods
and had the Phoenix King poisoned so that he could crown himself 
as the new Phoenix King.  The silly king Malekith thought that he could 
become the Phoenix King just by taking it for himself. Also he was 
under the control of dark magic and it took his spirit to the evil
Side of the energy. This could be why he believed that he could just 
march into the sacred flame of the God Asuryan, which is always the 
final test that each Phoenix King has to pass to prove his worthiness for the  Crown for his people.  Well Malekith was sure that he would be 
able to endure the sacred flame of the God Asuryan as his father had 
done before him many years before. However, since he had taken up with the dark forces of the Chaos Gods
and had the present Phoenix King poisoned, so that he could crown himself as the new Phoenix King, he was setting himself for a horrible faith.
For the Phoenix, King, is to be pure at heart & soul. To serve only  the 
the Flame God of Asuryan. But since he strayed off the pure path of 
a noble king walking into the flame of the God of Asuryan horribly 
scarred and burned him. He was lucky to be alive.
His body was too polluted with the Chaos of the Gods of dark forces and
the flames of Asuryan would not let him pass through without being
scarred, burned and cast back  to the platform for all to see.
Soon after that he fled with his dark chaos followers to the mountains of the north. This is where Malekith king slowly recovered his strength 
with the aid of sorcerers & became too heavily train in the dark Magic.
He also forged a great suit of black armour which would lend strength to his withered and fire blasted body from the fires of  the God of Asuryan.
He was able to pass through the internal heat, without it killing him but every day after that those who looked upon him would shudder at his appearance. That is when he truly became the Witch King. As for 
his new suit of black armour at the brow of it, there was a grand horned helmet that was welded with a circlet or iron. On the day of its creation he 
had his armour fused the suit directly to his body. 
They had many battles with the new Phoenix King and the Elves and each time, the Witch King found himself in battle defeated by the Phoenix mightiest armies driving them into the marshes bound to the realm of the Chaos of the North. Finally, the Witch King revealed his last plan of attack, with his sorcerers and called upon the dark gods of the Chaos themselves to help defeat the Phoenix God. Many of the Dark Elves readily agreed to join. At dusk, the sky shimmered with many-coloured lights, the Witch King and his followers attempted to carry out their  evil plan. For hours the Witch King and dark elves struggled, but it slowly became obvious their evil plan wasn't great enough to break through the magical barriers that contained the Realm of Chaos. It seems a sudden surge  of magick power came  suddenly at the Witch-king and the dark elves without a warning. Thousands of the Witch Kings dark elves fell dead[good elves too] and his land bucked and heaved like some kinda terrifying storm racing through his land by strong magic. There was nothing he could do to stop the terrible forces that were unleashed. The earth itself buckled under the titanic stress and across the continent earthquakes cast down cities and levelled mountains.. After

































that a thousand-foot wall of water came down over the area of the north where the Witch King and the dark elves. Tens of thousands of elves were drowned by the waves and buried by the earthquakes. All was felt as far as the Dwarf Kings home. While most of the elves were to weak to pursue the dark elves and the witch king they were able to escape and rebuild in the land  of the Black Arks which became their new world home and the kingdom of the Dark Elves was born.


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