#floriver

[charmixpower]

For the bingo ship, Flora x Riven or Stella x Bloom, please

Rewriting this, wah!

It's a story as old as time, local mom friend who needs to learn to be more selfish and ex badboy who needs to learn to emphasize more start dating and balance each other out

This ship is stupid fucking adorable and I love it and the main reason I wanna make Riven and Flora besties just

Flora to Riven: have to considered looking at it like this?

Later, Riven to Flora: You know you should do more stuff for yourself

I just–super cute, I love I love

I even love the primary conflict they'd have in their relationship

Flora feels insecure because Riven can't say I love you. Just yesss

Riven genuinely cannot express this (Ive met people who can't say I love you because they were always met negatively when they said it) and Flora just feels BAD because she knows it isn't his fault but she still feels super insecure and doesn't know if he loves her

Riven feels horrible because since he can't tell her he loves her without a panic attack coming on she's upset and he just feels so bad

They'd work through it, find a way to communicate this without having to outright say it (which is the workaround I've found with my friends who struggle with this) but it would be such a good nobody's at fault conflict that shows with dealing and overcoming both of their own personal struggles!!

I love to imagine Musa and Helia help them both with this, sussssh it's so cute

S2 Floriv would be everything. Riven trying his best to work on himself without any outside help, Flora feeling useless because he won't let her help, Riven telling her that he wants to be good person in his own right without requiring someone else, Flora turning into a puddle of goo

Like ough

They wouldn't have the benefit of being knowledgeable about each other's specific trauma effects each other without a lot of conversations and work (hence the I love you problem in the first place) but I totally feel like they'd be able to work past it

Riven would SO being back Flora weird plants he sees on Missions and Flora would be so fucking delighted

Flora would make stuff for Riven (like a candle) and he would be like "ah, this is love"

Riven love survivalist shit and Flora is the fairy of nature they could talk for hours but Riven prefers just listing

Fuckin Flora and Riven ships of all time

Plus it would be cute to see Flora get a little grumpy with him when he teases her. I have not seen enough playful arguing from Flora and I need more of it. She absolutely watches him make a dumbass of himself (like she did to Tecna in s1) for funzies as revenge

Kinda obsessed you know how it be

Okay I'm making a little time line

Floriv shippers get your fucking JUICE, this is gonna be long

S1:

No romantic connection, but Flora notices that Riven seems very off after dating Darcy though everyone thinks he's being his usual dick self. Flora tells him at some point that she doesn't know what's going on but she'll be here for him because no one deserves to be alone.

Riven jumps off of CT and gets back up despite his injuries because he hopes there's one person who'd be sad if he died. Flora heals him and they are now friends

S2:

Riven is nursing one hellva crush on Flora but keeps it to himself because of his low self esteem and because he isn't ready for a relationship so soon after Darcy. Flora and Riven hang out a lot as friends.

Flora doesn't blame Riven for being lied to and Riven appreciates how she's patient with him and he does as much as he can to show this. Riven hangs out a lot with the new girl who reminds Flora a bit of Riven in s1, with her hyper independent attitude and she's so proud to see Riven attempting to give her advice based on his history. After the Trix show back up he hangs around much more out of paranoia and struggles to communicate this (though Musa seems to understand immediately, something that makes Flora feel a little jealous but she doesn't know why yet).

Riven immediately bonds with Flora's pixie Chatta and she gets to see a bit of his old self in a new positive way with him talking excitedly and openly with Chatta, showing a lot more energy that he usually does becoming a lot more subdued after Darcy. Flora adores her pixie for making Riven more lively. Flora meets Helia, Riven's new friend who just decided they were friends and drags him around now and thinks he's quite silly and befriends him as well. He asks her out but she declines and he asks her if theres someone else and shes like "what noooo" and he's like "sure lol".

Turns out Riven loves adorable things and really adores the pixies so she introduces him to all of the other pixies and he's like =D and Flora thinks its super cute and OH. That's why she's been feeling like that, huh. Flora is now extremely distracted with her new crush, daydreaming about Riven dating her and saying that he'll do anything for her and stuff which isn't far off, and Aisha notices and IMMEDIATELY goes to bother Riven about it who's all depressed about his crush because he has low self esteem and Aisha gets sick of the "I don't deserve someone like her" narrative like three minutes after she first hears it. She tells Riven to man up and Riven continues being a depressed onion.

Helia comes around and mentions to Flora that Riven really talks her up often and encourages him to ask her out before learning that she previously rejected him and makes Flora feel like 17 different emotions. Aisha and Musa become friends, Aisha realizes that Musa has a lot of things in common with Riven and starts slightly bugging her about what she thinks he's going on about to help Flora. Musa is completely shameless in her match making attempts and Flora is like hhhhhh. Flora is encouraged to ask Riven out but Flora says that Riven is still in a delicate place due to Darcy and she's right so Musa and Aisha drop it.

When Flora meets Diaspro she's more upset at her upbringing than she is in canon, focusing on that instead of telling Diaspro to be better for her people, due to Riven's influence, she tells Diaspro to become better for herself and that she should be free. I firmly believe that Riven should of been allowed to save the CT witches and so he does in my Canon, and the witches are super thankful because I like watching Riven squirm under the attention he's literally always wanted.

Anyways twinning with the witches is mostly witch girlies teasing Flora about Riven and Flora going "noooo, he's not even looking for a relationship" and them "if you don't date him I will". I think Riven being super popular in CT and disliked at the other schools is very funny, sue me. Flora still let's Aisha take the lead and struggles to share her own input or tell the witch girlies she'd like to be left alone, leading Aisha to go off on her own without Flora. Flora ends up in the heart of CT and nearly gets ambushed by the Trix but is saved by Griffin, who makes it known that she assumed that would happen between her and Aisha and Flora actually snarks at her which is something she hasn't done to someone yet and from not on doesn't like her that much.

Riven fucking hates Avalon because he reminds him of Darcy and now Flora is low key suspicious of him but doesn't saying to Bloom. She tells Tecna and Musa tho, but doesn't tell Aisha in fear of her doing something on her own. They go to the Wildlands, the Trix show up, and Riven immediately goes to Flora for help once he senses them. Flora is EXTREMELY confused because she can't transform or use much magic and Riven is like "can you still hear the voice of nature" "yes but-" "what is the problem" and Flora is VERY confused at how she and Timmy ended up leading the fight back against the Trix.

She ends up getting her Charmix after getting confident in herself and her own plans after getting in a disagreement with one of the others and sticking to her guns. She is so excited!! Floriv survivalist otp for the entire arc I am just saying.

She confidently heals the Flower of Life after getting her Charmix and she's like "wowowow, I love trusting myself" and Riven is like quietly clapping in the background because he doesn't want to distract her.

Flora cringes at the fact that Riven was super right about hating Avalon, and is now planning on taking his "this person sets off my paranoia so much" comments much more seriously.

Flora is nervous to save Bloom, Riven is like "girlie (affectionate) you helped save Alfea, your probably one of the most powerful Charmix faries to ever live, you got this" but in a much more aggressive Riven-y way and Flora is like ❤️. They hug before going to fight Darkar, all of their friends BEGGING them to talk about their feelings but no 💕💕💕💕. They will not.

Flora offers to hold back Darkar on her own while Musa prepares a powerful attack, Musa agrees, Flora draws Darkars agro and Riven does the thing™. Musa gets the attack in stunning Darkar for a moment so she can try and take the spell he put on everyone off, while Flora IS FREAKING THE FUCK OUT. Riven confesses at the worst fuckin moment because he's Riven and Flora is like "love you too BUT YOU ARE DYING".

They win, happily ever after.

S3:

Riven seeing Flora when he comes to the beach: I did the summer program at RF again, heres a pretty plant for u 💕💕 I saw it during a mission and brought it back

Flora, who has like 13 of those: Awe your so sweet

Riven hears Flora talk about Chimera and Cassandra and is like "paranoia says shes bad" and 12 seconds later guess what happens? Chatta nearly thinks its funny but gets the disapproving mom stare. Tho he also mentions that Chimera is too young to know better and that they should try reaching out to her because of this is how her mom reacts when given power over Stella and Radius, imagine how she acts to Chimera who she's always had power over. Flora is like "did not think about that, will do".

Riven watching Flora help spell Brandon to see Stella's inner self: I do NOT approve of spelling people without there consent, and will not be a part of this

Riven, Nova, and Chatta form a gossip squad. Flora tries to laugh too hard.

Diaspro says no to Valtor, choosing to be happy without anyone else, Valtor does NOT take kindly then re offers to Samara and Erendor after putting Diaspro under his then their control.

Riven hears about Valtor's past and has a mini Darcy spiral out of fear, and Flora calms him down.

Drugged Sky: I love Diaspro

Drugged Diaspro: I love Sky

Riven, who's been under emotion control spells before: THAT'S SUSPICIOUS, THAT'S WEIRD

Bloom is all upset while Riven is FREAKING THE FUCK OUT. Riven is like "those two are under so much mind control Aisha DO SOMETHING" and everyone agrees to immediately do something (because they all have 0 impulse control) and Flora is like "Samara is a guardian fairy. I wanna save Sky too but... we're just not strong enough rn" and they're all sad but agree. Yes Samara is a guardian fairy, I need her to be powerful enough to make the Sky situation not be solved instantly.

Stella gets her Enchantix by saving Chimera who she's been trying to reach out too, Chimera immediately starts sobbing and saying she doesn't want to go back to Cassandra but also can't leave and asks Stella to come back and save her and Stella agrees.

Flora and Tree Faragona: *having a intense conversation*

Everyone else: 🧍

Riven after seeing Floras Enchantix: you got really hurt ;-;

Flora: NOW YOU KNOW HOW I FELT WHEN YOU FUCKING DIED FOR ME

Riven: irrelevant

Flora: NO!! IT'S NOT

Tecna's gone and BOY HOWDY IS NO ONE TAKING IT WELL. Riven trusts Timmy about Tecna more this time around.

Everyone wants to go kill Valtor and Flora talks them down, instead, now that they have Four Enchantix Faries they can take down Samara and Cassandra who have been using their royal powers to help Valtor, and then go off to take they're rage out on Samara in a STUPIDLY hard fight (because fighting gravity will always suck) where they barely win.

Bloom goes to pyros, and Cassandra puts Solaria on fucking lockdown because Samara got her ass whooped as a guardian fairy and Cassandra is a Charmix fairy....yeah she knows she's done for as soon as the Winx get their hands on her.

Riven is able to help Timmy a little more than before because a certain nature fairy taught him some meditation techniques he passes on to Timmy. Also he helps Sky get therepy because being under mind control spells suck a lot and Riven is helping him all he can, Flora is sooo proud.

The boys do not go to Omega, only magic users can't immediately fucking turn to ice when standing on Omega. They're forced to stay home. They do see Bloom, who's SUPER happy to see that Sky again and tells them all about her Enchantix and Riven is like "as someone with an anger problem, I think you have an anger problem" and Bloom is like "no".

Flora: then this weird guy Ophir showed up who was watching us and can make copys of himself

Riven: *gasp* DARCY

Flora: no—

The girls make a plan to sneak into Solaria, Riven helping with the sneaking part because he's good at that, Helia and Sky helping with their connections, Brandon helping with the lying part, and Timmy doing tech support. They get in with a fuck ton of glamours from Mirta and the ability to pick locks and lie like their life depends on it. Cassandra gets her ass kicked so hard by Stella and Stella adopts Chimera.

Helia video chatting the girls: 🥰

Riven seeing Ophir: *gasp* DARCY!

Helia: well you were right about Avalon....go crazy

Riven, getting on his bike: I will!!

Riven tries to stab Ophir again and Flora is like "RIVEN HAVE BEEN OVER THIS" and she gets him to calm down, golden kingdom happens and she's very happy to see that he and Ophir have become besties

Bloom trying to kill Valtor and nearly getting herself killed because she hesitated: I should lean more into my anger Issues, not being angry enough is my problem

Riven and Flora: NO!!!

Flora talks to Bloom about her nightmare differently because Riven constantly goes on about how obviously Valtor is lying about Bloom's family and she tells her this because duh.

Bloom: I wanna talk to the ansestal witches

Riven: absolutely, and I cannot stress this enough, the FUCK NOT

Riven: why would the most evil people ever not lie to you???????

Bloom: y'all hear something

The Winx defeat Valtor and Riven is all like "where's the body?" Because he's Riven and everyone tells him to chill but Bloom is like "uh, just checked...." And everyone is like "goddamn it"

Helia get corned by Valtor and is VERY upset atm bc he couldn't do shit and feels like he failed his friends everyone is freaking the fuck out about their bfs. Except Musa who is dating Aisha and Aisha who is dating Musa. Bloom calms tf down for once in her life to eat Valtor's dragon flame, happily ever after.

S4:

This is were the I love you drama happens. They haven't had any real problems and I like interpersonal struggles that are no one is at fault and they both work it out and grow. No I'm not doing all of s4 with them because FUCK season 4 but I'll do a highlight reel

Flora becomes a teaching assistant at Alfea and Riven talks about how Helia and Saladin offered him a job at RF but he's still thinking about it

Bloom wants to see if there's any magic on earth at all so drags the Winx to the tree of life to see and WOULD YOU LOOK AT THAT, A WEIRD AMOUNT OF MAGICAL PEOPLE ALL IN THE SAME PLACE

Flora, who knows exactly what Riven would say: that's suspicious, that's weird

Riven grumps about the glamor and how he looks weird as an earthling and now Flora looks much prettier as herself and then immediately backtracks bc "not that implying that you aren't pretty now, but" and Flora so laughs at him

Riven takes one look at the Believix powers and FREAKS THE FUCK OUT, until it's explained that all they do is help people think more clearly or unrepress their empathy and Riven calms down but asks them to be careful with them

Bloom tries to have Roxy take the white circle (or mind control ring as Riven calls it) Riven throws a chair at her, and Flora actually gets mad at Bloom for suggesting that bc she's seen how mind control has REALLY fucked up Riven and thought that Bloom would understand because she's with Sky but apparently not. Bloom feels horrified she just pissed off group mom

Flora says it like that too, just very disgusted, Bloom has a little crisis and keeps the ring

Riven and Flora adopt Roxy

Roxy brings up that she and Riven are super cute but why do they never say I love you? Anxiety sets in

Riven is suspicious of the Earth faries bc MIND CONTROL DUH, and so is everyone else but they decide they probably did it because they've been trapped so long and are super upset and Riven is like "fair"

Diana kidnaps Riven and now Flora is even more sure that she's gonna 1v1 the bitch

Flora puts off talking to Riven about the thing™

Riven looking at Flora's Lovix: *cant form a coherent sentence*

Flora: 🥰

Flora sees all the trees being cut down and is like "I understand the eco terrorism Diana, me too bestie, but you can't punish everyone! Just the people in charge 🥰🥰"

Flora: hold my flower I have an ass to kick

Riven: kick her ass babe I got your flower

Flora talks to Musa about how she's feeling and Musa says she and Aisha have the same problem but know they care about each other and Riven has a talk with Brandon who says he should show he cares as much as he can and show his love though action

Riven fuckin laughs the back circle out of the frutti music bar and no one believes them. No one. They've delt with Valtor and Darcy and know what a liar FINALLY looks like

Bloom and Tecna fight Nebula, and Bloom feels more bad about the Roxy thing

Flora keeps Roxy as warm as possible

Nabu is alive!!!! And Helia fucking kills Duman instead because Riven got the idea to do shifts lest they get taken as hostages again

The war happens

GOOD BYE ORGON YOU FUCKING PRICK

happily ever after for realzs this time

The end!!!

Yeah I fucking love this ship XD

[newmic]

L'abbaye de Murbach

Au cœur du Florival, dans le val de Murbach, ce minuscule village d’une centaine d’habitants est ce qu’il subsiste de la très puissante abbaye bénédictine de Murbach. De l’abbatiale Saint Léger, il ne reste que le chevet et le chœur, qui sont de toute beauté. De plus, le cadre vallonné est magnifique. Une visite à ne rater sous aucun prétexte.

[zehub]

Guebwiller : bientôt un pont aérien en corde, pour éviter que les écureuils ne se fassent écraser

La ville de Guebwiller va installer un écuroduc, pour éviter que les écureuils se fassent écraser. Il s'agit d'un pont aérien en corde, pour les faire passer d'un parc à l'autre en toute sécurité. Un appel aux dons est lancé par la commune du Florival.

[yeyouche]

Le Bleu Deck

Théodore Deck né le 2 janvier 1823 à Guebwiller et décédé le 15 mai 1891 à Paris, était un céramiste français connu pour son « Bleu Deck » ou « Bleu de Deck ».

En 1841, Deck suit un apprentissage chez un poêlier à Strasbourg, suite à cette formation il effectue un tour des ateliers dans plusieurs pays, dont l’Autriche qui le remarquera pour son travail de qualité. Suite à la révolution, Théodore ouvre un petit atelier de terres cuites dans sa ville natale, il y réalise des bustes, statuettes, vases, lampes et copies d’antiques célèbres. Il retourna à Paris où il sera employé comme contre-maître par la veuve Dumas, fille du faïencier Vogt pour qui il avait déjà travaillé auparavant. La fabrique remporte une première médaille à l’Exposition universelle de 1855. En 1858, il fonde la fabrique Deck avec son frère Xavier où ils n’y font que des revêtements de poêles dans un premier temps, avant de se diversifier et explorer la céramique pour revêtement des bâtiments et les pièces de forme.

Les techniques acquises au fil de son parcours lui permettront de créer une palette d’émaux inédits, ces émaux font écho à son inspiration pour la Renaissance italienne, la Grèce antique, le naturalisme japonais et l’Orient islamique. Il se spécialise dans le style oriental et plus précisément le style d’Iznik. Le « Bleu Deck » lui a été inspiré par un tesson Perse, il analysa sa composition et créa sa propre teinte, un mélange de potasse, de carbonate de soude et de chaux associés à des glaçures alcalines. Un puissant mélange à la frontière entre le bleu turc, le bleu persan, le bleu égyptien et le bleu chinois, créant un bleu turquoise profond, opaque, moins vitrifié qui a la particularité d’être plus où moins intense selon les couches appliquées.

En 1861, il révèle ses années d’expérience et de recherches à l’Exposition universelle des arts et industries, il y expose des pièces à décor d’incrustation dit « Henri II » et d’autres pièces recouvertes de son nouvel émail ou d’un décor dans le style des céramiques d’Iznik. Il y remporte une médaille d’argent.

En 1862, à l’Exposition universelle de 1862 à Londres, il présente son Vase de l’Alhambra qui mesure 1,36m de hauteur pour 2,25m de circonférence qui sera acheté par le South Kensington Museum quelques années plus tard.

Deck perfectionne encore ses émaux et parvient en 1864 à présenter des œuvres non craquelées.

En 1875, il est nommé à la tête de la commission de perfectionnement de la Manufacture de Sèvres.

En 1880, il explore la tradition chinoise et collabore avec Raphaël Collin, un professeur à l’académie des beaux arts reconnu pour son habilité à joindre l’art français à l’art japonais dans les domaines de la peinture et la céramique et en 1887, Théodore publie un « traité sur la faïence ».

Artiste, décorateur et chimiste artisan, Deck a enrichi le monde de la céramique européenne grâce aux techniques exotiques qui l’ont influencé. Il a créé une large gamme de techniques nouvelles comme la glaçure sur feuille d’or, le bleu turquoise et le bleu Deck.

Un musée lui rendant hommage a été créé en 1933, dans sa commune de naissance Guebwiller, il est nommé « le musée Théodore-Deck et des pays du Florival ».

[fashionstudio]

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[cromulentbookreview]

Quarantini Time!

Or: Quarantine: a Love Story by Katie Cicatelli-Kuc!

Poor, anxious Oliver is just wrapping up a Spring Break volunteering trip in the Dominican Republic. He just wants to go home, attend a party and somehow work up the courage to ask a girl out. Flora just spent the past week on a disastrous visit to her dad and her airheaded stepmom. Flora and Oliver find themselves on the same flight home from Punta Cana to Miami, and from there, back to NYC. Because they both live in Brooklyn, obviously. 

Sidenote: a message to Brooklyn from the people of Portland - 

And now back to the book review.

Oliver, unfortunately, gets stuck to some guy who is visibly sick, aka every fliers worst nightmare. In an attempt to get away from the obvious disease vector, he moves one row back and sits right next to...you guessed it, Flora. Sparks fly - she calms him down while he has a panic attack on the flight, she thinks his eyes are like a cool breeze. He finds her refreshingly forthright and honest. 

Meanwhile, I’m sitting there reading all of this like:

There’s just one problem: the flight attendants take notice of obviously sick dude, whose backstory, name or anything like that we never learn. They call the CDC, because apparently there’s a new, fun, mutated form of infectious Mononucleosis. Gotta love that Epstein-Barr virus! But this isn’t your average mono, this is tropical mono. It’s tropical, which apparently, with diseases, makes it worse. Seriously, how come we always act like diseases from the tropics are somehow scarier or worse? There are plenty of diseases you can catch in the Northern Hemisphere that are super scary. Like the hantavirus. Or an infection with Naegleria fowleri. Also, you can catch leprosy from an armadillo. We’ve had cases of Plague here in Oregon, yet another reason why I rarely stray east of the Cascades (sorry Central, Eastern and Southern Oregon, but...come on, Plague) or visit the desert (sorry, Arizona and New Mexico, but, come on, look at that CDC map!). Anyway...I had a point here but I’ve lost it. Anyway: mutant mono. Scary stuff.

If you don’t know about mono, you’re in luck! I happen to have a thing for infectious diseases, which I may have mentioned here before. Infectious mononucleosis, sometimes but almost never called “glandular fever,” known by most as just “mono” is an infectious disease caused usually by the Epstein-Barr virus, but some can be caused by other viruses (like the human cytomegalovirus) though those are in the minority. The Epstein-Barr virus is a virus in the herpes family and is a kind-of cousin to my arch-nemesis, Varicella Zoster, the virus that causes chickenpox, and, if you’re me at 24, shingles. You can get shingles at any age, people! And it hurts! Jesus H. Christ, it hurts! It’s like having a white-hot cheese-grater just scraping off your skin at all times. If you think you have shingles, go and get treatment right away, don’t just go “oh, it’s just mosquito bites” and over a week while it feels like your skin is melting off your body...

Uhm. Get your shingles vaccine, that’s all I’m saying.

So anyway, Epstein-Barr. It can cause a ton of different conditions, including a whole bunch of cancers. Most people have had an Epstein-Barr infection at some point in their lives and probably just mistook it for a cold or the flu. But with mono, what happens is you get a fever, a very sore throat, you feel tired as all get out, your glands - especially the ones around your neck - swell up...you know. Mono. Sometimes there are complications to mono, including what is probably my favorite word in the English language but something that doesn’t sound pleasant at all: splenomegaly. That’s just when your spleen swells up. Hurray for the spleen!

Mono is primarily spread through saliva. Like, if you share a drinking glass or kiss. Fun fact: I never got mono as a teen because nobody ever wanted to kiss me or share their drinks. Or be that close to me. Or even hang out with me. Yay? Only in rare, rare cases can mono be spread through other bodily fluids, like blood or semen, so...there’s that.

And now, once again, back to the book review.

Once Flora and Oliver’s flight arrives in Miami, the plane is greeted by none other than the CDC. Yay! Frankly, if I were on a flight that was greeted on the runway by the CDC, I would geek out so hard. The CDC puts all the passengers on a 24-hour hold to see if any of them develop a fever. While they’re going through their final checks, Flora impulsively fakes a fever. She does this by taking the thermometer out of her mouth and then rubbing on it while the CDC worker isn’t looking which...you know what, suspend your disbelief for a while, OK? As soon as it becomes apparent that she has a fever and needs to go into a 30 day quarantine, Flora kisses Oliver. As one does. Now they’re both going to be stuck in quarantine for 30 days. They’re given a room together because...reasons. 

Once in quarantine, Oliver and Flora don’t have much to do other than just hang out with one another. Once Flora starts the hashtag #quaranteen on social media, though, she and Oliver become online famous. Suddenly Kelsey, the girl Oliver had been crushing on back in New York, has come down to Miami and is declaring herself to be Oliver’s girlfriend. Tension ensues! Will Oliver and Flora get sick? Will Oliver finally realize that Kelsey is the absolute worst? And will Flora and Oliver finally just get together goddamn it???

Quarantine: A Love Story is the wonderfully light and fluffy read that I needed in my life right now. The past two books I’ve read were both really sad and depressing - Internment especially takes on a whole new relevance now in light of recent events - so a happyfun YA romance about two teens in a weird situation that appeals to my weird love for infectious diseases was just what my brain called for at the moment. If you happen to know anything about medicine, though, er...don’t come in to this book hoping for a medically accurate depiction of quarantine. I happen to be one of those weirdos who has spent many, many years reading up on infectious diseases and quarantine/isolation treatment in hospitals. Why? Reasons. So there are a few times where I had to go aaaagh, they’re not called hazmat suits - HAZMAT is short for “hazardous materials” in medicine, you wear Personal Protective Equipment. PPE, people! Remember your PPE! Also, did you know the CDC has videos of the proper donning and doffing of PPE? Yup, they do. And it’s not like I haven’t watched all of those videos. I mean, I’m an adult, I have a life and a job and friends, I swear! I don’t spend a lot of my spare time reading about infectious diseases and proper treatments of infectious diseases...

Also, for some reason, in this fantasyland Quarantine, they let visitors take their phones into the room with them. And let the patients touch said phones. And they let their moms bring their purses in with them. Because...quarantine? I could put on my infectious disease nerd hat and go on and on and on about how that’s not how it works, but honestly, I don’t care. I didn’t come here for an accurate depiction of a hospital quarantine situation, if I wanted that, the CDC website is right there, waiting for me. I’m here for a cute YA love story about two teens in a weird situation. And to hate on that awful, selfie-obsessed bitch Kelsey. Yeah, we all know someone like Kelsey. She’s the worst.

But what I did love about this book was both its portrayal of anxiety, and the realistic depiction of how teens communicate. Plus, the romance is adorable. Team Floriver, bitches.

However, If you, like me, are super fond of learning about infectious diseases, go listen to This Podcast Will Kill You - it’s a fantastic podcast all about infectious diseases and probably one of my favorite podcasts, ever. (Go listen to their measles episode, it’s brilliant and sadly very, very timely, particularly for me, currently in the center of a full-scale epidemic caused entirely by stupidity).

In fact, if you’re wondering about the title of this review (if it can even be called a review, I haven’t really remained on topic for more than ten seconds) I shamelessly stole the Quarantini from This Podcast Will Kill You. The Quarantini belongs to the two Erins. A Placeborita is the non-alcoholic version of the drink, and since Quarantine: A Love Story is a YA novel, I figure I should make a Placeborita in its honor. 

So, behold! The Quaranteentini! 

Made out of the best non-alcoholic ingredients I could find in my kitchen while resisting the urge to add delicious, fruity vodka. (Hey, they are a local company, therefore I must drink it!)

The Quaranteentini:

Raspberry La Croix water

Lemon Juice

Grenadine

Lime Wedge

Garnish with gumdrops

Then add Huckleberry Vodka because I’m an adult. Best enjoyed with a general desire to forget the awfulness of the world and lose oneself in a cute teen romance.

RECOMMENDED FOR: Anybody in the mood for a book that is fun and happy and romantic.

NOT RECOMMENDED FOR: Infectious disease nerds and medical professionals.

SERIOUS BOOK REVIEWER RATING: 3/5

YA ROMANCE FANGIRL RATING: 500,000,000/5

RELEASE DATE: March 26, 2019

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16.09.2020 A.G.I.I.R. Florival – SR Colmar II 3:3

Stade du Heissenstein, Guebwiller (250)

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Located in the heart of France’s Florival valley, this architect's house from 2009 is in a green setting of 35 acres and has a panoramic view. Isn’t the orange color attractive? 

The entrance hall is warmed by a magnificent "kachelofen" (masonry heater). Enter the reception room by passing under the vault made of Burgundy stone.

An enormous Italian marble stone fireplace is the centerpiece of the reception room.

The large light-filled room accommodates a sizeable dining room.

The modern cook’s kitchen opens to a covered terrace with a view of the forest.

The master bedroom and it’s private bath. Look at the unusual TV next to the bed.

The upper floor and its beautiful exposed beams is dedicated to a sleeping area with a family bath and 4 bedrooms. The closet in the room is beautiful, also.

The home has a lovely large covered patio with a rustic cooker - look at those logs. 

https://www.espaces-atypiques.com/ventes/68610-lautenbach-maison-darchitecte-sur-les-hauteurs-du-florival-772/

[johnkatsikarelis]

an embress of textistence and embiddyment aflight, Lucia dawnsees on the meadhows grase floriver (thanks to Saju, artofdan)

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LE MOT DE LA FIN Arrivé à la fin de mon mandat d‘adjoint au Maire, chargé des affaires culturelles de Guebwiller, je tenais à vous remercier chaleureusement pour le parcours effectué ensemble au long des six dernières années. Bien des événements culturels se sont déroulés et ont souvent été l’occasion de belles rencontres et d’échanges intenses. Je garderai un excellent souvenir des nombreuses manifestations au Musée Deck, à la Médiathèque, aux Dominicains, à l’ IEAC, à l’École de musique au TAG, à l’ Université Populaire, avec le Pays d’ Art et d’ Histoire, au Cinéma du Florival, dans nos belles églises, à la chapelle du Saering et lors des différents événements organisés par toutes les dynamiques associations culturelles. Le Musée et sa fabuleuse collection de céramiques de Théodore Deck méritent d’être mis particulièrement en valeur dans les prochaines années, ainsi que la mise en œuvre d’une véritable fusion entre la Culture et l’ Éducation… Les temps sont particulièrement difficiles depuis la crise du Covid, aussi je souhaite à toutes et à tous de garder la santé et le courage de persévérer dans les projets culturels, éducatifs et artistiques. Félicitations à Monsieur le Maire, Francis Kleitz et à son équipe renouvelée pour cette réélection et bon succès à tous ! #guebwiller #culture https://www.instagram.com/p/CCBTUp2Ap7Y/?igshid=8qt3q43u1kgw

[sakrumverum]

Haiti: Entführter Ordenspriester wieder frei

In Haiti ist ein vor knapp drei Wochen in der Hauptstadt Port-au-Prince verschleppter Ordenspriester wieder frei. Pater Lex Florival gehe es nach 18 Tagen „schwerer Prüfung" gut, teilte der haitianische Salesianer-Provinzial P. Morachel Bonhomme am Mittwoch mit. Alles lesen https://www.vaticannews.va/de/welt/news/2022-09/haiti-ordenspriester-entfuehrt-frei.html

[netalkolemedia]

Kanapevé : Bandi ak zam kidnape reveran pè Lex Florival ki se tou direktè lekòl ENAM 

Plizyè bandi ak zam san manman kidnape yon reveran pè sou wout Kanapevé a wikenn pase, Lex Florival se direktè yon lekòl pwofesyonèl, li genyen tou plizyè lekòl klasik li konstwi pou timoun li pran san laswenyay kap dòmi leve nan lari yo nan sousi pou reedike yo kòmsadwa. Se jounalis Theriel Thelus ki konfime nouvèl la sou paj facebok li.  Plizyè elèv ak etidyan li, mande liberasyon pè a san…

[zehub]

Banques : les retraits vont coûter plus cher

Retirer de l’argent au distributeur va bientôt coûter plus cher dans les mois à venir. Présent sur le plateau du 19/20, jeudi 22 décembre, le journaliste Gaspard de Florival nous donne plus de détails à ce sujet.

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Cap-Haïtien : « Le bâtonnier Ronel Telcyde réclame le départ du Commissaire du gouvernement Me Richemont Florival »

Cap-Haïtien : « Le bâtonnier Ronel Telcyde réclame le départ du Commissaire du gouvernement Me Richemont Florival »

Plusieurs membres du Barreau des Avocats du Cap-Haïtien et un groupe dénommé G7, appuyés par le Bâtonnat, après avoir mis sur les verrous le bureau du commissaire du gouvernement de la juridiction du Cap-Haïtien, Me Richemont Florival, la semaine dernière, ont tenté de paralyser toutes les activités au niveau du Parquet près le Tribunal de Première Instance du Cap-Haïtien, ce lundi 18 Avril…

[fashionstudio]

#TeamPhilippines wearing Gil Macaibay III in Mount Everest It was hard to mount a post thinking it was the dangerous climb. Nevertheless, good job Queng CL and Florivic Superales Tan. Be home safe! #gilmacaibay #fashiondesigner #Mindanaoan #mounteverest #mounteverestbasecamp #mounteverestofficial (at Gil Macaibay Fashion Studio) https://www.instagram.com/p/CjJ22kLvjsB/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Week 7 Blog

Think different

| by Ken Andrea Banogon, Jason O. Herrera, Zyra Labial, Joshua Daniel Mabayo and Jessamae Joy Obsioma.

Patsada Siomai Food Kiosk (previously "Tsada Siomai Food Kiosk") is a corporation owned by Florivic Tan, Benoni Wabe, Ara Leanne Aleonar, Ren Aleonar, Gerrymie Gaa, and Jude Gaa. The company has offices in Puerto-CDO, Corrales Avenue-CDO, and primarily in Corrales Ext.-CDO Misamis Oriental. Customers love the business because it serves delicious siomai with rice at a reasonable price. Their siomai comes in a variety of flavors, including Japanese, pork, chicken, and beef siomai.

Mr. Wabe intended to form alliances with his nieces Jude and Gerrymie Gaa. Jude worked as a production worker in a well-known siomai company, while Gerrymie worked in a Japanese restaurant in Davao. Mr. Wabe used the experiences of the two to launch a siomai food kiosk business and enlisted the help of other partners to make it a reality.

By the time Cagayan de Oro is under ECQ, the business were fraught with difficulties. At the time, product imports were halted, and they couldn't find ground meat for their siomai. Their production is unable to operate, and the stores were temporarily closed at the time. However, they deal with the challenge by being resourceful. They look for a local store where they can buy ground meat and, thankfully, they find some.

For those looking to start a business, particularly a food kiosk, the availability of ingredients is limited, which may have an impact on the productivity of your business. As a result, you must seek out another resource/option rather than relying solely on one. Being resourceful is a win-win situation when it comes to running a business.