For Christmas this year, I bought pots (with bases) and sheets of beeswax. I painted the pots (and their bases) in nice colors, and made candles out of the sheets of beeswax. I meant to plant seeds in the pots, and then I meant to plant the candles in the pots. I even bought dirt to do the planting. The dirt, however, remains in the trunk of my car and I basically just gave people the pots and the candles. Despite their state of unwrappedness, I hope the recipients appreciate that I meant to wrap them, I just didn't have time to go and gets gift bags before the holiday.

The above serves only to introduce the real reason for this post. At the moment, there is but one gift left to deliver. One of my friends could not make time for a gift exchange before Christmas, so we agreed to meet after the New Year to do the deed. So as I sit here and try to edit the Heather post into something you might want to read and won't embarrass myself too much later on, I am looking at a pretty blue and white pot containing two pink and white beeswax candles.

And that's what this is all about. The beeswax candles. The smell is wonderful. I go to bed at night with this smell, and I wake up in the morning with this smell, and at odd times of the day as I putter around my bedroom, it washes over me. At the moment, I can't think of anything I like better than the smell of real beeswax candles. I kinda wish I had bought enough wax to make a couple of candles for myself, but that'll have to wait till I can justify spending money on myself again.

However, if you would like a candle, and you live in the SF Bay area, and you don't mind paying $2/sheet (which is a good price, apparently - one sheet makes at least two candles), I'll make the candles for you - this way, you get the candles, and I get to be around the beeswax. Just let me know, and we'll see what we can do.