Tea comes from the Camellia sinensis shrub, which is native to China and India. Green, black, white and oolong tea all come from the same plant. The difference is in how much the leaves are processed.
Ever since the day when, more than 4,000 years ago — at least, as legend has it — some leaves from a tree blew into a Chinese emperor’s pot of boiling water, yielding a refreshing beverage, tea has been a mainstay of the human diet, as well as a builder of empires and one of the factors behind the American Revolution.
Having a baby is an exciting event, and most parents’ biggest wish is that mother and child come through the experience without complications and the baby is born healthy.
New FDA sunscreen labeling rules were supposed to go into effect in June of this year. However, the FDA has given sunscreen manufacturers a six month extension. But this does not mean that you have to wait six months before you start following some of the rules.
After a facial, you know your pores are clean and your skin glows with health. What few realize is that plants have pores, too. They can become clogged with city grime, dust and dirt and lose their bright coloring.
Stainless steel, chrome, acrylic and lots and lots of lacquer are the hallmarks of these reborn looks, which were everywhere at the Spring International Home Furnishings Market in North Carolina.
As the school year winds down, test-taking turns to celebrating and students who participated in everything from baseball to band, or chess club to the science fair, are attending banquets, award dinners and lunches.
A garden can be defined many ways: a plot of land used for the growing of flowers, vegetables, herbs and trees; an area of fertile, cultivated property; even as a verb "to lay out, develop or tend."
Scrapbooking. The idea of gorgeous volumes, one for each major family event (or year), standing spine-to-spine on a shelf in the living room for all to enjoy is wonderful to imagine. Too bad reality gets in the way of those memory-curating fantasies. Most people are months, if not years, behind where they think they should be when it comes to organizing pictures and mementos of good times with family and friends.
Use this handy reference guide to help choose the right bedding for you.
