Bloom again

This is Blossoming Tea. You put the closed up bulb (as seen below) in a cup, then pour in a little boiling water, pour that water out, and then fill the cup with more boiling water...in a few moments the blossom opens, the tea leaves infuse the water, and you have a pretty drink to enjoy. I must admit the gadget/novelty geek in me was jumping up and down and squealing like a little girl who had a new pony. Little, yet oh-so-cool, things like this excite me. I choose to call it childlike, rather than childish (:
Which brings to mind a tangent...namely the Holy
definition of child like joy that Chesterson gave..."Because children have abounding vitality, because they are in spirit fierce and free, therefore they want things repeated and unchanged. They always say, "Do it again"; and the grown-up person does it again until he is nearly dead. For grown-up people are not strong enough to exult in monotony. But perhaps God is strong enough... It is possible that God says every morning, "Do it again," to the sun; and every evening, "Do it again," to the moon. It may not be automatic necessity that makes all daisies alike: it may be that God makes every daisy separately, but has never got tired of making them. It may be that He has the eternal appetite of infancy; for we have sinned and grown old, and our Father is younger than we. " May I stay alive to wonder...and really cool wierd tea!

p.s sorry for the quality of the pics, had to use flash and no tripod....