Emerald Wolvenhowl

Thank you so much @Prof.SkyAlton , the cakes look amazing <3. The butterbeer is here too and there is enough for everyone. Thank you to you and hol for making my day even better. Love em x

This is my take on The Lord of the Rings. This book has been muddled up with a tale about a super talented circus ring juggler :)

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Whenever I am studying or doing homework it is helpful to have any Harry Potter ambience music on in the background. I find that it isn't too distracting but also helps to motivate me too. It is also a way of rewarding myself for getting on with my homework. 

Sometimes I find my homework hard, and so that is when I put on extended versions of the Pirates of the Caribbean theme music. Somehow it gives me a boost, helps build my confidence and makes me more determined to keep trying and succeed.

If I am reading any of the Jane Austen novels then I tend to listen to Regency tea shop music which has the sound of gentle rattling tea cups and spoons. It is very relaxing and a much cheaper way to have a read and a cuppa. 

As I love the sounds of the sea, sometimes I use waves and beaches ambience music. Hearing the sea move roll back and forth is soothing and even thunder with crashing waves is calming. 

During the winter, I love hearing the ambience music that focuses on a crackling coal fire inside a cabin because it makes me feel cosy, especially when I am wrapped up under my duvet with a book and a cup of tea.

My own ritual for making tea is really very basic and fairly quick really. Saying that, I suppose the longest part of this ritual is down to me trying to decide which tea to use, as I always find it hard to choose between Yorkshire tea, Earl Grey or Lady Jane. I have one box of each  all on the go at the same time and so every teatime is a big decision but it also means that my tea drinking days are quite random.  Once I have finally made up my mind as to which brew I will have, I fill up the electric energy saving kettle to the recommended amount of cups; so if I am making two cups I fill the water to the two cup mark instead of filling up the whole kettle  which  means the water does not take so long to boil :) I know many witches use a tea pot as part of their tea making process but I just put the tea bag straight into my favourite Harry Potter mug along with some sugar. Once the water is boiled , I pour it over the tea bag and leave it to brew for just a few minutes. As soon as I discard the tea bag a small amount of milk goes into the cup-just enough so the tea looks a lovely tanned colour. As we are not allowed to use magic outside of school, I stir the tea muggle style, giving the tea 3 stirs in a circular motion and in a clockwise direction and then 3 stirs in a circular motion in a anticlockwise direction. I don't know why I do it like that, all I know is that it feels right. I always enjoy hot, sweet tea but enjoy it all the more when I have a treat with it such as scones covered in lashings of butter, jam and clotted cream. 

Hi, for predictions in unfogging the future  can we put 7 predictions in one post or post each prediction separately? Thanks 

Ginger is definitely at the top of my list of favourite herbs and spices.  I have used it for such a long time that whenever I reach for it, it feels like going to a comforting old friend; in crystallised form it has soothed a lot of sore throats, general nausea, travel sickness, colds and it even helped to cheer me up a bit when I had some gingerbread men during the time I was ill with Chicken Pox all through the Christmas holiday. 

Thank you so much for the award, as always it is a lovely surprise. Many congratulations to everyone who got one and to everyone who has been so amazing.

" Dark clouds don't stay in one place forever, they soon pass over."

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*Em places her invitation on her bed next to a pile of clothing .* I can't believe I got an invitation to the party especially as I don't know much about Godric Gryffindor. Maybe I should go to the library and read up about him soon, it would be rude not to really. *Em goes through the clothes she has tried on twice before holding up a pair of ripped jeans and a burgundy zipped hoody before in front of a long mirror.* Maybe I should wear these? Everyone else seems to be thinking about wearing jeans, and I've only got half hour to get ready. I hope there will be lots of White Chocolate cookies downstairs and White Hot Chocolate like I have had at Hogsmeade.*Em puts her hair in a bun and puts on a Denim jacket before  heading down to the common room.*

Red Velvet cookies are yummy and so are the White Chocolate ones. :p

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I slap Scarlet for having been at Hol on Christmas Eve:)

The ticket would be an old yellow colour like the colour of parchment. The words, Hogwarts Frost Fair, Emerald Wolvenhowl and Free Entry, would be written in green ink as if  Professor McGonagall had written it herself. A quarter of the way across from the left and top of the ticket would be a thin golden lines topped with a gold bow.  The left hand side of the golden line would act a bit like a margin in which there would be three vertical burgundy coloured snowflakes to represent a colour of Gryffindor House and some of the spirit of Gryffindor Christmas. Of course, it would also be charmed so if I lost my ticket it would make its way back to me.

The kind of sled I am thinking of is the old- fashioned kind used to carry Goods like the Antarctic explorer Amundsen used. Like him, I would have some beautiful Huskies pulling it along. I might bring it up-to- date a bit though by painting it in a glittery gold colour and with a traditional red and green Poinsettia. It would probably have lots of little baby Poinsettias on it, although it might make the sled look a bit like it has been covered up in Christmas wrapping paper.

One of my favourite drinks is hot milk. It was something only my grandmother would make. She would put one teaspoon of sugar or honey in a glass before boiling some milk in a saucepan over a hob on a gas cooker. As soon as the milk began to rise in the saucepan, she would take it off the heat and pour it into the glass, making sure there was a metal spoon in the glass first. She always used to say the glass needed to have a spoon in it otherwise as soon as the milk was poured in, the glass would crack or even possibly explode because of the heat. 

The drink doesn't sound very exciting but it was part of our late evening routine whenever I stayed with her during the winter months: we would go out the back garden to the coal bunker, fill up the bucket and carry it back indoors and place it next to the fireplace ready for the morning. Then we would have the hot milk and go straight to bed with a hot water bottle. 

It's not very often I drink hot milk now but whenever I do, it always reminds me of my grandmother and some very cozy, happy times :)

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