Tea on Tuesday

And the birthday goodies keep on coming!!!

Today I got two surprise packages in the mail- one from my brother- a box FULL of books!! Two favorites were one on altered book making, and another on DIY Renegade Crafters. I lent the books to my mom to read, so I can't tell you the exact titles!!!

The other was a little package with dancing, glittery kewpie babies on the outside of the envelope, from Kimmie at art in red wagons!
What a lovely surprise - a brown package nicely tied in yarn, with a beautiful altered puzzle piece - cowboy, horse and little cowboy hat!!!I love it!!! I now own an original by Kimmie!!! Woohoo!!! Inside the package was a bag of tea leaves, from Everything Tea, in Kimmie's home town of Snohomish.

Of course, the timing couldn't have been better- guess what my tea for Tuesday is?????It is delicious, and so aromatic - I am still trying to identify the ingredients...............

I brewed up a batch, and instead of one of my many pottery mugs, I filled my rarely used Prince Albert China tea cup, and perused and devoured all the books from my brother. I was also enjoying the last piece of my 'featherweight' pound cake, and the last surviving flowers ( now dried statice) from the birthday bouquet from my mom.One can only extend her birthday so far...............!!!LOL My birthday month has come to an end!!


There is a quote somewhere - maybe from CS Lewis - there can never be enough tea or enough books................that about sums it up!!

Thank you Kimmie SO MUCH!!! And, thanks brother Bill- good job on the books!!!

Be sure to visit Kimmie and Patty and all our other tea loving friends for tea today. Feel free to join us on Tuesdays- what's in your tea cup?????

Only Three More..............................

Slowly, but surely, the numbers are creeping up!!I only need 3 more followers to reach 75, and then I will have the drawing. I will number all my followers- old and new,1-75, and have the random number generator pick a lucky one to win the Japanese knot bag, filled with tea and other goodies!

So, tell your friends, and keep your fingers crossed that the random number generator picks you!!!

And, thanks so much for following!

Half Square Triangle Tutorial by Gene

Check out my bloggy friend Gene's great tutorial.

If triangles give you a headache - he has a painlessly simple way to do them, with step by step pix and instructions!!!

Random Giveaway

Just a reminder - when I reach 75 followers- I will be giving away a cute little Japanese knot bag, filled with tea and goodies.
I am soooo close- 66 followers, just a few more to reach that goal of 75!!!
Won't you please join and follow me - I'll try to keep it interesting!!!!

Please go to this post, leave a comment and follow me (said the Pied Piper....!)!!!

Tea on Tuesday

There are no words, except............Aaaaahhh............

Mirror, Mirror, on the....... Ground???

I found it!!! I was wracking my brain, trying to remember which blog I had seen a wonderful little fairy "pond", which had inspired me to create mine!!! After spending waaay too much time revisiting the blogs I have read over the weekend, I finally re-found Lisannerosalie!

I wanted to give credit where credit was due, even tho my little "pond" is no where near finished, and certainly not as cute as hers!!!

I put my little fairy pond in the lavender garden in a dry patch of dirt that was impatiently awaiting more lavender!!! I am not sure if the fairies will show up - but the hummingbirds and the toads certainly will!!

I used river rock, and am already having a vision of another little "pond" using more colorful rocks my mom collected for me in her travels over the years. And, yet another,could be created in an indoor dish garden. Another one I hope to attempt indoors is in a terrarium - similar to what Rowans Art has done! I happen to have a very similar Victorian style terrarium, sitting empty on my porch. Herbs or African violets, surrounding a fairy pond would be just the thing!

Small mirrors can be found in interesting shapes and sizes. And, I think repurposing a shard of broken mirror in this way, would dispel the 7 years bad luck threatened by a broken mirror!!!!

Mirrors, especially antique hand held ones, have always held a fascination for me- as I have written in a previous post, in another blog, long, long ago......
Altho I don't look into them as much any more,age has erased that craving(!)-I love to look thru them and wonder who has been reflected there before, and what have they seen. The images these old looking glasses have absorbed......if only they could reveal them to us!

The day was a bit overcast as I tried snapping a few photos of the little "pond" - in this one, you can catch a glimpse of lavender buds and maybe a bit of cloud....



(Don't forget - - become a follower- giveaway when I reach 75 followers!!)

Is It Time for Another Giveaway?????

It might just be................

This is my 113th post and I have 60 followers - woohoo!!!! If I could get it to 75 followers, I might just have to have a goodie giveaway!!!

I have been neglecting my country blog in favor of this one, but I need to step it up on both!!!More creativity here, more writing and pix there! Oh, the pressure!! LOL

What shall the giveaway be...................maybe a little Japanese knot bag of my own design stuffed full of tea and artful goodies? Most of my bags and totes are made of recycled and vintage items. This particular bag is made out of a placemat, with a floral fat quarter remnant. Just the right size for a cell phone, wallet, and makeup, or your crochet needles and a ball of yarn.

If that tickles your fancy, leave a comment and sign up to be a follower. If you have been lurking in the cyber shadows, now is the time to sign up!!

As soon as I reach 75, I will have the random number generator pick a number out of all my followers.