14 Wednesday Aug 2019
Posted in Foolishness, Photography
Like a good neighbor, stay over there. – Grumpy Cat
Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea. ―
Happy Wednesday!
12 Monday Aug 2019
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#whatsinmycup, food, photography, summer, tea, what's in my cup
Just because I messed up my first week of summer vacation, didn’t mean that I couldn’t still enjoy summer. Instead of palm trees and sandy beaches, I relaxed on the back porch with a tropical caffeine-free, herbal tea from David’s Tea – Caribbean Crush.
‘Cause a little bit of summer is what the whole year is about. – Author Unknown
This German fruit infusion is comprised of apple, pineapple, papaya, hibiscus, and cranberry. The rosy hue reminded me of my pink apple jelly. It was sweet and delicate, a fruity punch with a gentle flavour of strawberry or peach, which is odd because it doesn’t contain either fruit. I really liked that it wasn’t sickly sweet or it didn’t have an acidic aftertaste. I find that a number of fruit infusions can have an artificial flavour aftertaste to them, or they are so sickly sweet they remind me of hot kool-aid. I don’t want hot kool-aid even on a cold, cold day! This tea can be served hot or cold.
This package of tea came as a sample in a large online order from David’s Tea. I started my Christmas shopping early, which disgusts me as much as it does you. This is one tea I will happily pick up on another occasion.
How did it get so late so soon? Its night before its afternoon. December is here before its June. My goodness how the time has flewn. How did it get so late so soon?
– Dr. Seuss
Happy Monday!
06 Tuesday Aug 2019
Posted in Foolishness, Photography
Like a welcome summer rain, humor may suddenly cleanse and cool the earth, the air and you. – Langston Hughes
We finally received some much needed rain, but it just made it more humid outside. As if that was possible. I got caught in it, twice. But I wasn’t the only one…Someone was singing in the rain and taking a shower…
He sounded like a cardinal, but he looked like a wet rooster.
Some people feel the rain. Some people just get wet. – Bob Marley
It’s all about perception!
Happy Wednesday!
05 Monday Aug 2019
Posted in Food, Photography
Have you ever planned to try a new recipe? Spent the day savouring the aromas and the texture of that dish? And then you open the fridge and realize you’re missing ingredients?. What’s a girl to do?
That’s kind of how I felt about my vacation last week.
I had planned and savoured, and then found out I made a big boo-boo with my dates. I had to head home the day after I arrived. So I did what any cook would do…I did the best with what I had. I kidnapped my Mom for 4 days, and we made plans. And of course, those plans included tea.
On day 1, we spent the evening reading on the back porch, with a pot of tea.
On day 2, we went shopping at a mall we’ve never explored. The trip ended at David’s tea, with Blueberry muffin iced tea. It was a beautiful balance of black tea and sweet blueberries. I asked Mom to pick something for her birthday, so that evening we sampled her Pink Lemonade tea. It’s a retiring rooibos tea of tangy lemon and a delicate whisper of hibiscus, perfect for sipping with a great movie, The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society.
Day 3 – Mom missed the Maud Lewis exhibit when she was on the East coast last Summer, but she was in luck. A nearby art gallery had a display of her work and it was worth the trip! Maud Lewis was a tiny, spunky woman, who felt compelled to paint. She painted on anything she could get her hands on because they were so poor, including wood, glass, and metal bakeware. She lived in rural Nova Scotia in a tiny house with her husband, and achieved national recognition in the mid-60s. Her tiny home is on display in the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia in Halifax.
Maud Lewis’ Kitties
Day 4 – We spent the morning watching a movie based on Maud’s life, but not without a box of tissue and a pot of pear blossom tea. You wouldn’t expect me to visit David’s tea during a sale and not purchasing something too? This caffeine-free and retiring tea has a delicate flavour of pear combined with the tartness of papaya and pineapple.
As long as I’ve got a brush in front of me, I’m alright. -Maud Lewis
That afternoon, Dad “stole” Mom and took her home again. I wasn’t ready for the holiday to end, so I spent the remaining afternoon on the back porch, savouring another pot of pear tea, with Maud.
What’s in you cup today?
02 Friday Aug 2019
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My Dad took some great family photos this week.
I didn’t say whose family…they’re so cute, couldn’t you just gobble them up?
Some families have Kodak moments…some families have straight jacket moments. Find your tribe and love them hard.
Happy Weekend!
31 Wednesday Jul 2019
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Nature is pleased with simplicity. – Isaac Newton
Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads. – Henry David Thoreau
This is my post for Cee Neuner’s Black & White Photo Challenge: Anything That Flies
19 Friday Jul 2019
Posted in Fashion, Photography
If you don’t think shoes are important, just ask Dorothy or Cinderella.
OK, the challenge wasn’t specifically “Cinderella Shoes” but what girl could resist pulling out her wedding dress (which still fits 23 years later – thank goodness!! ) and some sparkly shoes.
Chocolate is good, but shoes are sugar-free!
If I were to get married again (which I have no plans to ever do again), would I stick with white, or would I dare to be different? Judging on how much I’ve changed since I started my mid-life crisis, I think the answer is “yes”! Maybe…red?
Forget the prince…keep the shoes!
Playing dress up begins at age 5 and never truly ends. – Kate Spade
I may just have to stay in these for awhile…Happy Friday!
This is in response to Cee Nuener’s black & white photo challenge: Shoes!
17 Wednesday Jul 2019
Posted in Photography
No matter how plain a woman may be, if truth and honesty are written across her face, she will be beautiful. – Eleanor Roosevelt
Playing with white lilies for Cee Neuner’s Fun Foto Challenge: Flower Close-Ups.
15 Monday Jul 2019
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There is temperate zone in the mind, between luxurious indolence and exacting work; and it is to this region, just between laziness and labor, that summer reading should belong. – Henry Ward Beecher
Happy Monday!
03 Wednesday Jul 2019
Posted in Photography
The art of the bird is to conceal its nest both as to position and as to material, but now and then it is betrayed into weaving into its structure showy and bizarre bits of this or that, which give its secret away and which seem to violate all the traditions of its kind. – John Burroughs
Practice makes perfect. After a long time of practicing, our work will become natural, skillful, swift and steady. – Bruce Lee
Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice, and most of all, love… – Pele
Happy Wednesday!
This is my entry for Cee Neuner’s Black & White Challenge for Lines/Angles.
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