Tea for Young Ladies!

J. dressed and ready for her guests to arrive

The adults tea is ready!

My daughter had a tea party for J (7 yrs) with 4 other little ones, all were dressed up for an afternoon garden affair indoors (since it's winter out there).The table was beautiful with a lace cloth and cloth napkins, the plates and tea cups, flowers and greenery, the plates of good food, when E saw it she said "it's so beautiful".  The adults sat in the living room with our tea and I couldn't stop smiling, the girls were so cute.  E put in a lot of effort and it was well worth it. J had a ball and the moms comments were 'best party ever'!

We went to the midnight sew that night also.  A great time!  I so love the companionship and feeling inspired for days to come.  I worked on a crazy quilt (started 10 years ago, procrastination .... hmmm).  E started a quilt for her husbands birthday.  OMG ....  the beautiful quilts that were in progress, my favorite was a black/grey/cream quilt and all the squares were different.  I am not a quilter but have constructed garments since the age of 10.  So my crazy quilt has pieces of scrap from clothing made for my husband, daughter, son and of course me ( also from my mom).  The construction part is my favorite, embellishing is a challenge since I am not accomplished in that area.  This is a good way to push myself into practicing though.  Two of E's friends also came and we talked of spring gardens, shooting practice and possible hunting trips for the fall.  A big storm blew thru with thunder and rain on the roof competing with the conversations, it stopped by midnight (thank goodnes).

NW Tea Festival

I went to the Tea festival with my daughter and son's girlfriend in downtown Seattle today.  Oh my, some excellent teas were tasted.  I bought a Genmai Cha tea with toasted brown rice and matcha.  Not only did it taste good but seemed like a warm and cozy drink, I'm looking forward to winter morning tea and a book. Mostly we visited vendors booths and tried may types of tea and looked at products.  I saw some beautiful crockery bowls for sipping tea but couln't justify buying any. We also listened to a lecture on medicinal herbs which was very good, I believe in herbs and have used them already in a small way.  I know some are questionable but if care is taken they can be safe, quite frankly most of the drugs out there on the market are very dangerous (in my opinion).  We participated in a small tea ceremony and talk about green, oolong and white tea, OMG they were so good! Oolong was very floral and the second brew of it was even more full bodied. The white was the best, so delicate.  I've made white before and thought it was bad, I'm sure it was an inferior, cheap wanna be.  My grandaughter went too, she is 6 yrs.  She didn't fuss or say I'm bored and had her own tasting cup and tried a lot of tea.  Most she didn't like but a few were approved of.  She was a pleasure to have along, such a little lady! We had a very nice day out.

Ladies, I had a great day out! Thank you.