Elderberry Tea

2010-01-13T15:25:00.000-08:00

Come and stay awhile, so many things to say, to share, to do

I talk to you all the time,

in my mind

soothe

2010-01-11T11:26:00.000-08:00

~all that surrounds me, soothe me~

In comfort

In quiet

In balance

In calm

In peace

In warmth

Photos...misc, collected over time & not all with labels..., sorry...4th is Audrey Hepburn Complex,

*6th is Cherry Blossom

new year's high tea

2010-01-10T16:47:00.000-08:00

Such a lovely feeling...the heat from a perfect cup of tea, a new day and a new year, and everything covered in a thin snow, like the world as far as can be seen, is wearing a sacred veil.

week's end

2009-06-12T16:44:00.000-07:00

To my love,

Thanking thee.

Sweetly,
Me

2009-04-28T16:52:00.001-07:00

I have a terrible allergy. It makes so my throat is itchy, my eyes too. And all I would like to do is to go home and sleep through my evening. Make a huge pot of tea and slowly dissolve into the warm current of night's cover.

2009-04-21T08:53:00.000-07:00

There is nothing more cozy and full of love to me,
than a warm pair of socks with my best friend, Tea.

2009-04-16T12:13:00.000-07:00

I grew up and I grew out on the lake behind my home.

And the lake was always cold at first

but after it took you in

It was a very warm hug that kept holding you.

I miss the sunshine on my back

and the waves and sand and laughter

and my cousins and my family

and plums and picnics and the wind

and the shimmer and promise of the waves.

2009-04-15T09:46:00.000-07:00

Oh, tea, how many times have you saved my soul from its many restless moods?

How does one thank, so many a cup of warmth and love and daydreams?

You are my charm.

how does thee take her tea...

2009-03-06T09:22:00.000-08:00

image borrowed from the tea drinking english rose

{big hugs to you dear one}

whiling away the morning...

2009-02-24T09:47:00.000-08:00

what better way than to begin the day fresh and whole with a nice cuppa to meet the sunshine or the gray...step outside and meet the world anew

Take time to notice the small things, the big things, the things that make you startle yourself with a jump, a tickle and tingle, inside

Come with me and see where our day with take us, where we have taken our day.

down time for tea

2009-02-23T15:13:00.000-08:00

oh, lovely afternoon treat out with Nicole, we had spent maybe 20 minutes together in the past two months due to our horrible schedules and her working in the same office with me, but down the hall and with a whole other client load.

So, today is just exhausting, but time spent with my lovely Nicole, and time spent in the fresh air, was so absolutely wonderful I am hardly finding words to say what I wish to say, which is, "thank you, and I love you sweet girl."

2009-02-20T14:46:00.000-08:00

Two of my most beloved things in this world...

1) A young Kate Moss

drinking...

2) Tea in Paris

And a perfect way to end my work week...

and begin anew!

for the love of tea

2009-02-04T13:20:00.000-08:00

How many times have I scratched my head when all that is offered at morning breakfast meetings has been coffee. This is always something I prepare for, and bring my own tea bags along just incase. I am always a "just incase" kind of girl, who happens to find many tea bags that have been crushed and spilt out in the bottom of her bags. I also travel about with packets of sugar, sugar in the raw, plastic spoons, and those tiny personal-sized half and half contrainers. Many a time have I discovered these items too, crushed in between folders or my planner and have now converted to the use of individual plastic baggies for pulling out all in one go and making a nice cup of tea while I listen to the endless, and mostly useless, conversation about me at these meetings. And I cannot begin my morning without black or green tea or both, sitting quiet in front of the fire (in winter) or outside on the porch (summer). Tea is like style, you make it your own and let it evolve as it steeps. I like that, so simple.

elderberry tea

2009-02-04T13:12:00.001-08:00

so this little bloggity-blog will center on three of my very favorite things that exist in this world, and they are of course, and in no particular order:

TEA

THE SEA

...And all things about ME.

The name "elderberry tea" that I have chosen to call this blog comes from when I was a child and we had tons of elderberry bushes around my home. Once my mother asked me to pick the elderberries to make a pie, and we had enough left over to make tea. It was splendid and what has spurred a lifetime of tea drinking.