The Tea Room

More Litera-Tea

What a wonderful network of talent this tea blogathon is drawing.  I have so enjoyed reading what others have included in their blogs.  Here's another contribution.

"Then Mrs. Tiggy-winkle made tea—a cup for herself and a cup for Lucie. They sat before the fire on a bench and looked sideways at one another. Mrs. Tiggy-winkle's hand, holding the tea-cup, was very very brown, and very very wrinkly with the soap-suds; and all through her gown and her cap, there were hair-pins sticking wrong end out; so that Lucie didn't like to sit too near her." ~Beatrix Potter, The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle

Lovely Victoria, Another Journey with Bliss

The March / April edition of Victoria arrived yesterday and I can't wait to pour over its pages.  It was my favorite magazine for nearly a decade and I kept all volumes I ever received.  I was so disappointed when publication stopped a few years ago.  When I moved in 2006, I hesitantly tossed my entire collection knowing I might regret it some day.   

I was delighted to receive last year a postcard from the publishers announcing its return and inviting me to subscribe again.  Happily, thank you! 

Lovely Victoria.  Another wonderful way to greet the new season.

A Tea Blog-a-Thon

How fun.  I just found a blog-a-thon about tea hosted by LaTeaDah at Gracious Hospitality.  It's Week #2 of the blogathon.  I'll plan to catch up with Week #1 in the next couple of days.

March 23 - March 29
Litera-Tea

“You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me”  ~ C.S. Lewis (British Scholar and Novelist. 1898 - 1963).

Thank you, Miss Potter

As my sister and I were running errands Saturday afternoon, it suddenly began to hail causing us to dash from shelter to shelter with great giddiness.  Inspired to snuggle on the couch the rest of the evening with a good movie and a warm fire, I rented "Miss Potter."  Renee Zellweger stars in the title role as author and illustrator Beatrix Potter; Ewan McGregor plays her love interest.  Although the hail storm was short-lived, I was so enchanted with this movie that I watched it again today. 

What luck to have been drawn to this charming true story right before Easter.  From now on, Miss Potter and her friends will be included in all my spring holiday traditions.

Tiny Pink Petals

The delicate flowers on cherry blossom trees have nearly all fallen from their branches.  Last week, tiny pink petals were everywhere on the street where I live.  They were clustered for what seemed to be miles all along the sidewalks and gutters, and sprinkled across the walkway to my front door.  Spring's snow.  The petals are slowly disappearing from the ground now as tree branches sprout dark leaves that will lighten to hues of green as the season unfolds.

I am so attuned to the seasons.  I love watching how each begins, peaks, and ends.  And I love realizing once again that each has a special meaning.  Spring brings such hope.  It's a time for new beginnings.  How lovely.  How lucky.