Looking for fun and unique ways to use tea? These tea recipes are just what you need. Everything from unique drinks to desserts. They are a must for tea lovers. Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links. Read more here. This is Lisa, Dee’s daughter. I share her love of tea and thought it would be…
Create a Beautiful Life: Afternoon Tea Ritual
Part of my ongoing project for “creating a beautiful life” includes an afternoon tea ritual. I’m happy to drink tea anytime but setting aside a special time in the afternoon to take a break gives me a bit of breathing room during a busy day. Create an afternoon tea ritual There is something about preparing…
Tea Time – a documentary
A new documentary that looks to be right up my alley, Tea Time: Synopsis from PBS: Ritual is often associated with powerful and impersonal institutions, but for five Chilean women, ritual centers on a monthly gathering that has sustained them through 60 years of personal and societal change. Tea Time is a charming and poignant look at…
Tea, Tissues and I Love Lucy
This is what my week has consisted of: I thought I had successfully fought off the virus which kept taunting me last week but then it pulled a fast one and clobbered me Sunday night. I’ve spent the past few days blowing my nose, coughing, drinking tea and watching I Love Lucy. So far I…
Two Days in London
I still have so much to share from our Paris trip and I fully intend to finish this series within a couple of weeks of the start of 2015. For now, how about a quick post about our little excursion to London? David had the brilliant idea that we should take advantage of proximity and…
Just soak awhile…
When I was a little girl I could walk out my backdoor, quick-step barefoot across the hot desert sand and visit my grandparents who lived around the corner from us. A row of cypress trees separated our yards, a gap in the trees providing a shady spot to cool my feet before running the rest…
Tea Making Tips
Do you know how to brew a proper cup of tea? No? Well, have I got a treat for you: I just love these old instructional videos. Oftentimes they are unintentionally funny. And I love the way they give us a little glimpse of another time. Leave it to the British to make sure that…
31 Days of Autumn Nesting: Day 17 – Tea Time
It should come as no surprise, considering the name of this blog, that I adore tea. My grandma started me on it as an infant (I’m not kidding) and I’ve loved it ever since. I like iced tea, both sweet and unsweet. And I especially love a properly made cup of hot tea. Earl Grey,…
Tea With Dee…(that’s me!)
A few weeks ago, Tori of Torizworld, blogged about the annual Mad Tea Party at A Fanciful Twist. I took a look at some of the past parties and they were absolutely delightful. I would have loved to join in this year but we are headed to Oklahoma City in just a bit for the…