Searching...

I've been somewhat absent in my blogging and blog hopping lately. There is a good reason... A week ago a representative for my landlady (Violet) called and said that she had passed away. She was a lovely elderly woman that we've rented our home from for six years. Anyway, the trust that now owns the house has to be liquidated in order to disperse her estate to her heirs. The house is not in a neighborhood that we really would want to buy in, plus, with massive medical bills over the past two years (my motorcycle wreck and my husbands winning battle with cancer), we aren't in a position to buy, so... we've been searching for another house to rent. The agent we have knew and worked with Violet, so she knows our situation and has been showing us very comparable homes. Anyway... until we find a place and complete the move, I will be hit or miss with my blogging. One benefit for you is that, we are going to have to downsize... That means DESTASH! So when I finally do my giveaway, there will be lots of things to giveaway. So stay tuned!

Haiku my Heart....

a thrifted teapot...
assam, green, rooibos, oolong?
hmmm... which will I brew?
DDD2011

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Tuesday Tea...

Evening tea drinkers... Tonight's tea is Celestial Seasonings Madagascar Vanilla Red. It's African Rooibos with vanilla flavor.  I love vanilla.  Anyway... I'm getting ready to head south for work tomorrow... packin' my big tapestry bag.  Its design has wine bottles and labels on it.  I love that bag, and since I pack light and wear dresses that don't need ironing, it's perfect for me.  I don't have any tea related photos this evening, so I'm reposting an old digital collage... Enjoy!

Please visit Kimmie and the rest of the Tuesday Tea participants here.

Happy Valentines Day...

Hope you all have/had a wonderful Valentines Day...
It was a lovely day here...

Haiku my Heart...

For color...we wait...
For new growth... new life... we wait...
For spring's warmth... we wait...
DDD2011

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Tuesday Tea...

I missed tea with everyone last week... but I'm here tonight... drinking my Tazo Rest.  It's pretty chilly outside tonight here in Florida.  I was going through some boxes this week and ran across a vintage tea pot I had forgotten about... Yeah, I know... Me? Forget about a tea pot? Well it happens once in a while. I was actually looking for my depression glass sugar bowl and creamer, which I found and "married" to the found tea pot!

They make a fine looking set... don't you think?

So what have I been up to lately? Well, I've been getting to know Geraldine...

Meet Geraldine, my new sewing machine.  She's named after my Aunt Geraldine or "Sis" as we all called her.  She was a phenomenal seamstress.  She could make anything out of fabric and thread.  When she lived in Washington state during the Korean War, she managed the Eddie Bauer sewing department.  Her husband, my Uncle Jay was over there serving in the Army.  The troops were having problems with their faces, mainly eyelashes, freezing.  She did some research and found that Badger fur did not freeze.  So she designed a parka with Badger fur around the face portion of the hood.  It solved the troops problem with the cold... and earned her a bonus... $500 I think, but back then that was a good amount of money... Still is for me...

I'll post what I've been making with Geraldine later this week.  Don't forget to visit the other Tuesday Tea participants. You can find them at Kimmie's.

Withdrawing from OWOH...

Due to reasons I don't wish to go into, I am withdrawing from the One World One Heart event.  I apologize to those that have visited and left comments, but I'm deleting my OWOH post, so that there will be no misunderstandings.  I welcome you all to my blog anytime and I hope to see you again. For those that are my followers, I will include the two paintings in my own 100 followers celebration later this week. Thanks so much for being here.
Sincerely,
Dianne