Tea Tuesday

Tuesday is coming and that means time for TEA!

I was listening to Music from the Tea Lands while I composed this post.

Fun!

 

I'm sharing two teapots we purchased in New Mexico from the husband and wife team that makeup 

Rabbit Art Works.

He makes the pots and she does the painting.

Both teapots are signed and dated: one made in 1989 and the other in 1990.

The top row of the mosaic shows a close-up of the smaller pot and its lid.

The second row shows the larger pot and its lid.

The third row shows the back of both pots.

 

I have other porcelain pieces from Rabbit Art Works:

 some candlesticks and a vase with a beautiful kitty illustration.

I wondered if they were still in the ceramics business and I googled and YES -- they are shown in several galleries in Santa Fe.

I think I like these pots because they have personalities besides making a good cup of tea.

They are just the right size and shape (nice big bellies) for brewing tea. 

Tuesday is time for tea in the blogging world!

Teacup Tuesday is hosted by Martha and Terri.

Join in the celebration of Tea by visiting.

I have a couple more tea blogs for you:

Angela  at Tea With Friends

and

Lisa at A Cuppa Tea With Me

Have a wonderful Tea Tuesday and a JOY filled week.

Mosaic Monday

In the spirit of Fall and Halloween, I have been crocheting.

 All these little squares:

some in solid colors and some in two colors.

Then I started to put them all together.

Do you think I'll finish?

I can only work when SHE is asleep!

Mosaic Monday is hosted by the lovely Mary.

Each mosaic is different. Each a story to tell.

You'll enjoy visiting.

Wishing you well and a wonderful week full of JOY!

Postcard Friendship Friday

Do you think cats can be artists?

From the back cover:

"The fact that some domestic cats are able to make marks with paint has always been explained by biologists as an instinctive form of territorial marking behavior. Now, each one of these lavishly photographed postcards, selected from the book Why Cats Paint (10 Speed Press), provides graphic evidence that some cats' marks are aesthetically motivated and should be regarded as genuine works of non-primate art."

From the back of the postcard: "This medieval bestiary illustration acknowledges the practice of 'painting' by cats in the Middle Ages. Because cats were regarded as agents of the devil during this period, they are depicted here as evil  alchemists about to transmute the caged bird and sleeping dog, prey and enemy of the cat, into gold."

From the back of the postcard: "Whether these cats are engaged in territorial marking behavior, as many biologists would contend, or actually decorating the fish for aesthetic reasons, remains open to debate. However, the fact that the cats showed no aggression towards each other during the two-hour painting session, strongly suggests it was a genuine aesthetic experience."

I think little Miss Cassie could be the next Rembrandt Kitty.

She's been practicing on the bathroom mirror! 

Postcard Friendship Friday is hosted by the lovely Beth.
Each week you'll see a variety of postcards from the old to the new, the comic to the serious.
Enjoy the visit!

Happy PFF!

Wishing you well and a JOY filled weekend.

Good Morning!

Tuesday Tribute

Life can be so strange.

I was sitting in the waiting room at M.D. Anderson waiting for Mr. Dragon to finish his CTScan,

when I got a telephone call from one our favorite people who happens to be a wonderful author.

He called to ask what had happened to David.

I said "what do you mean what happened to David".

And he told me David had died...at the age of 38.

(From Murder By The Book)

We met David at Murder By The Book some 20 years ago.

We love mysteries and David was the best at his job.

He loved his customers and the mystery genre and knew what each of us liked.

He always had a smile on his face and a new book to suggest.

He married his wife, McKenna, just over 2 years ago.

They had a fairy tale wedding in Scotland.

We can not imagine what McKenna the MBTB family must be going through.

 

(Murder By The Book)

We have wonderful memories.

Memories of dinners with authors.

The first one was with Christopher Moore and if any of you read Christopher you know we had one heck of a good time at a very good South American restaurant.

David was kind enough to invite us on other dinners and we got to know him and McKenna better.

We both feel such sadness this evening.

I haven't posted a Tuesday Tribute in awhile, but I wanted to pay tribute this evening to a young man who brought joy into so many lives and whose smile and knowledge will be greatly missed.

We'll miss you, David. Enjoy that great library in the heavens.