Tea Time and a Winner!

Before I announce the winner of my Celebrate My Blogoversary Give-a-way,

let's have a little tea time!

I found the tea cup, coaster and scatter tray at Homegoods.

I love blue and white.

The cup is China and the tray is melamine.

I thought you might be interested in seeing what other pieces are available.

The Time For Tea gift set was designed in Northamptonshire,

England, the Rose of the English Shires.

Check out the website: www.creative-tops.com!

I used random.org to select the winner of the Celebrate My Blogoversary

Give-a-way.

The winner is number 10, Wanda Lee!
Everything is wrapped and waiting for you to email me with your address!
A big thank you to everyone for helping me celebrate! 

Thanks to our tea party hostesses.

These are just a few of the tea parties in the Land of Blog.

Teapot and Tea Things Tuesday

Tea Time Tuesday

Teacup Tuesday

Tea Party Tuesday

Tuesday Tea For Two

Wishing YOU well and a wonderful cup of tea.

Memories

I've been busy scanning photos again.

I found one of those old, horrible, sticky paged photo albums.

What nasty things it does to the photos!

I thought I better get busy scanning.

When we lived in New Mexico,

we were part of a hot air balloon crew.

These photos are from my very first hot air balloon ride.

Beautiful Barnes balloon.

Piloted by a woman who I worked with.

30 years later, she is still a friend.

My first balloon ride was in beautiful Angel Fire, New Mexico, August 1981.

 A lifetime ago.

It was a small gathering of balloonists and their crews.

Silent running until the burner was turned on. 

Moved along by the wind.

Amazing! 

Mr. Dragon wanted to become a balloon pilot in his spare time (!!!!).

Before he started lessons, we moved to Texas. 

A beautiful place, a beautiful time, and beautiful memories. 

Thank you to our hostesses:

Mary for Mosaic Monday

and 

The Tablescaper for Seasonal Sunday.

Wishing YOU well and a joy filled week!

Mementos

a box of postcards

art turned into messages

a bargain priced find

I found the box of postcards on one of my trips to Half-Price Books.

I never know what little treasure I might find when I visit!

I opened the wooden box and picked the first postcard in the box to show you.

The back of the card reads:

Allow Nothing to Worry You, 2002, mixed media on plexiglass, 20" x 24"

c. 2004 Inez Storer, From Mementos: 30 Postcards, published by Chronicle Books

On the bottom of the box:

"Slide off the lid of this wooden box and immerse yourself 

in Mementos - a visual feast of warmth and wit from 

Point Reyes, Calif., artist Inez Storer.

Each of 30 different postcards printed on heavy craft paper

features one of Storer's evocative paintings, collages, or drawings. 

Even after you send them, you'll have a keepsake of your own:

the beautiful silk-screened wooden lid you can hang as art."

I'm thinking there will be a few more posts featuring Mementos!

A big thank you to our hostesses:

Beth for Postcard Friendship Friday

and

Rebecca for Haiku My Heart

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We finally had some rain!

Two days of off and on rain.

Not nearly enough to break the drought,

but I'm thankful for the little moisture that we received.

Back to the old weather pattern of hot, humid and no rain.

Wishing YOU well and a fun-filled weekend!

Good Morning!

Healing After Loss

Japanese Garden Hermann Park

"I pray to the birds because I believe they will carry the messages of my heart upward.
I pray to them because I believe in their existence,
 the way their songs begin and end each day --
 the invocations and benedictions of Earth.
I pray to the birds because they remind me of what I love other than what I fear.
And at the end of my prayers, they teach me how to listen."

~Terry Tempest Williams

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Several months ago I asked you to hold Roo and her Cowboy in your hearts.

Cowboy and Mr. Dragon fought the same horrible cancer.

Cowboy has gone on to the stars.