Good Morning!

Happy Birthday to Me!

Tea, Honey And A Winner!

This is my TEA AND HONEY Tea For One.

The teapot holds 16 oz and the cup holds 10 oz.

Cardew Design is the distributor.

It was designed in England and made in China.

It is a very happy looking little Tea For One with the little bee on the tip of the lid!
I found this little Tea For One at Tuesday Morning.

Today I get to announce the first winner in the Summer Curiosities Sweepstakes!

I put numbers from 1 to 30 on slips of paper.

Folded the paper.

Placed them in a bowl.

Mixed them up.

Then tossed them into the air.

The piece of paper that landed the closest to Teddy

(who was asleep after partaking of fresh catnip)

was the winner -- number 11 --

 Beth at Beyond The Garden Gate.
Beth, please email your mailing information to me
and I'll get your box of curiosities off to you.
Remember, there is one more drawing next week.
Cassie is determined that next week, she will pick the winner!

A big thank you to our tea party hosts:
Tea Time Tuesday
Friends Sharing Tea
Tea Party Tuesday
Teacup Tuesday
A Return to Loveliness

Tuesday Cuppa Tea

Wishing you well, much joy and a wonderful cup of tea.

This and That

Things have been busy around Casa Dragon on Twisty Lane.

Some work has been done around the house -- inside and out.

Hanging some ceiling fans, painting a bathroom, paving the side yard.

The kitties were busy supervising until they got tired of the noise and they decided to 

huddle under a quilt in the back bedroom and sleep. 

I'm happy with the work that was done and smiling because it is all finished and quiet again!

Some other things that made me smile:

- I made my favorite soup - split pea.  I love how it tastes and smells!

(Soup photo from Google photos)

- On the way to the gym one morning I saw a opossum with her baby on her back crossing the street.

Right here in the middle of town. I know some people don't like the opossum, but I'm not one of them. 

(Opossum photo from Google photos)

- My photo of teacups was selected as one of the winners for My Favorite Things at 

Focusing On Life. I was like Sally Field -- they like me, they like me! 

Many of the ladies there are pros when it comes to photography.

Big smile!

- Musashi's Garden always brings smiles to my face every day. I never know what is going to be

blooming -- in this case the last of the gardenias. Or what bird will be entertaining me in the bird bath.

Thank you to Liv Lane for The Little Bliss List.

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Friday means it's Postcard Friendship Friday and here are two more Galveston postcards.

As always, thank you to the lovely Beth for hosting.

The first postcard is a modern reproduction of a vintage card featuring the seawall 

and the Hotel Galvez.

I love the fashions and the cars!

The second card is a vintage linen look card of the Galveston Causeway.

It is blank on the back side except for the description:
"Galveston's great causeway, Galveston, Texas.
Galveston's Causeway is one of the world's greatest engineering feats. This causeway is a three mile structure accomodating two railroad tracks, and electric car line, a driveway and a footway, it's proportion and designs are scientifically accurate, making it a thing of classic beauty as well as"
and that's where the description ends!

The old causeway is still there and it is still used by trains.

Wishing all of YOU well, much joy and a fun filled holiday weekend!

Don't forget my Summer Curiosities Give-a-way.

Good Morning!

Wednesday Morning

"Every morning our first thought should be a wish to devote the day to the good of all living beings."

~Dilbo Khyentse Rinpoche