Seasons... One Season to the Next... Some Things on my Heart and Mind....

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With Love,

Chrissy T

Tea Room Experience Part 2 ~ Manners

Hello friends. I want to share for my memories part two of my wonderful experience at CW Organics Tea Room. This was a sweet time and a refreshing day out! I am very grateful for the sweet moment.

Oh, yes, the tiered tray had flowers on it too!!! Because it was a special theme day!! :) Floral Friday! I thought it was a lovely idea. THERE IS NEVER SUCH A THING AS TOO MANY FLOWERS. Sorry, but that is my opinion. :) 

The scones were savory and simple. The jam served with the scones (USA type) were delish. I enjoyed the savory ones so much!

This little BLT mini sandwich was cute and it was super yum.

Here is a picture of my friend (Cindy) and myself. You all I am very swollen still from surgery and coming off hormone medications. It is what it is! I did try to pretty up still. :)  Although, when I left the house, I felt super nice looking but seeing myself in pictures made me second guess. Haha! Isn't it funny how hard we can be on ourselves?! :) 

The little bouquet station. The flowers so beautiful and we had a wonderful time creating our own to take home.

Here is mine that I made. When I got home I out them in a mason jar for my kitchen counter. They make me smile every single time I look at them.

Here is our traditional selfie. It is a tradition we always do! LIKE ALWAYS!!!  There is a 20 year age gap between us. I am so thankful for her example of being a well-mannered, lovely, gracious, humble, well knowledgeable soul. These are the type of ladies that I listen to. These are the examples I hope I can grow into. These types of ladies are the ones I let speak into my life. 

I will wrap up these pictures with the door!!! I just loved the little hidden doors throughout the place. It was whimsical and sweet. 

Chrissy T

CW Organics Tea Room Experience (Part 1)

Hello everyone. I wanted to share about my tea room experience from last Friday. A friend/mentor and I went to a beautiful place called CW Organics Tea Room. We had such a lovely time. We did a tea for two which included a tray of goodies and one pot of tea to share. We chose Vanilla Rose because I had tasted it at the Celtic Festival Tea Experience last year and it was delicious and new I had to have some if I ever visited the Tea Room. It did not disappoint. All of the teas are organic and they have an apothecary section with medicinal teas and body products. 

One of the reserved tables all set up! This was not our table. 

This was our sweet table!!! I loved the pressed flowers on it!!!

The place was filled with so many fresh flowers and then this really neat piece of dried flowers was so neat and different. I loved it!

There were so many little areas that had neat things tucked here and there. From art around light switches, little mini decorated doors throughout the building on the baseboards and in corners. Made me think of some hidden whimsical world that gets to roam around the tea room at night. :) Of course, there has to be tearoom fairies! :) 

Real dried flowers pressed as part of the tables we sat at. I loved this!!!!

You all know I love my Blue and White. 

 

I loved the glassware. The water was delicious with the added fruit and lemon. It was perfect for the 100 degree day. Don't worry we enjoyed this alongside our hot delish tea.

My sweet friend (Cindy) enjoying her water. We also matched!! We both wore navy and white dresses. It was not planned!! The funny thing is every single time we meet we match. ALWAYS. Never has been a time we haven't. We usually bust out in laughter as soon as we see each other because it always happens. We are kindred spirits I suppose! :) 

This is my cup. I am preparing my tea. I will say that after the first cup I decided to not add a splash of milk anymore. The tea was so good it really didn't need it. The Vanilla Rose tea is very light, and you cannot taste the rose much. It is a delicious tea. My favorite I have ever tasted. I enjoyed about 3 and half cups of the tea throughout the time. We were there about 90 minutes. My cup was just an average teacup, so it was not big at all. 

I had a little God wink as my plate they placed at my seat was this beautiful blue and white. If you have been a reader friend of mine for long you know that Blue and White pattern chinaware is my favorite.

Our sweet little tray frilled with so many little tasty things. From chicken salad crostini, pimento pepper  jelly sandwiches (BEST I EVER HAD) to so much more. I will share in the next post all the food and our floral experience we didn't expect as well as more of the inside and outside of this special place.

Driving Around ~ Sprucing Outside Lighting ~ Weekly Menu Plan

 Hello friends. I hope you are having a good weekend. Today was a nice day. After a much needed slow morning the hubs and I went to have a lunch date and do our weekly drive. It has become a weekly thing we are doing now. I remember when our children were little and when we first got married, we used to drive some back roads and go get ice cream on Sundays after church. As time goes, schedules get busy and life changes. When my hubby became a pastor and the children got older Sundays became harder to do those drives. I sure miss them. Now, me and the hubby drive around on back roads and in neighborhoods just looking at different landscaping. We see such beautiful flowers and trees. It has been nice to do this over the last few weeks since my activity has been limited, and it is a nice way to get out and spend some time together. 

Speaking of landscaping and etc. We have been slowly doing tiny simple projects outside. We as in my husband currently 😆. We have a gas lamp post that had seen better days due to the 8 years of weather. We spruced it up when we bought our home 8 years ago, but it needed some sprucing again. We decided to switch out the lamp with a solar lamp. It will save us $13-15 a month in gas cost and the inconvenience of lighting it all the time after windy days. 

The hubs after he finished installing it. He sent a picture to our family chat! :) 

Here it is in the daytime! It is so pretty lit and even during the day. We love it. He also painted a fresh coat of paint on the pole. 

We had an address number sign that was attached but it was looking pretty rough as well. We replaced it with a new on that I found off Esty. 

I am so thankful he did it and it looks so much better. Our neighborhood is entering that stage of getting older. The homes are all about 23-28 years old. So, not terribly old but this is where things are beginning to need upkeep regularly at this stage to keep things up. Our home ia 25 years old as of this year. We had replaced the roof three years after we purchased, install a new fence, buy a new dishwasher and put up gutters. We have had to cut down HUGE 65-foot trees ($$$$) for safety reasons as well. THIS YEAR we had to purchase a new air condition unit. Ohhhh, and we had to get all new flooring 5 years ago. We have only lived here 8 years. Wow, thinking of all that makes me realize we have done more than I thought. This isn't counting small little replacements. 

I thought I would share the little upgrade. Mainly for my memories. :) 

As I mentioned last week I have been doing my menu planning on Friday. I thought I would share our menu for next week.

I will be taking a break tomorrow from posting here. I hope to spend the day besides writing my own posts catching up visiting with the blogs I visit. :) 

Come visit Monday for the Pantry $5 Challenge post hosted by Mrs. Patsi at The Working Pantry, then on Tuesday I will be sharing all about my Tea Room experience I had on Friday!

With Love, 

Chrissy Townsend

A Little Tea... Photo of the Day~ My Choice

Hello friends! Today is the LAST DAY for the daily photo challenge. Today's theme was OUR CHOICE. I shared yesterday that I was going to a Tea Room today. This was my first super long outing in a very long time. My body is feeling it and I am super exhausted. I am going to share my photo for today's challenge and then share all the wonderful pictures and experiences for another time. It is deserving of its own post. 

Thanks so much for those that joined me along this month for the daily photo challenge. 

With Love,

Chrissy T

Tea Room Plans & Daily Photo ~ Shapes

Hello friends. 💮 I skipped yesterday's theme and posting as I just needed a break.

We are close to the end though!! Today's photo theme is SHAPES. Kind of a "different" theme.... hey, I will go with it. I really didn't know what to take a photo of to be honest I guess this is when creativity comes in. I am not sure how creative these are 😆 but for the sake of doing the challenge here we go.

A good old circle and rectangle decor. These are in in my breakfast area. I got all this for $10 TOGETHER at a moving sale a couple years ago.

I picked up this little square frame at Goodwill last year for $1. I liked the little frame but I also loved the saying as I was going through a time where my faith needed this reminder. 

All different shapes when it comes to these tomatoes we were given. 

We are all done with this challenge after tomorrow. I will share September photo challenge list that I personally made (not off Pinterest) mid-August. 

Tomorrow is Choose Your Own Theme!! I am looking forward to that because TOMORROW I am going to a TEA ROOM with our Assistant Pastor's Wife (she is also my friend and mentor) and I am tickled pink!!!! Oh, I can't wait. I am looking forward to sharing pictures and the experience. 

I enjoyed an article today by the The Gospel Coalition for Women. It was so encouraging and thought I would share it to anyone interested. I was in prayer today about many things. I received my weekly email from them with this article. This article was perfect timing and what I needed today. Check it out here. 

Here is a quote from it... "This is why our daily repetitions matter. The recapitulation in Scripture teaches us that these “agains” are purposeful. When we forgive again, instruct again, show up again, pray again, we’re not trapped in futility, failure, or regression. Instead, these moments are tangible reminders that we’re living between redemption accomplished and restoration promised."

Until later,

Chrissy T

My Favorite Color~ Blue

Hello everyone. Today's photo challenge is the color BLUE which so happens to be my favorite color. I wear a lot of dark and navy blue. I decorate with a lot of blue and white. I am always drawn to blue. ALWAYS. From bedding, shirts, decor, pillows, notebooks, and so on. I love blue. I will say I like more darker hues such as dark blue, navy, royal blue and just plain blue. I am not a huge fan of brighter hues. 

Here are my photos I took today of items around my home that show my love for blue. As you can tell by the pictures below that Blue and White are a combo I love. I actually have a navy shirt on today! My next favorite color is green and yes, the darker hues.

I use this last plate as a spoon rest for my cooking. It is beside my stovetop. 

I have shown this hand towel before, but I took a new picture of it today to debut again among my blue and white items I am sharing. 

Just a few more days to go with the daily photo challenge! We will do another one in September! :) 

Last night I made a Crockpot Ravioli Casserole as I am really trying to make simple meals that are yummy and filling. This was the first time I made it and it was a HIT! My family loved it. It will definitely go on my repeats. This would make a wonderful meal for a meal train for someone in need or for a Sunday lunch after church. I served with french bread. I skipped a veggie because I didn't feel super. Here is the recipe. 

Today I decided to catch up on some magazines I receive while waiting at the doctor's office. I only have a subscription to two magazines as of now. My mom gifted them to me for my birthday last year. Tea Time and Victoria. This was the Spring and Early Summer Tea Time.

They are revamping the Tea Time so I will not receive a July/August one sadly. I do enjoy when they come in the mail. I like to toss one in my purse when I head to the doctors or have waiting times somewhere. 

Speaking of teas, it has been so long since I had a tea experience. Sigh. I miss doing my Teatime Tuesday posts here. Maybe one day again. I missed our Jane Austen Tea at Martha Vick's Mansion this May because of my health. I am looking forward to planning my next TEA experience. Hmmmm.... maybe that will give me something to do.... I can start researching and planning for the fall. I usually go to the Celtic Tea at the end of September/October at our Celtic Festival. It is one of my favorites I go to yearly. 

I wish we had more tea rooms in our area. I may have to make a little "trip a roo" to one a little bit away to get a tea party fix. 

Do you like magazines? I think those aren't as popular as the use to be but I do think some still enjoy them. Sometimes it is nice just to hold something in your hand and look at all the pretty things and read neat little articles besides always reading things on a screen. I think I have asked this question before but I have new friends so I thought I would ask again. 

I hope you all have a great day! 

Chrissy T