T Stands For Gifts Galore

We aren't going far today.  Just to my dining room table.  You can see Bleubeard and I have received lots of wonderful gifts through the mail this week.  And look at those postage stamps.  LOVE them.  The two smaller packages are gifts from friends who play in WOYWW (or What's On Your Workdesk Wednesday).  I will show those tomorrow.

KathyinOzarks was talking about depression glass last week.  I decided to show a green cup, one of several I have.  I don't drink out of it, but I think it is beautiful for as old as it is.

The larger envelope came from my dear friend Cindy at Pink Bird Studio.  Cindy and I have been friends probably as long as Halle and I, even though we have never met.  Some friendships transcend time and space.

Look at these wonderful papers, the star stencil, and the washi papers.  I will probably hoard those.

Then there's the incredible art card made from a postcard.  It includes one of Cindy's hand carved houses.  Her collages are so impressive.  I wish I could design collages like hers. 

Last, but certainly not least, look at the icing on the proverbial cake.  Page after page of rocking horses, to be cut and used in my art, or left for me to stroke and admire.

I'm sure some of you read last Friday that the children are coming later in the week.   For those of you new to T Stands For Tuesday, I had a friend who died in May, 2017, after being diagnosed with cancer shortly before Christmas in 2016.  She left me in charge of her three children, who at the time were two tweens and one teen, until their aunt could arrive from California to take them to their new home.  A nasty and very quick divorce with the father relinquishing his parental rights, put me in charge of them, acting as their guardian on a temporary basis.  It was the last thing my friend did before she died.  We were all at the Cancer Center where she died.  It may have been the worst day of my life, other than losing my grandparents (who raised me from birth).  I can only imagine what the children were experiencing and what emotions they were feeling at the time.

They are now well adjusted two teens and one tween, and enjoying life to the fullest with their aunt who has now legally adopted them.  They have already informed me they will be here at the end of the week.  I can't wait to see them again, although I have nothing planned this year for them to see and do.

It's now time for you to share your own drink related post.  It can be gifts you received, photos, a place you visited, movies, postcards, mail art, junk mail, books, sketches, mixed media, drawings, paintings, tags, scrapbooking, or other art that is digital, hybrid, or traditional, as long as it in some way relates back to a drink, any drink.  Regardless, please share below and Bleubeard and I, along with the rest of the T gang will be by to visit.   Please link only your T post and not your blog in general.  Old photos are acceptable because they may be taken any time, not just on Tuesday and not just this year.

Don't forget to be thinking about your ATC you will exchange on July 16 when T Stands For Tuesday turns six.  Complete details of the upcoming PIF or Pay it Forward "rules" will be discussed next week.

I would also be remiss if I didn't remind you this is the last Tuesday of the month, so please dig up your Second on the 2nd post.  The only requirement is it must be one you have shown (published) in the past.