Tea, lemon, biscuits, and art book giveaways

Are you hot this T Tuesday? It's really hot, humid, and very much summertime here in Kansas (in the US). In fact, it's already so hot and sticky humid from our recent rain, I am staying in this morning.

This lovely old pitcher reminds me of summers when my Grandmother filled it with ice, then made lemonade in it. Guess I could have used it a couple of weeks ago when I drank lemonade. Today, however, it is going to hold iced tea with a large slice of lemon. Unfortunately, I am running behind and have yet to make the tea.

Today's tea is Black Dragon, a quality Oolong tea from the island of Formosa, or what we know as Taiwan (located in the Pacific in East Asia).

I included some chocolate covered biscuits that I got at a specialty store last week. I believe the image on this one represents the large Ferris wheel in London.

And I'm pretty sure this one is in England, too, because when I first saw it, I thought it looked like the Tower of London.

There's no mistaking this one. Even I know what this one is!

I love the 40's or maybe 50's painted flowers on this old pitcher.

You can tell it has gotten a lot of loving use over time.

And I was simply intrigued by how the lemon really popped against the cobalt blue handmade glass plate.

I want to let everyone know about a couple of giveaways, too. There are no catches, no tweets, no chirps, no sidebar clutter, no following into hell, just a nice comment is all that is required to be entered in these two ART BOOK giveaways:

Seth at the Altered Page is giving away Angela Cartwright's book "Mixed Emulsions." This is a fantastic book and I would love to own it. The direct link is here. Comments close this Saturday.

Marlynn at Honeysuckle Breeze is giving away a book on Zentangles, called "Zentangles 2." I can't possibly imagine anyone bought the first one (grin), and I don't think Marlynn can either. I've made one zentangle and I think Marlynn has me beat by a couple. However, if you enjoy these zen(less)tangles (and I know a LOT of you do), be sure to enter the giveaway here which also ends Saturday.

I really must go. The kettle is whistling and I need to cut the lemon, grab some ice, and fill the tea diffuser with tea. Have a wonderful Tea Tuesday and please hop over to Kimmie's blog for links to the rest of my Tuesday tea drinking friends.

This week's tea blog goes to a real tea enthusiast. You only have to read a few posts to know Adam Yusko of The Sip Tip really knows what he's talking about. His knowledge of tea and his photos that accompany each post, will make him a real favorite in your eyes too, I'm sure. And I bet you learn a lot about tea you never knew. I have no idea where Adam lives, but The Sip Tip reaches teas from around the world.