Art swap and coffee on Tea Tuesday

This morning I'm in the kitchen, still nursing my sore back muscles, but feeling better after having stayed off the computer last weekend.

I need coffee to kick start my day, and you can see I've already consumed about half a mug already. I'll drink at least two of these "cups" before I finish passing out all that art.

Although the packages from swappers take center stage today, my grungy mug is ever present. I use it whenever I don't want my coffee to spill, or when I am painting or gluing. It has seen everything, but it beats accidentally putting a paint brush in a smaller cup, or letting the coffee spill on valuable art. And look at all this light in my kitchen. By next week at this time, the kitchen will be in total darkness at this hour. So I'm enjoying it while I can!

When all the art has been swapped, and my pot of coffee is gone, I will be heading for the voting booth. If you live in the US, be sure to vote today. It's your right and honor. Enough said!

Today's blog is a bit of a cop-out because the blog owner is no longer posting to the blog. But there were some really lovely posts and some fantastic photos. It's too bad that the blog hasn't been kept up because it was quite a fun read. However, I simply don't have time to hunt for a great tea blog today. If anyone knows of one I haven't featured, please let me know. It's getting harder and harder to find blogs of interest, so I would love to venture outside my normal circle. BTW, the blog is called Morning Coffee and Afternoon Tea and Chocolate in Between. I hope you'll at least get a chuckle out of the blog title.