Odds and Ends Tea

I want to begin by wishing everyone a very happy Vernal Equinox, aka beginning of spring!


This might have been called Hodge Podge Tea rather than Odds and Ends Tea. Either way, as you can tell already, it's a very scattered post. First, for your viewing pleasure, green and white cups hold orange tinted tulips that match the color in the table runner, while a green tea pot holds miniature roses. Spring is truly HERE.


Of course, you might want to see the tea bags I saved from last week. They are finally dry and are now ready to use. I even have the cute little tags and strings, too. Those hibiscus bags are gorgeous.


Yesterday evening, my neighbor across the street brought me a big jug of Starbuck's coffee. She said it came from a party at her office and there was a ton left over. Of course I was more than willing to take it. After putting as much as I could in two pitchers, I used the rest to dye some book pages.


Then I remembered I had a bunch of cheese cloth I could dye, so I threw it in, too. I didn't wet the cheese cloth first, so it didn't want to accept the coffee very quickly. That meant I had to push it down into the coffee and when I did (you can see it peeking out below the paper), I accidentally submerged some of the papers more than I had anticipated. But just look how lovely these pages turned color when left in the bath for only a few minutes.


Finally, my friend Sally and I were at lunch the other day, and I had a glass of iced tea with lemon. It had a bland flavor, but was acceptable for restaurant tea.

My friend Kimmie and all the other Tea Tuesday players won't have odds and ends. They will have structured blog posts. Ones that make a lot of sense, in fact!! So please join them as I ponder where this post was actually and initially headed (grin).