Fortune tea?

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Since I'm now back on my regular schedule, I had to get up early this morning to have tea.  While making it, I thought I would start a few bird assemblages

like this one,

this one,

or this one I've made in the past.  

So I got out my foam mat I use for stamping, and my ice pick.  I could have used my self healing mat, but since I push the pick quite far to expand the hole in the tin, it often leaves a hole in the self healing mat.

Of course, I actually had a deeper purpose for drinking this loose leaf tea called Fancy Tropicana, which begins with Ceylon black tea, to which marigold petals, thistle, rose petals, cornflowers, and mallow flowers are added.  I wanted to see if I could tell my fortune.  Over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, one of the things my guests and I discussed was whether you can look at tea leaves and see your fortune.  My problem was, I had so many leaves and flowers in that mug, I had to remove some of the petals before I could get to the tea leaves.

Once I drank the tea, my fortune was revealed.

Of course, I have no idea what my fortune is, or what these leaves are trying to tell me (except they want to join my compost pile), so I should probably stick with these assemblages and wish you a very happy (and fortunate) tea Tuesday.  Please join me, along with other Tea Tuesday participants, if you like.