T Stands For Tisanes

 

Friday was Squiggles' fifth birthday.

 

A neighbor gave me a few party hats and napkins.  I thought it would be fun for the cats to wear them to celebrate Sqiggles' big day.  Neither cat would wear one, and neither cat would allow me to take his photo.  They would move when I got near and turn their backs.  I envisioned them both laughing at me, since I tried to get them to wear the hats!  That's when I decided it was time for tisanes.

Tisanes: an infusion (as of dried herbs) used as a beverage or for medicinal effects.

 

 It appears that I have been joined by a fly and a partial glass of water on my new outdoor picnic table.

It was time to cut another batch of the pineapple mint, which is a tisane when turned into tea.

Add the mint to a partial glass of water.  Be sure there are no leaves in the water.  You may have to remove a bit of the water from the glass.

Change the water every few days.   Watch for roots to take hold, then place the rooted shoots in soil.  Within a few days, you will be able to harvest your own tisanes.  Mine are pineapple mint.  In the event you prefer to leave the stems in water, you can cut leaves from them after they have grown awhile.

It's now time to share your own drink related post this week.  It can be photos, a place you visited, movies, postcards, books, sketches, mixed media, drawings, paintings, tags, ATCs, scrapbooking, or other art that is digital, hybrid, or traditional, as long as it in some way relates back to a drink, any drink.  Please share below and the birthday boy, along with Bleubeard and I, will join the rest of the T gang and 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.