Tea, I have never liked the stuff. No not loose tea, picked and dried, or in teabags it has never really rang my bell. It really does not appeal to me. Now the way you pour your tea out is supposed to denote which social class you are from.
In the past, putting the milk in last was considered to be the ‘correct’ thing to do in refined social circles. It was a way of showing that one had fine china on one’s table. ( Bone china would not crack with very hot tea being poured into it)
Where as the lower classes with cheaper cups put their milk in first, milk would lower the temperature of the tea thussparingthe cup.
I have heard that you can have afternoon tea at most golf clubs these days, so you could watch people teeing off while you drink your tea and have your scones.
That begs another question why is a tee called a tee.
Welcome dear friends I have been remiss these last few weeks but I have lost one of my beloved sisters. Unfortunately her funeral is not to be held for over another week and I am finding it hard to get back to normal.
M. liked her coffee just as I did, we would often put the world to rights, argue, commiserate, or just sit in companionable silence in either the kitchen or the lounge. I may not of seen her regularly because she did not live anywhere near me but she was always there at the end of a phone or computer. I miss her we all miss her she leaves a huge hole in our lives.
If we were having coffee:The weather is getting distinctly wintry, fogs, rain, frost and cold so lets all go inside and be comfy by the fire. Paul and I can still entertain you all with tea and coffee from all over the world not to mention all our cakes and muffins and as Paul calls them sweets! Every single one is calorie free! Plus of course we now have spirits and liquors to warm the coldest of you.
If we were having Coffee: I would remind you that there are lots of other coffee mornings all shared and organized By Diana and Gene’O over at,Part time monster do join in.
If we were having coffee: I would have to say that I know I have not been posting as often as I usually but there is so much on my mind and happening in my life right now. I have been making an effort to keep up with all your posts, please forgive me if I am not commenting as much as I usually do but I am still here and checking you all out.
Well that’s about all I have to say this week so lets go and see what Paul and his guests are up to. I promise I shall get back to normal very soon, please just bear with me.
Welcome everyone this week is a little different we are having coffee today somewhere in France. Don’t worry everything is as it always is with tea and coffee from all over the world not to mention all our cakes and muffins and as Paul calls them sweets! Every single one is calorie free! Plus of course we now have spirits and liquors to warm the coldest of you.
If we were having Coffee: I would ask you what has been going on in your world this week, has anything deeply affected you, have you need a sympathetic ear, a shoulder to cry on or just needed someone to make you laugh! If yes feel free to talk it out here with us. We will all help if we can.
Lets join everyone here and all the other “IF WE WERE HAVING COFFEES”
If we were having Coffee: I would remind you that there are lots of other coffee mornings all shared and organized By Diana and Gene’O over at,Part time monster
If we were having coffee: You can either sit inside this beautifully converted barn, it is so comfortable and beautifully equipped or we can sit outside in the huge garden with wonderful views of the countryside, so verdant and lush, or again you can sit on the farmyard side and see the farm buildings and the orchard, the chickens and the Dove Cote which dates from 1539 there has been a working farm here ever since that date when Francis 1st of France was on the throne and Henry V111 was on the throne of England. In fact they met in France and the event was so colourful with each king showing how rich he was that it was called The Field of Cloth of Gold .
If we were having coffee: I would tell you that we have just come in from a wonderful four mile walk, from the farm through fields some crops and some with cows in to a wonderful forest and it was a real forest not a wood or a copse. There were signs up saying beware traps ( signs in french) and we had to walk through a gate in an electric fence.
View from a picnic table of the lake.
There are deer in the forest , sadly we did not see any …mind you they are big and the males have huge antlers… and they are very nervous ! Well we almost got lost but eventually we found a lake and we sat for a while and took in the view. Then we wandered back and when we got back we had tea coffee and cake of course!
If we were having coffee: Last week we were in Normandy and the weather was amazing we went out every day visiting Cathedrals and towns and villages and some wonderful Botanical Gardens. I lost my phone, I had placed it on the boot of the car ( the trunk if you are an American) and then jumped in the car forgetting about the phone…… bye bye phone. I did not realize until we got back to where we were staying that it had gone… so we had to ring up and block the phone and have the sim killed!! Hassle but it had to be done! Hence my poem about the Lost phone.
Here are some photos of our trip so far.
Botanical SurprisesFlowers by a gate
Evening lakeEarly morning farmView from the window above the sink
If we were having Coffee: I have to say now that after 4hrs travelling across France in at points torrential rain and the walk this morning I am exhausted and need a rest so I shall love you and leave you all to enjoy I am putting my feet up now and taking in the view so come and join me or wander over to see Paul who is over at Mark Bialczak in Syracuse this week and all this month. Let us see what they are all discussing ! It has been lovely as always to have you all here and I hope, as does Paul that you will all join us here and at Mark Bialczak ‘s again next week.
ESCORT TO AFTERNOON HIGH TEA AT KING EDWARD HOTEL (ALEX CONSIGLIO/TORONTO SUN)Paul Your Barista
Welcome to Willow’s weekly coffee and tea garden. My name is Paul; I’ll be your barista today. I’m happy to see you have come for a cuppa and a chat. Please come into the garden and make yourself comfortable. Willow fluffed the cushions on the chairs and set the tables in the garden so we can have a cuppa and chat as we soak up the sun and enjoy the beautiful plants. As usual, I’d be pleased to bring a pot of whatever beverage you prefer – we have a wide range of teas and coffees to satisfy our world-wide readership. Also available is a large selection of spirits for addition to your cuppa or in its place. We can relax amongst the flowers while we discuss the affairs of the week both personal and/or worldwide. How has your week been?
Sandra Bland
So, the big news item here this week has been the death of Sandra Bland, a young black woman, in her Texas jail cell, where she ended up after failing to signal a lane change. That sounds absolutely ludicrous, I know, and yet it is true. The police say she was arrested for assaulting a police officer after a traffic stop went bad. And that once in jail, she committed suicide on the 3rd day. Her family says that Sandra was upbeat, not suicidal, and had just moved to Texas from Illinois to start a new job at the university where she had graduated some years before. They suggest that Sandra’s death was not suicide. One of the best coverages I’ve seen so far, including the dash-cam videos from the original arrest, is on CNN see here
Sandra Exiting Car when Threatened with Tazer
If We Were Having Coffee
Would you like another cuppa? Perhaps a sweet? I spent many years on the road and have been stopped by and involved with police and other officials like weight enforcement officers and customs officers, a great deal. When I watched the dash-cam video of the traffic stop that initiated Sandra’s death, I cringed. There was no doubt from early on that the incident was going to escalate and come to a bad end. Typically, of the two people involved – the officer and the citizen – one or the other will take steps to stop escalation. Personally, I always tried to be that person, rather than depending on the officer to back down. In this instance, neither the officer nor Sandra backed down. The officer always has the upper hand as he/she represents the law and their word will be taken over the citizen’s word. In the vast majority of videos I have seen of traffic stops, when the citizen is upset or angry, the officer will reduce the escalation, while still giving the ticket. They are supposedly trained for this and yet this was not what happened in the Sandra Bland traffic stop.
Many media outlets are saying that this is yet another example of how blacks are treated differently and unfairly by law officers. Perhaps this is true – if it happens more often to blacks than whites. In my opinion, this traffic stop, taken on its own, had little to do with race and simply reflects the bad end that occurs when both the officer and the citizen are upset or angry. It escalated to a shoving match which then became an assault charge.
How about a re-fill of your cuppa? Remember all of our sweets are calorie free – so dig in. I was called into a dept of highway scale one day while trucking. I was asked to produce my paperwork and I complied. There was a problem that came from the way the shipper had filled out my bills of lading and I was upset as I had specifically told them how to do it and then I had failed to check to see if they had complied – and they had not. I was completely legal and yet my paperwork indicated that I was illegal. This caused undue problems that resulted in my swearing in front of the scale officer. He immediately backed off and asked if I was having a hard day. I was so surprised by his change of tone that I had to ask what had precipitated it. He admitted that he and the other officers had just undergone training on how to recognize and de-escalate potentially hazardous situations. He wouldn’t elaborate. After about an hour of phone calls and getting new bills of lading faxed with apologies from the shipper, I was free to go.
I began inquiring of the grapevine as to why the Kelly Lake scale officers had been putthrough sensitivity training. The answer was quite amusing, if not in a peaceful way. Apparently some weeks before, an upset driver had been called into the scale as I was. Through no fault of his own, his truck was illegal and the officer was abusive verbally. The driver, a very large man, snapped and reached across the counter, grabbed the officer by his jacket, pulled him screaming over the counter and hit him so hard the officer lost consciousness. There were numerous witnesses and although the driver was charged with assault, all the witnesses made it clear in court that had the officer responded differently, the whole situation would have been avoided. The judge was not pleased with the actions of the officers and ordered sensitivity training. Ha! The driver was found guilty but his punishment was reduced due to extenuating circumstances.
The sort of encounter that initiated the Sandra Bland situation is not uncommon and is not a function of race. What happened after that, in her case though, is, so far a mystery. The officials show camera footage of the outside of Sandra’s cell that makes it clear that no one entered or left her cell from the time she was last checked until she was found dead, hanging by a garbage bag from an overhead bar. Fellow inmates in nearby cells also testified that no one entered Sandra’s cell and that Sandra was distraught and crying constantly, suggesting she may have taken her own life. She had no criminal record and no record of any mental health problems – although she had mentioned on her Facebook page that she was depressed and suffering from PTSD. An investigation has been launched.
On that note, that’s about all we have room for this week, so it’s time to settle in with another cuppa and enjoy the garden. Sweets anyone? Please join me in thanking Willow for her invitation to tea. We are all honored that you dropped by today to visit. I hope you’ve enjoyed yourself and the conversation and please look around at Willow’s other posts while you’re here. Willow is over there serving her guests and chatting it up. Let’s go see how she is today. Have a great week. We look forward to seeing you back here forsweets and beverages of your choice again next week.
Hello everyone welcome to the garden we have a marquee and heaters, all the garden furniture has been washed and I have put out cushions for your comfort.
Well what do you think shall we chance it . Now as always we have tea and coffee from all over the world not to mention all our cakes and muffins and as Paul calls them sweets! Every single one is calorie free! Plus of course we now have spirits and liquors to warm the coldest of you.
If we were having Coffee: I would ask you what has been going on in your world this week, has anything deeply affected you, have you need a sympathetic ear, a shoulder to cry on or just needed someone to make you laugh! If yes feel free to talk it out here with us. We will all help if we can.
If we were having Coffee: I would remind you that there are lots of other coffee mornings all shared and organized By Diana and Gene’O over at,Part time monster
If we were having Coffee: Well it has been a busy week and I have quite a lot to report but firstly let me get you all settled down with a drink and something to eat . So far this week I have been to the gym four times ( not as much as usual) I have today off because my trainer is on holiday in Crete and so I don’t have to go to Core Class …Excuse me while I let a whoop of joy! As much as I take my training seriously and I realize that if I don’t go my back will suffer I am always happy to have a day off!
Monday I had to go to the dentist which is not much fun and hard on the purse! We do have NHS dentists which patients do pay for but at a much reduced rate. It is hard to get on to their books so many people including us have to use private dentists who are much more expensive ! But that is life isn’t it.
If we were having Coffee: On Wednesday the husband and I decided to go for a walk along a canal near where we live. The weather was lovely and we saw some cows ducks, swans and lots of narrow boats. We were lucky enough to be at a lock just as a narrow boat approached so we sat on the bench and watched their progress through the lock. We had a chat with the people on the boat who said they had been living on the boat for six month periods but were seriously thinking of making it permanent. They had both given up work and if they were not too extravagant they managed very well. They had a little dog and also a 6 week old duck which they had adopted the day it had hatched ( no parents) and were considering renaming the boat The Dog and Duck ! We had to smile as that is a common name for a pub.
The DuckDeep in the lockA gull in flightThe Cows that tried to block our pathTwo beautiful SwansThe lock filling up.
It was a lovely day, the weather was fantastic and we enjoyed the people and animals we met, though the Cows were rather large! But I just firmly asked they to move and they did …I think they were just showing off! After we had had our walk we had a lovely pub lunch! It was a wonderful day out with the husband, who all credit to him had planned it from start to finish!
If we were having Coffee : Its time to bore you with the weekly garden pictorial update.
The RockeryMore of the rockeryBushesFlowering BushThe old white Rose treeOur Raised BedPotatoes and BeansClose upTomato soldiersBeans in the potThe roses out the front.
As you can see everything is growing well …. please note I know the names of all my plants NOT!!
If we were having coffee :
I tell you that o Thursday my friend L and I went over to visit my sort of sister ( best friends for 49yrs) to celebrate her up coming birthday later this month. Last Thursday was the only day we could all get together so we went to Windsor and had afternoon tea! Just Like proper ladies!
After tea we had a look round the shops !! Again it was a lovely day so had fun chatting as we walked!
Now If we were having coffee : I don’t want you getting the idea that I am an airhead with nothing better to do than swan around having lunch and tea ( as much as I would like to) I am a normal busy woman with lots of ups and downs in my life. Family , friends, life in general throws all the usual grief and trials my way I just choose to try and keep them off of my coffee days with you my friends. I am aware of all the awful things happening around the world and near to home here in England. I do mention these things on occasion but mostly I hope I can entertain you with the happier side of life like these!
Right Lets go and visit Paul and his friends they are all having fun here too lets see what , interesting, thought provoking and happy stories Paul has for us today. Do all stay and be comfortable we love to see you all.
Here we all are posed for the photo while having tea – a handsome group indeed
Paul your Barista
Welcome to Willow’s weekly coffee and tea garden. My name is Paul and I’m happy to be here once again in the garden tending to your needs for a cuppa, and sweets. As you can see above, it was reader photo day and aren’t we a handsome group? I’ll be happy to bring a pot of whatever beverage you prefer – we have a wide range of teas and coffees to satisfy our world-wide readership. We can relax with a cuppa and calorie free sweets while we discuss the affairs of the week both personal and/or worldwide. How has your week been?
Sound asleep
I’ll start our chat today with a funny that happened in dialysis Friday night. I get a different nurse each time, depending on their schedule. Friday night I had Marcie – a very funny, cheerful nurse of about my age who enjoys verbal jousting and is not above flirting (she’s single). We had a few good laughs as she was hooking me up to the dialysis machine. I had taken a prescription drug before entering dialysis that was designed to stop random leg muscle movements (called restless legs or crazy legs) which are sometimes a side effect of dialysis. This had been troubling me for a while and I had just gotten the prescription right. So, as soon as Marcie had me hooked up, I fell asleep -apparently a side effect of the drug for the side effect of dialysis. I slept very soundly, even through the unhooking at the end, the holding of the needle punctures to stop bleeding and the bandaging of the site. Normally, I would do the holding and help with other parts of the unhooking – but tonight I was dead to the world. Finally it was time to leave and Marcie had to shake me awake. My first response upon waking was to comment on the restless legs medication: “Wow that was awesome.” Of course Marcie did not know why I had slept through, had left the unhooking all to her, and she responded in a flat emotionless tone: “I’m glad it was good for you.” One of the passing nurses and another patient overheard us and burst into laughter. “You two sound like an old married couple.” It took me a minute to figure out what was going on and when I did I blushed and explained my comment and the new medication. We all shared a great laugh. Do you find that cheerful people keep your spirits up and make life so much more pleasant? Do you have any stories about situations where an individual made a positive difference because of their attitude?
Para Transpo Bus with Driver
Would you like another cuppa and a sweet? It’s a bit cool today, so the hot drink is feeling mighty warming.
I was on my way back home Friday and had a chat with the bus driver. I have a walking handicap from the dialysis treatment and so I qualify for handicapped transport – called Para Transpo here in Ottawa. It is an excellent service (in general) and with an appointment they pick me up at my door, drop me at the hospital
and then return me home afterwards. My driver tonight was a regular – an upbeat gentleman in his 50’s who always has a smile ready. I was early as dialysis had gone very well (no interruptions) and he was early as well – so we started out 15 minutes ahead of schedule. I asked him if he was done for the evening and he replied that he had one more pick-up after he dropped me off. I suggested his next customer would be happy to see him early, and he laughed and said he doubted that. He continued that his last pick up for the night was a young handicapped man who was returning from a local bar to his home. Apparently this was a regular Friday night pick-up and my driver felt somewhat awkward entering the bar to find the young man. He described the bar as an establishment for young people and said that every time he darkened the door everyone turned to check him out. He said the feeling was one of nervousness, as if they were all waiting for him to demand which of the bastards had gotten his daughter drunk the night before.
A Busy Pub Full of Young People – Hooley’s Pub, Ottawa
I found this amusing and wondered out loud at how our perceptions of our surroundings change as we age. Thirty years earlier, he or I could have walked into such a pub and no one would have even noticed us. He laughed and said that Para had a number of elderly ladies in their 70’s to 90’s that used the service to get back and forth to their local bar at the Legion Hall (The Royal Canadian Legion is a non-profit veterans’ organization started in the 1920’s – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Canadian_Legion). They would go in the afternoon and return home tipsy and happy that evening. My driver seemed to be implying that partying does not have to be confined to the youngsters. There is a place for all of us, no matter the age. Do you have any thoughts on that? Have you found that where you fit has changed as you grew older? Have your likes and dislikes around socializing changed over the years?
Royal Canadian Legion
Would you like another cuppa? I think I’ll have a sweet as well. Willow and I are honored that you dropped by the marquee in the garden today to visit. I hope you’ve
enjoyed yourself and the conversation and please feel free to look around at Willow’s other posts while you’re here. Have a great week. We look forward to seeing you here in the garden again next week.
For the Fall Chills we have Irish Coffee to warm the cockles of the heart.
Welcome to Willow’s weekly coffee and tea garden. My name is Paul and I’m happy to be here once again in the garden tending to your needs for a cuppa, and sweets. It has gotten quite damp here recently so Willow and I have arranged some comfy chairs and sofas under the marquee where we will be warm whilst we sip our cuppas. The addition of some heaters has made this little nest quite toasty. I’ll be happy to bring a pot of whatever beverage you prefer – we have a wide range of teas and coffees to satisfy our world-wide readership. We can relax with a cuppa and calorie free sweets while we discuss the affairs of the week both personal and/or worldwide. How has your weekbeen?
Polar Bears are changing as polar ice reduces
There has been a lot of talk this week in Canada – my home country – about the fate of one of our national favorites – the polar bear. Since the 1980’s the amount of ice cover in the polar region has reduced from 75% to 45%, a significant loss of territory for the bears who used to live on the ice. As a result the bears have reduced in average size by over 100 kg (220 lbs) and have found themselves rubbing shoulders with Grizzly bears, who are moving further north. Apparently they get along quite well and have been interbreeding – a situation that has never happened before due to the lack of territory overlap. The new bear crosses are called either Grolars or Prizzlies. Interesting names aren’t they? Which one would you pick for our new bears? What do you think of global warming and its effects? Have you seen any changes in your weather or animals?
Burying Nuts
Speaking of weather changes, our squirrels (which I mentioned last week) seem to have stepped up their nut burying. I don’t think I’ve ever seen them as busy as this year. I wonder if this has any significance to how long or cold our winter will be? Do any of our readers have any experience in this area?
Would you like another cuppa or a sweet? There is lots so don’t be shy.On a more personal front I got very upset at one of my doctors earlier this week. You would have been proud of me though, as I managed to bite my tongue and keep my mouth shut. Running my mouth would have accomplished nothing. As a dialysis outpatient, I have treatment 3 evenings a week at the hospital. There is a rotation of doctors who come and visit us each Monday evening to make sure all is well and to make any adjustments necessary in our treatment. Last month I had been having a serious side effect from the dialysis and the doctor had prescribed a new medication to help the problem. I had been taking another med for the same purpose but it was no longer working. The directions on that med had been to take one pill immediately prior to dialysis. So, I got a new prescription and the directions said the same. It didn’t seem to be working at all for the first hour or two, but I had put up with the issue for two weeks, thinking it would eventually be OK.
( Dialysis Treatment – she doesn’t come with the chair.)
Anyway, Monday, the doctor came to visit and I asked him about it. He seemed surprised and asked when I was taking the medication. I told him just before treatment as it said on the bottle. His response was that I had it wrong and was supposed to take it 2 hours before treatment not just before treatment. I was about to rip him a new asshole, when I realized that would accomplish nothing so I kept quiet. I tried it the new way Wednesday and Friday and it worked like a charm. Have you had any doctors gave you wrong information? And then tell you it was your fault? Arrrgh! That makes my blood boil just thinking about it.
Would you like another cuppa? I need one to calm down a bit. And I think I’ll have a sweet as well. Willow and I are honored that you dropped by the marquee in the garden today to visit. I hope you’ve enjoyed yourself and the conversation and please feel free to look around at Willow’s other posts while you’re here. Have a great week. We look forward to seeing you here in the garden again next week.
Welcome to Willow’s weekly coffee and tea garden. My name is Paul and I’m happy to be here once again in the garden tending to your needs for a cuppa, and sweets. I must say, it’s great to see you all here in this relaxing atmosphere surrounded by flowers and butterflies. Have a seat where you choose, at a table in the sun or shade, and I’ll be happy to bring a pot of whatever beverage you prefer – we have a wide range of teas and coffees to satisfy our world-wide readership. We can relax while we discuss the affairs of the week both personal and/or worldwide. How has your week been?
I have to tell you about a really funny thing that happened on the way home from grocery shopping yesterday – we Canadians are just so polite. I was approaching a major intersection at Laurier and King Edward in Ottawa. The traffic light in my direction was red, so I was stopped only a few cars back from the intersection. From the right on Laurier came an ambulance with lights flashing and siren screaming. From the left on Laurier came another ambulance, lights flashing and siren screaming. The ambulance on the right wanted to turn left, across the other ambulance, so he stopped in the intersection to wait for the other ambulance to clear. But the other ambulance did the same and stopped to let the first ambulance turn in front of him. So for a second the two ambulances with sirens screaming and lights flashing, were sitting stopped in the middle of the intersection and each driver was waving for the other to go first. (I can just hear the conversation: “You first”; “No, no, I insist that you go first.” ; “I can’t you’re an ambulance so you have right of way.” ; “Yes but you’re an ambulance too, so you’re supposed to have the right of way.”; “Well, we’re not making much headway, so let’s go for a beer and discuss this.”; “Fine by me.” At this point the first ambulance turned and the second proceeded. Those silly Canadians – far too polite if you ask me.
So are you ready for a refill yet? A biscuit, perhaps, or a piece of cake? Have you seen or had anything silly or funny happen recently? We’d love to hear about it here in the garden.
I live in an area adjacent to a large university here in Ottawa. The students arriving for the new school year are putting on quite a show. I sit out on the steps enjoying the sunshine as I watch concerned parents arrive driving vans, hauling trailers and manoeuvring rental trucks. Beds, dressers, TV’s, luggage, desks, all pour into the rental units on the street. The teens are bouncing with excitement – freedom finally arriving –while the parents frown and give orders and chastise, knowing full well that as soon as their rear bumper disappears from sight, the race will be on. Johnnie and Joanie will be cracking the beer bottles and inviting as many friends as they can find over for a parent free celebration. The parties are spilling out onto the front porches and onto the street. Much joviality is to be had.
I truly enjoy watching the enthusiasm and soaking up the energy. It brings back memories of growing and learning. Some of the full time local residents grumble about the noise and the parties but seldom, if ever, complain officially. The friends that are made for life, the freedom of self-control, the wonders of learning that all come at this time in life. I can’t help but be happy for them. There will be hard times and good times, the exhilaration of success and the agony of defeat, and they will grow into responsible, empathetic young women and men – the future of our society. It’s like watching a new flower start to bloom – slowly opening up and showing its beauty to the world. I never tire of watching the young people celebrate and grow, while enjoying life to its fullest. Are the students headed back where you are too? Do you have any stories of students inyour life? Are you one of the concerned parents? Do tell.
Would you like another cuppa? Willow and I are honored that you dropped by the garden today to visit. I hope you’ve enjoyed yourself and the conversation and please feel free to look around at Willow’s other posts while you’re here. We look forward to seeing you in the garden again next week.
IF WE WERE HAVING COFFEE: I would tell you how very welcome you are and how much I look forward to our weekly get together, and that I do hope they continue for a while to come. So for now be well and be happy. 😀
If we were having coffee I’d ask you : would you like another cuppa, or a biscuit . I’d tell you I have really come to enjoy these chats and I’d love to hear what you would tell me ,If we were having Coffee Original idea from http://parttimemonster.wordpress.com/
IF WE WERE HAVING COFFEE : I would be so excited about the tomatoes they are beginning to fruit the flowers are going over and the fruit is appearing! Small now but full of promise! This will be our second crop and we are expectantly waiting to see if they will be as good as the first years crop. We had so many huge and tasty Beef tomatoes we did not at first know what to do with them.
Well on it’s way
We sliced them like bread and ate them in sandwiches, on toast and in salads ! We then or rather the husband started to make pickles and tomato sauce, the type of sauce you use with pasta.
IF WE WERE HAVING COFFEE : I would eventually find my manners and stop rambling on about the tomatoes. I would welcome you warmly and give you a big hug and say hello how are you and what would you like to drink, we have it all here since Paul has been joining us on a Sunday and bringing his friends the demand for new exotic teas and coffee has gone through the roof. I love this and I think that Diana who’s idea all these coffee breaks were ! So do take a seat , yes that one is fine, yes it very comfy, now this week I can also offer you iced tea or coffee if you don’t want a hot drink in all this hot weather that we have been experiencing. It is most unusual for us here but we are not complaining , no we are really enjoying it.
Would you like Lemon Drizzle Cake or perhaps you would prefer some Carrot Cake . We have plenty to choose from I was baking all day yesterday. Or maybe a biscuit we also have plenty of those. Paul has introduced some news to the table, that is an advantage of having people in from all over the world.
IF WE WERE HAVING COFFEE: I would tell you what a wonderful day we had yesterday, our youngest son is overseas on business and his beautiful wife and even more beautiful Newbie ( if that is possible ) came round to spend a lovely smile and giggle filled afternoon with us! The husband made a great meal and pudding and it was enjoyed by us all. The Newbie of course had his mum’s milk so he was happy!
I was delighted to watch our daughter in law chat and play with the beautiful boy. The love in their eyes was so honest and obvious it was, as I said, a delight to behold. In the week or so since I had last seen them together there seemed to be a new and closer bond between them. I am not saying they were not close before but something was easier and the two of them, Mum and Newbie were a joy to behold. Well we took lots of photos and had lots of cuddles with granddad as well as with me. We rounded up the afternoon walking them back to her Mum’s where she was staying for the week. Lots of lovely photos and lots lovely memories.
IF WE WERE HAVING COFFEE: I would tell you what an amazing week it has been weather wise in fact the last 6 weeks have been heavenly. The simple things like wandering around without a coat, being able to hang your washing out knowing it will be dry when you bring it in.
The shops have had BBQ food and and equipment fly off the shelves, sun hats and sun glasses too not to mention sun cream! It really does slow life down having sun sun sun, long relaxed evenings in the garden or out with friends. We have even sat on the patio with a glass of wine! Shock horror!!
It has also been a week of outings, my friend and I visited a local stately house which had wonderful gardens I did a Wordless Wednesday post on it . The house itself is a grade I listed, early Tudor manor house, dating from around 1440, so it had oodles of history!! Not to mention a lovely cafe with specialty coffees and teas cakes!! We had a lovely afternoon.
IF WE WERE HAVING COFFEE: I would tell you that we are expecting a side swipe from Tropical Storm Bertha which has barreled across the Atlantic from America. Luckily for us it has lost a lot of it’s vengeance. Friday evening was very dark and threatening . There were flood warnings across most of England and Scotland.
IF WE WERE HAVING COFFEE: I would tell you how very welcome you are and how much I look forward to our weekly get together, and that I do hope they continue for a while to come. So for now be well and be happy. 😀
If we were having coffee I’d ask you : would you like another cuppa, or a biscuit . I’d tell you I have really come to enjoy these chats and I’d love to hear what you would tell me ,If we were having Coffee Original idea from http://parttimemonster.wordpress.com/
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If we were having Coffee: I would ask you what has been going on in your world this week, has anything deeply affected you, have you need a sympathetic ear, a shoulder to cry on or just needed someone to make you laugh! If yes feel free to talk it out here with us. We will all help if we can.
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