Vintage Thursday

Herbal tea

I have great ambitions of making my own herbal tea but reality has set in and chances of me growing enough of anything to make my own tea are slim to none and slim just left town...

So I buy my tea, whatever is on sale, I'm not fussy. This time around Lipton was on sale, their tea bags are a pyramid shape, not sure how that will make the tea taste better but that's their claim. Now I always throw my tea bags and coffee grinds into the compost but guess what, these stupid little triangular bags are made from something that looks very much like plastic netting. I could be wrong but these bags are indestructible, have any of you tried this tea?

I am so mad...but cheap...so I will use these teabags but I will never, ever buy them again.

Skeletal flower

While spring cleaning my flower garden I came across what I believe is a bell flower...it's skeletal remains.

Sunday sunset

After a wonderful meal of ham, scalloped potatoes, carrots, asparagus and mousse cake the night ended with a beautiful sunset.

Summer in a bowl

...even with the longer days summer seems a long way off but with a little bit of this and little bit of that I was able to capture the essence of summer in my bowl.

I had a scant cup of dried chick peas that I wanted to be rid off, so I soaked, boiled and cooled them, then into the bowl. Half of a tomato which I diced and tossed into the bowl. Half a yellow pepper, sliced and into the bowl. About a quarter of a long cucumber, peeled, diced and into the bowl. About a cup of cilantro, to lazy to chop it so I used it as salad greens, just the leaves, and it went into the bowl. Toss the whole thing with olive oil, vinegar, but I think fresh lime would have been better, salt and pepper and there you have it, summer in a bowl.

Vintage laughs

Around the neighbourhood..

...on a wet afternoon.

An empty park...

With so much rain the worms are making their way to the top..the robins are happy!

Crocuses on a soaked front yard.