TEA IN THE GARDEN ON SATURDAY WITH BERNIDEEN

TODAY I AM HAVING A RELAXING CUP OF TEA IN THE GARDEN WITH MY DAUGHTER JACKIE, AFTER A FULL DAY OF SCHOOL SHOPPING.

WE STILL HAVE A FEW FLOWERS LEFT AFTER HURRICANE IRENE.

I THINK OUR BUTTERFLY GARDEN IS SO ENCHANTING, MY DAUGHTER HAS THE CUTEST FIGURES IN IT LIKE THE MUSHROOM GIRL.
THE WOODCHUCK FAMILY.
BEFORE WE KNOW IT ALL THESE PRETTY FLOWERS WILL BE GONE.
I LOVE THIS TEA SET, THE POT IS LARGE AND KEEPS THE TEA NICE AND HOT. THE PLATES HAVE A SPOT FOR THE TEACUP , IT IS SO PERFECT.
OUR ROBIN 'S EGGS ARE READY TO HATCH.........WOULDN'T THAT BE SOMETHING.
IS SHE THE CUTEST LITTLE FLOWER YOU EVER SAW.

THE HURRICANE MADE A MESS OUT OF OUR BUTTERFLY BUSH, BUT IT WAS TIED BACK UP AND IS PERKING UP QUITE WELL.
THIS IS NETTIE OUR PINE CONE BABY, JUST ADORABLE.
MY LOVELY TEAPOT.
ANGEL FOOD CAKE WITH A CUP OF DARJEELING TEA.
IT WAS VERY RELAXING SIPPING OUR TEA IN THE GARDEN.
CHOCOLATE GOES WELL, WHEN YOU ARE RELAXING.
I KNOW IT IS STILL SUMMER, AND THE HOT WEATHER IS STILL HERE, BUT THE NIGHTS ARE SO MUCH COOLER, AND BY 7:30 IT IS ALMOST DARK. AS WE PASS THE FARMS I CAN SEE THE FIELDS OF PUMPKINS GROWING SO BEAUTIFULLY. WHEN I SIT OUTSIDE I CAN SMELL THE EARTH, AND SEE THE LEAVES DRYING, AND FALLING TO THE GROUND, AUTUMN IS IN THE AIR.

THANKS FOR STOPPING BY...................................................RIZZI
THANK YOU BERNIDEEN FOR INVITING ME TO BE PART OF YOUR TEA PARTY.

TEA IN THE GARDEN ON SATURDAY WITH BERNIDEEN

WE HAD A LOT OF RAIN THIS WEEK, AND THUNDERSTORMS, SO THREE LITTLE MUNCHKINS DECIDED TO HAVE THEIR OWN LITTLE TEA PARTY INSIDE WAITING FOR HURRICANE IRENE.

AND...................HERE THEY ARE.....................NAN....MOLLY.....AND, BELA............................
THEY USED THE CHINA TEAPOT WITH THE BLUE ROSES...........................
IT WAS A VERY DREARY DAY OUTSIDE, SO THEY LIT A CANDLE FOR COMFORT............

THEY SIPPED LADY GREY TEA, AND ATE FIG AND HONEY COOKIES..........................

THEY WERE HAPPY, AND BELA BROUGHT HER SAILBOAT TO SHOW HER FRIENDS..................................................................................................................................
IT TURNED OUT TO BE A LOVELY TEA PARTY...........................................................
BELA AND MOLLY WERE HAPPY, BUT NAN WAS SO SCARED OF THE HURRICANE APPROACHING SHE WAS A LITTLE SAD......................................................................
MOLLY TOLD NAN TO THINK ABOUT THE LAVENDER GROWING IN THE FIELDS, AND HOW SWEET IT SMELLS.........................................................................................................
THANKS FOR STOPPING BY....................................................RIZZI

EARTHQUAKE

EARTHQUAKE JOLTS NEW JERSEY

YES..........THE WASHINGTON DC / MINERAL, VA. EARTHQUAKE STOPPED BY NEW JERSEY TO SAY "HELLO"...................................I WAS HAVING TEA WITH JACKIE,WHEN THE HOUSE STARTED TO RUMBLE, AND MY CHINA CLOSET STARTED CLINKING, AND THEN THINGS STARTED FALLING. IT WAS SCARY, THANK GOD THIS EARTHQUAKE DID NOT DO ANY DAMAGE. I HOPE WE DON'T HAVE TO EXPERIENCE ANYTHING LIKE THAT AGAIN. HOPE ALL MY BLOGGER FRIENDS ARE WELL, AND LET ME KNOW IF YOU FELT THAT EARTHQUAKE TOO. HAVE A NICE DAY. RIZZI

TEA IN THE GARDEN ON SATURDAY..................WITH BERNIDEEN

TODAY I TRIED TO GET THE VINTAGE LOOK, HAVING TEA ON AN OLD WEATHERED BENCH WAS PERFECT. IT WAS IN THE SHADE AND IT WAS COOL UNDER THE TREES.
I LOVE THIS TEA SET, IT SAYS HAVE A CUP OF TEA. THE ROSES ARE SO LOVELY.

"POLLY PUT THE KETTLE ON" WAS PUBLISHED IN 1797. THE ORIGIN OF "POLLY PUT THE KETTLE ON" WAS BASED ON THE AUTHOR HAVING FIVE CHILDREN, TWO BOYS, AND THREE GIRLS. THERE WERE CONSTANT ARGUMENTS AS THE BOYS WANTED TO PLAY SOLDIERS AND THE GIRLS WANTED TO PLAY HOUSE. WHEN THE GIRLS WANTED TO PLAY WITHOUT THEIR BROTHERS THEY WOULD PRETEND TO START THE GAME OF TEA PARTY "POLLY PUT THE KETTLE ON" AND THE DAUGHTER CALLED POLLY WOULD PUT THE TOY KETTLE ON. AS SOON AS THE BROTHERS LEFT, SUKEY (SUSAN) WOULD TAKE IT OFF AGAIN. THEIR FATHER WAS SO AMUSED BY THIS PLOY THAT HE SET IT TO WORDS AND ADDED THE MUSIC WHICH WERE SUBSEQUENTLY PUBLISHED.

POLLY PUT THE KETTLE ON,

POLLY PUT THE KETTLE ON,

POLLY PUT THE KETTLE ON,

WE'LL ALL HAVE TEA.

SUKEY TAKE IT OFF AGAIN,

SUKEY TAKE IT OFF AGAIN,

SUKEY TAKE IT OFF AGAIN,

THEY'VE ALL GONE AWAY.

SO HERE WE ARE HAVING TEA IN THE GARDEN , RELAXING ON AN OLD VINTAGE BENCH.

MY LITTLE FRIEND MAGGIE MOUSE AND HER TWO CHILDREN STOPPED BY FOR A CUP OF TEA, AND .............OH MY..........THE CHEESE PLATE.

COME SIT A WHILE AND HAVE A CUP OF TEA.
BILLY MOUSE REALLY LIKES THAT CHEESE, HIS SISTER JENNY KNOWS HER MANNERS.


I HOPE YOU HAD A CUP OF TEA AND A CRACKER WITH SMOKED GOUDA.......IT WAS SO NICE YOU STOPPED BY. PLEASE COME AGAIN. RIZZI

GIFT FOR RIZZI

JACKIE, PAT, AND KIDS TOOK A TRIP TO WOLF LODGE, IN THE POCONO'S.....................

THEY HAD A GREAT TIME.....THEY HAD GREAT STUFF FOR THE KIDS TO DO, A GREAT ZOO, MOST OF THEIR ANIMALS WERE FROM AFRICA, THEN THE WATER PARK, IT TOOK TWO DAYS TO TRY EVERYTHING, THE CASINO FOR THE KIDS WAS GREAT, THEY RECEIVED TOKENS SO THEY COULD GET PRIZES, AND EACH KID GOT A MAGIC WAND WHERE THEY WOULD GO AND WAVE IT OVER CERTAIN THINGS, IT WOULD OPEN AND IT WAS THEIRS, AND THEY HAD ALL DIFFERENT KINDS OF WOLVES. THEY HAD RESTAURANTS RIGHT THERE ON THE GROUNDS WITH GREAT FOOD, THEIR ROOM WAS HUGE , THE KIDS BEDROOM WAS A LOG CABIN RIGHT IN THE ROOM, REALLY CUTE. THE KIDS LOVED IT. JACKIE AND PAT THOUGHT IT WAS A GREAT FAMILY SPOT, THEY WERE ALL SO TIRED BY THE TIME THEY GOT HOME.

THEY BROUGHT ME HOME THE MOST BEAUTIFUL GIFT,

I WONDER WHAT'S IN THE BOX.......................................................

WHEN I OPENED THE BOX THERE WAS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL WOLF...............................
THE NATIVE AMERICANS BELIEVE THAT ANIMALS POSSESS SPECIAL POWERS. STONE CARVINGS OF THESE ANIMALS ARE CALLED FETISHES. SOME FETISH ANIMALS CARRY PRAYER OR MEDICINE BUNDLES ON THEIR BACKS TO HELP THEIR MESSAGES BE HEARD, WHILE AN ARROWHEAD IS OFTEN INCLUDED FOR PROTECTION. NORTHWEST ARTIST LYNN BEAN PRESENTS HER INTERPRETATIONS OF THESE SPIRIT ANIMALS, EACH WITH ITS OWN SPECIAL MEANING.
THE WOLF REPRESENTS LOYALTY AND FAMILY VALUES. WITH BEADS AND FEATHERS SYMBOLIC OF THE EARTH AND SKY BOUND TO ITS BODY, THE WOLF IS A STRONG, INDEPENDENT SPIRIT. ALWAYS LOYAL TO ITS PACK AND NATURE, THE WOLF IS A TEACHER OF INNER GUIDANCE.
THE ART WORK PAINTED ON THE WOLF IS JUST BEAUTIFUL, THEY HAVE THE SCULPTURE AND PAINTING OF THE WOLF ON EACH SIDE. I JUST LOVE IT.

THANKS FOR STOPPING BY...................................................RIZZI

SEAHORSES

DID YOU KNOW SEAHORSES HAVE NO TEETH AND NO STOMACH. FOOD PASSES THROUGH THEIR DIGESTIVE SYSTEMS SO QUICKLY, THEY MUST EAT ALMOST CONSTANTLY TO STAY ALIVE. SIZE..............TO A TEACUP. LIFE SPAN........1 TO 5 YRS.

GROUP NAME.........HERD.

PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS

THE BEAUTIFUL COLORED SEAHORSES BELONG TO THE MOST MAGNIFICENT AND MOST REMARKABLE ORGANISMS OF THE SEA. ACTUALLY A SEAHORSE IS A NORMAL FISH COMING ALONG IN A VERY SPECIAL DRESS. THERE ARE ABOUT 35 DIFFERENT SPECIES OF SEAHORSES SPREAD ALL OVER THE WORLD.

SEAHORSES ARE VERTEBRATE FISH.

THEY SPEND MOST OF THEIR DAY ACHORING THEMSELVES AND THEIR TAIL. WHEN THEY SWIM, THEY GLIDE.......THEY HAVE A TRANSPARANT FIN ON THEIR BACK, CALLED A DORSAL.

IN A SEAHORSE PREGNANCY IT HAPPENS TO THE MALE ANIMALS. AFTER THE BABIES ARE BORN SOME SEAHORSE'S WILL DIE IF ALL THE BABIES DO NOT COME OUT. THEY GET AN INFECTION. (PUTREFACTION AND BACTERIAL INFECTION)

THANKS FOR STOPPING BY.......................................................................................RIZZI