REALITY SHOT WITH CLAUDIA

I LOVE QUILTED BAGS......BUT.......I ALWAYS FILL THEM WITH NEW YARN............AND START ANOTHER PROJECT.........I DON'T DARE PUT THEM AWAY..............THEN I DON'T WORK ON THEM.............I HAVE MORE IN THE CLOSET...................WHAT'S A GIRL TO DO?

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

THANK YOU CLAUDIA FOR INVITING ME TO JOIN YOU AT REALITY SHOT........

FRIENDS SHARING TEA

IF YOU NEED PAMPERING, AFTERNOON TEA IS A RELAXING WAY TO SPEND A FEW HOURS, SOFT MUSIC ADDS TO A SERENE SETTING, FINGER SANDWICHES, SCONES OR JUST DESSERT WOULD BE A DELIGHT.

WE OFTEN GET CAUGHT UP IN OUR BUSY EVERYDAY ADVENTURES..........BUT...........

HOW NICE IT WOULD BE FOR A MOMENT, AND GATHER A FEW OF YOUR CLOSES FRIENDS FOR AN AFTERNOON TO SHARE MEMORIES, CATCH UP, AND JUST THE COMPANY OF ONE ANOTHER OVER AFTERNOON TEA. A PIECE OF CAKE, OR A SCONE WITH MARMALADE, AND A POT OF YOUR FAVORITE TEA WILL BRING COMFORT AND ALLOW YOU TO RECONNECT WITH PEOPLE YOU LOVE, AND THE TRUE MEANING OF

"FRIENDSHIP."............LIKE "FRIENDS SHARING TEA"

IN 1904, ENGLISHMAN RICHARD BLECHYNDEN CREATES ICED TEA DURING A HEAT WAVE AT THE ST. LOUIS WORLD FAIR.

WHITE TEA COMES FROM THE DELICATE BUDS AND YOUNGER LEAVES OF THE CHINESE CAMELLIA SINENSIS PLANT. THESE BUDS AND LEAVES ARE ALLOWED TO WITHER IN NATURAL SUNLIGHT BEFORE THEY ARE LIGHTLY PROCESSED TO PREVENT OXIDATION OR FURTHER TEA PROCESSING. THIS PRESERVES THE CHARACTERISTIC FLAVOR OF THE WHITE TEA. THE NAME "WHITE TEA" DERIVES FROM THE FINE SILVERY-WHITE HAIRS ON THE UNOPENED BUDS OF THE TEA PLANT, WHICH GIVES THE PLANT A WHITISH APPEARANCE.

I LOVE HAVING TEA IN THE AFTERNOON, TODAY I MADE A POT OF LADY GREY FOR JACKIE AND I, WE ALSO HAD A PIECE OF POUND CAKE, FILLED WITH BLACKBERRY JAM AND A CREAM CHEESE APRICOT FROSTING.

I TOOK A POUND CAKE CUT IT IN HALF AND FILLED IT WITH BLACKBERRY JAM, PUT THE OTHER HALF ON TOP AND MADE A FROSTING OF APRICOT CREAM CHEESE AND VANILLA FROSTING, VERY SIMPLE AND VERY DELICIOUS.

THANKS FOR STOPPING BY, AND THANK YOU BERNIDEEN FOR INVITING ME TO PARTICIPATE IN "FRIENDS SHARING TEA"..........................RIZZI

REALITY SHOT WITH CLAUDIA

THIS IS HOW MY NIGHT STAND NEXT TO MY BED SHOULD LOOK, BUT MOST OF THE TIME.....................................................

IT LOOKS LIKE THIS..........................................................
THANKS CLAUDIA FOR INVITING ME TO YOUR REALITY SHOT...............RIZZI

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BILL

MY HUSBAND BILL.........1939..........2007

YESTERDAY SEPTEMBER 26, MY HUSBAND BILL WOULD HAVE BEEN 72.........OUR BIRTHDAY'S WERE 2 WEEKS APART.......IT WILL BE 4 YEARS DECEMBER 10, SINCE HE PAST AWAY.................

HE WAS A GREAT GUY...........EVERYONE LIKED HIM A LOT..................MISS YOU BILL......

AND....HAPPY BIRTHDAY...........

ALWAYS HAD A GREAT SMILE........................

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

FRIENDS SHARING TEA

TODAY I DECIDED TO SPEND MY AFTERNOON WITH MY NEW FRIEND LULU, GIVEN TO ME BY MY DAUGHTER JACKIE. I LOVE COLLECTING DOLLS.

I WOULD LIKE YOU TO MEET MY NEW FRIEND LULU, WE WILL HAVE LADY GREY TEA, AND ANGEL FOOD CAKE WITH STRAWBERRIES AND CREAM.

WHEN I NEED A LITTLE LIFT

I GET TOGETHER WITH A FRIEND

AND HAVE A LITTLE TEA WITH THEE.

WE HAVE A LOT OF FUN AND TALK

THE FRIENDSHIP MEANS A LOT TO ME

IT REALLY DOES A HEART GOOD

TO HAVE A FRIEND LIKE YOU.

HOW GREAT THIS WORLD WILL BE

IF THEY COULD SEE YOU AND ME.

ANGEL FOOD CAKE AND STRAWBERRIES AND CREAM

FRIENDSHIP AND RELATIONSHIPS ARE IMPORTANT TO WOMEN OF ALL AGES, AND TEA HAS BECOME AN INCREASINGLY IMPORTANT PART OF THE FRIENDSHIP RITUAL, TEATIME IS LIKE HAVING A BOX OF TREASURES, THERE ARE SO MANY TEAS AND YOU CAN HAVE ANY KIND YOU WANT. TEATIME IS WARM AND FRIENDLY.

I CANNOT SIT AND CHAT WITH YOU,

THE WAY I LIKED TO DO.

SO BREW YOURSELF A CUP OF TEA,

I'LL THINK OF YOU, YOU THINK OF ME.

IN VICTORIAN TIMES, LOW TEA (ALSO CALLED A "FULL TEA" WAS A TEA THAT WAS TYPICALLY SERVED IN A PARLOR OR LIVING ROOM TYPE OF SETTING USING SIDE TABLES, AND A TEA CART OR TEA/COFFEE TABLE TO SERVE FROM.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR STOPPING BY..........................................RIZZI

THANK YOU BERNIDEEN FOR INVITING ME TO DO "FRIENDS SHARING TEA"

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SEA GLASS OR BEACH GLASS

GLASS BECOMES SEA GLASS OR BEACH GLASS WHEN:

A PIECE OF GLASS HAS BEEN TUMBLED BY NATURAL WAVE ACTION TO THE POINT WHERE THERE ARE NO SHARPLY-DEFINED EDGES OR CORNERS, AND THE NATURAL ACTION OF ELEMENTS IN THE WATER ALONG WITH THE SUNLIGHT AND TUMBLING ACTION HAVE PRODUCED A UNIQUE FROSTED OR ETCHED SURFACE COVERING ALL SIDES OF THE GLASS. IF THESE TWO FACTORS ARE NOT PRESENT, IT IS JUST GLASS SHARD, NO MATTER WHERE IT IS FOUND.

THE TERM "BEACH GLASS" IS MORE GENERAL AND INCLUDES NATURALLY-TUMBLED GLASS THAT IS FOUND ON FRESHWATER BEACHES AS WELL AS OCEAN BEACHES.

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

CROCHETING

WELL............ I HAVE THREE AFGHAN THROWS GOING AT ONE TIME, I FINALLY TOOK THEM ALL OUT OF THE CLOSET TO WORK ON THEM A LITTLE EVERYDAY........ I ALSO STARTED A NEW ONE........I KNOW....WHY DID I START A NEW ONE?............ WHEN I GOT THREE ALREADY NOT FINISHED..................I LOVE CHANGING COLORS AND IT IS MORE INTERESTING.......AND I AM MORE CONTENT..........

JUST TWO COLORS...................REAL TEAL AND BUFF FLECK..................

I AM WORKING WITH THE GRANNY STITCH.............NOTHING FANCY.......

I HAVE A WAYS TO GO, BUT THE WEATHER IS COOLER AND I LOVE TO CROCHET SITTING OUTSIDE IN THE ROCKING CHAIR ON THE PORCH.

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

FRIENDS SHARING TEA

I WOULD LIKE TO START OFF BY SHOWING YOU ONE OF MY BIRTHDAY GIFTS I GOT FROM MY DAUGHTER JACKIE. THIS BEAUTIFUL FIGURINE CALLED "TEA TIME."

ISN'T IT JUST BEAUTIFUL, AND WHAT BETTER WAY TO START MY POST OF "FRIENDS SHARING TEA."

ONE OF THE NICEST THINGS THAT CAN HAPPEN IS HAVING A CUP OF TEA WITH ONE OF YOUR FRIENDS, MOTHER, SISTER OR SOME ONE YOU ADMIRE.

THIS WAS A GREAT WEEK FOR ME, I FELT AUTUMN IN THE AIR, AND I STARTED DECORATING FOR IT. MY BIRTHDAY JUST PAST SEPTEMBER 12, I WAS 72 YEARS OLD. MY FAMILY MADE MY DAY VERY ENJOYABLE, AND THEN ON SEPTEMBER 14, WAS MY DAUGHTER JACKIE'S BIRTHDAY, WHICH WE HAD ANOTHER BIRTHDAY CAKE, AND A GOOD TIME. ON THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, MY NIECE KAREN FROM COLORADO WAS IN TOWN VISITING HER FRIEND IN PA., SO SHE CAME FOR LUNCH

AND IT WAS A PERFECT DAY. I WAS SO HAPPY TO SEE HER. WE SAT AND CHATTED AND HAD A POT OF TEA THAT WAS MY MOTHER'S, THIS TEAPOT HAS TO BE ALMOST 60 YEARS OLD, IT WAS A WONDERFUL DAY. KAREN'S BLOG IS "OVER THE BACKYARD FENCE." HAVING A CUP OF TEA WITH A FRIEND IS SO RELAXING AND RELIEVES YOU FROM A LOT OF STRESS.

MY TEAPOT HAS ALL THE COLORS OF AUTUMN, AND THE CUPS TOO. I MADE A POUND CAKE, FROM A BOX AND FROSTED IT WITH VANILLA FROSTING AND COCONUT. MY GRANDKIDS LOVE COCONUT CAKE, SO I DON'T HAVE TO EAT IT ALL BY MYSELF.

"EVEN WHEN THE TEA GROWS COLD, YOUR FRIENDSHIP WARMS MY CUP"

A LITTLE CUP OF FRIENDSHIP

WITH TEA IN A MUG

IT WARMS YOU UP INSIDE

JUST LIKE A PERSONAL HUG

REMEMBER AS YOU DRINK

THE GOOD TIMES AND SMILES

WE'LL ALWAYS BE TOGETHER

THOUGH SEPARATED BY MILES

BY...MURLIN CREATIONS

I HAVE A FRIEND NAMED KATHY, WE DON'T GET TO VISIT ONE ANOTHER THAT MUCH, SO WE HAVE OUR TEA ONCE IN A WHILE WHEN WE ARE ON THE COMPUTER.

WE WRITE BACK AND FORTH AND RELAX.

THE GLOW OF THE CANDLE, THE WARMTH OF THE TEA, WHAT MORE CAN YOU ASK FOR..............

HIBISCUS TEA......................HEALTHY BENEFITS
DID YOU KNOW THE HIBISCUS HERBAL TEA IS NOT ONLY DELICIOUS, BUT ALSO A VERY HEALTHY BEVERAGE? STUDIES HAVE SHOWN THAT DRINKING HIBISCUS TEA CAN EFFECTIVELY LOWER HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE AND REDUCE HIGH CHOLESTEROL.
HIBISCUS TEA IS CAFFEINE FREE, RICH IN VITAMIN C, HAS A SMOOTH PLEASANT FRAGRANCE, AND IT IS GREAT SERVED HOT OR COLD.

SO........GET TOGETHER WITH YOUR FRIEND, AND RELAX AND SIP TEA TOGETHER.....
THANKS FOR STOPPING BY......................................................RIZZI

I AM PARTICIPATING IN FRIENDS SHARING TEA WITH BERNIDEEN...............

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LOVELY FLOWERS AND 9/11

YESTERDAY WAS GRANDPARENTS DAY, AND I RECEIVED THE MOST BEAUTIFUL FLOWER ARRANGEMENT, WITH A LITTLE TEDDY BEAR FROM MY GRANDDAUGHTERS

JENNA, MATTIE, AND MAKAYLA................................

SEPTEMBER 11, 2011

A DAY TO REMEMBER, FULL OF SORROW AND FEAR. I WATCHED IT ON TV AND CRIED, I WAS SO SHOCKED , THE NEXT THREE DAYS THAT FOLLOWED WERE VERY QUIET IN MY HOME, I THOUGHT WHAT COULD BE WAITING FOR US OUT IN THIS WORLD OF OURS...........................THEN ON 9/14 I GOT A CALL FROM THE POLICE AND THEY TOLD ME MY DAUGHTER JENNY, 25 YEARS OLD WHO WAS ON HER WAY TO GEORGIAN COURT COLLEGE TO TAKE HER BIO TEST WAS IN A CAR ACCIDENT, AND SHE IS AT JERSEY SHORE HOSPITAL.................MY HEART STOPPED AND I FELT SICK....................MY DAUGHTER JACKIE AND I RUSHED TO THE HOSPITAL TO FIND OUR JENNY WAS NOT SO GOOD, SHE WAS IN A COMA, AND SHE DIDN'T HAVE A BROKEN BONE, OR A SCRATCH ON HER. THE CAR THAT HIT HER MADE HER JEEP SHAKE SO BAD, MAKING HER HEAD SHAKE BACK AND FORTH DAMAGING HER BRAIN.......................SHE IS HOME WITH US TODAY, SHE WILL BE 35 YEARS OLD IN DECEMBER...................................SHE WATCHES TV, BUT SHE IS PARALYZED AND SHE DOESN'T SPEAK, SHE MIGHT UNDERSTAND SOME THINGS, BUT NOT MUCH. I MUST SAY, SHE STILL HAS HER PRETTY SMILE.

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

TEA IN THE GARDEN ON SATURDAY WITH BERNIDEEN

THIS WILL BE THE LAST TEA PARTY IN THE GARDEN ON SATURDAY WITH BERNIDEEN.......I HAD A LOVELY TIME EACH WEEK PLANNING MY SMALL TEA PARTIES WITH THE HELP OF MY DAUGHTER JACKIE. I THOUGHT I WOULD GO THROUGH ALL THE TEA PARTIES AND PICK A FEW PICTURES TO SHOW YOU.

CHRISTMAS TEA IN JULY..................

WE CAN'T FORGET "POLLY PUT THE KETTLE ON"...............................

OH YES...OUR BABY PINE CONES.............................................
OUR BUTTERFLY BUSH..........................................
MY TEA PARTY WITH MY BLUE ROSE TEA SET.........................................
OH, AND THESE BEAUTIFUL COOKIES MY DAUGHTER BOUGHT FOR ME "SPRINGERLE"
MY MERMAID WITH MADELEINE'S........................................................

A TEA PARTY SET FOR A QUEEN...................................................

TEA PARTY ON A BENCH..........................................................
PINK ROSE TEA SET AND LACE.......................................................
MRS. RABBIT JOINED US THAT DAY FOR TEA ...............................

TEA WITH HONEY FIG COOKIES, AND THE WARMTH OF A CANDLE.........................
AND......HERE THEY ARE.....NAN WITH HER STAR PILLOW, MOLLY AND HER BABY, AND BELA WITH HER SAILBOAT..............ENJOYING THEIR TEA PARTY.
THANK YOU BERNIDEEN FOR GIVING ME THIS WONDERFUL INVITATION TO JOIN YOU FOR TEA ON SATURDAY IN THE GARDEN.

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