Hearts, Peas and Cream of Earl Grey...

Tuesday has started with all sorts of wonderful

I am drinking Cream of Earl Grey 

which has heaps of bergamot and a hint of vanilla and is just delicious

I sometimes wonder if I convinced myself to like Earl and Lady Grey

just because of the gorgeous blue ozmanthus petals

it is just a pretty tea to look at

but this one is simply delicious

and it really does have a bit of a creamy taste

even though I drink tea black... that vanilla makes it very smooth... delicious

I think it is extra special because it came with love

and a whole package of wonderful 

from my treasured friend Jenn over at Justaddwatersilly

there were so many wonderful things in the package 

that it would simply be embarrassing to show them all off at once

but you can see the crazy great watercolour painting

which is about to go off to the framers

and there were bookmarks, perfect earrings, tea

and for a brief moment there was chocolate

but by the time you read this that will be pretty much demolished

which is actually a necessity

because Phantom and Sinus have caught on to me hiding the good stuff 

in the vegetable crisper in the fridge

so nothing is safe any more....

Phantom was also showered with all sorts of candy 

and bookmarks and earrings

and as her candy container was simply huge

she declared she was favourite

and retired to her study nook to read something suitably obscure

while doing her best to rot her teeth 

and give herself one of the great sugar highs of all time

in short she was in heaven!!!

So I now sit at my desk

drinking this gorgeous tea from my latest favourite tea cup that was a gift

from Tracey Grigc Potter

and feeling very special as I start to do some little sketches

of teapots and generally trying to finish off some things

like the teapot teabag sketches I started the other week

and playing with some idea for some bamboo paintings

because I sit and look out on a wall of the stuff from my studio window

and it seems wrong not to try to paint it

 all play... fuelled by chocolate, tea and wonderful friends

it simply doesn't get better than that...

Happy Tuesday Tea all....xx

The last few posts are here in case you have been busy...

 Scary Tea....

A Bit of a Step by Step Thingy...