Sights, sounds and tastes of Summer

It's Tea Tuesday

and I have missed many blogging tea posts lately,

but that doesn't mean I've missed my tea.

Cook's Country on PBS recently voted Tazo black tea

as the favorite in their taste test for iced tea.

I will have to agree.

I also love Tazo teas for hot tea in the mornings.

Today is the longest day of the year,

and to celebrate

why not try this recipe of mine ...

iced or hot!

Summer Solstice sun tea.

1oz. Red Raspberry leaf

2oz. Rosehips

2oz. Hibiscus

2oz. Orange Peel

2oz. Lemongrass

3oz. Peppermint

Visit Kimmie for some more tea posts today.

http://artinredwagons.blogspot.com/

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Turtles Hatching...

Yesterday, I was watering my flower bed,

early in the morning,

and to my surprise

out comes some baby turtles.

I counted seven,

but there may have been more,

as some were already quite a distance away

from the nesting hole they made

to make their exit.

They were not much bigger than a quarter.



I left them alone

 and each one went out in a different direction,

to points unknown.

Good luck little guys!

I hear the summer cicadas already,

so enjoy the tastes, sounds and sights of summer.

Savor the Day!

Yvonne

Midsummer... time of the rose

Midsummer...

Summer Solstice...

longest day of the year...

a time to celebrate...

This is the time of the rose,

 blossom and thorn,

 fragrance and blood.

Now on this longest day,

 light triumphs,

and yet begins the decline into the dark.

 The Sun King grown embraces the Queen of Summer

 in the love that is death

because it is so complete

that all dissolves into the single song of ecstasy

that moves the worlds.

So the Lord of Light

dies to Himself,

and sets sail across the dark seas of time,

searching for the isle of light that is rebirth.

We turn the Wheel

and share his fate,

 for we have planted the seeds

of our own changes

and to grow

we must accept

even the passing of the sun.

(The Spiral Dance, HarperCollins, 1999, p. 205)

Savor the Day!

Yvonne