~ There's no Telling... ~

 Good Tuesday Morning to you Friends & Folk ~

another unbearably hot day in store for us here in our part of Virginia...

I've been getting up earlier and earlier these days,

to beat the heat, and just get some quiet time in before farm-wife chores and such ~

...these stolen moments are so good for my soul!

I drink tea every morning.

copious amounts of tea...like 4-5 cups.

sometimes double-bagging!

 Honey and tea make me happy, 

and I can always get lots accomplished with the buzzzzz of caffeine lol.

Usually green tea is my preferred choice, but occasionally 

I will treat myself to some loose tea 

made by my sweet Herbologist & Hedgewitch Friend, 

Miss Nancy B. 

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When I was younger, ...middle school age perhaps,

I had a girlfriend named Eileen ~

and I would walk to her house each morning to meet her, 

so then we could walk to school together...

her sweet little Mom always had a cup of tea waiting for me, 

as she knew I loved tea and together we would sit at her dimly lit kitchen table 

and sip our beloved drink from her dainty little china teacups 

...while she told me about her childhood and growing up in Germany.

 

This woman would watch me sip my tea to the almost last drop, 

then take my teacup away from me and swirl my cup around and around...

she would peer into my almost-empty cup then proceed to tell me my 'fortune' for the day!

...how I would do in math class {always not good! lol}

how I might meet that special boy, and so on...

 

...between the detailed stories she told me of her past,

 and the fun and excitement of hearing her predictions for the day ~

I would usually end up running to Eileens' house every morning!

with each cup of tea I drink, I remember this kind, sweet woman who took the time to

listen to me, and share with me her secrets...

~ I learned that her grandmother and mother also read tea leaves, 

and I learned that art is called 

"Tasseography"

I have always wanted to find an antique tea-reading cup, or Gypsy fortune cup...

and searched on Amazon and found the one you see pictured here...

... it is a reproduction of one from the 1950's.

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I don't always use this cup when I take tea ~ 

nor do I always use loose leaf tea in it.

just occasionally, when I feel the need to connect to kinder, gentler days

that were sweetened with a bit of magic sprinkled in...

kindly forgive the farmwife hands, hangnails and crazy polish or lack there-of lol

Blessings from the Farm 

~ Lori