Tea in the Garden

Realizing that summer is fleeting I decided to take tea in the garden on a couple occasions recently.

As I sat exploring a very old book on local wildflowers I sipped Kim Tuyen black tea

from Harney and Sons.  It is a lovely morning tea grown in Viet Nam. I quite like it,

but sometimes hard to find. Oatmeal cookies was the perfect addition to the sipping.

Recently I found the Lemon Cyprus tree at Trader Joe's and it just had to come home with me.

Don't you think it will be pretty at Christmas with miniature twinkle lights?

                              The second tea time was sitting near the garden house in the garden.                         For that tea time there was pineapple upside down cake, a favorite of mine since I was a young girl.

 The tea was another lovely black tea from China this time. It was Wild Lapsang from Wuyi Origins.

 Both of these teas are fairly new to my stash and will satisfy my tea craving as we head into Autumn.

As the weather cools in September I may need to move into the garden house, but for now outdoors delights me.

The wicker table is a fairly new find at the local antique mall.  It normally sits in my studio/office.  I thought it was perfect for tea in the garden.

 What are you doing to celebrate the waning days of summer? Is there an adventure in your garden? A walk in the park? It seems like we need to be creative these days. Go out and soak up a bit of the outdoors this weekend for soon we will be dancing in the rain.

Happy Weekend, dear friends!

PS : Ugh! The formatting is a real pain these days on Blogger. Hoping it gets better soon.