So yesterday, while my man was out sailing and I had the day all to myself, I took my box of rainbow goodies into the warmth of the conservatory (my favourite place to sit) and started........
And before I knew it.......
A Rainbow Ripple blanket was born!
In no time at all my knees were covered by waves of gorgeous colour.
Time to stop for tea! A couple of days ago, when drinking tea out of mugs with a friend, we were debating whether tea really does taste better from a china cup. And, not for the first time, I remembered the beautiful Royal Doulton tea service my brother Jeff had given us as a wedding present in 1977! I thought it was SO beautiful, delicate and fragile and I LOVED using it for a few years. And then life got very busy when the boys came along - no time for afternoon tea and precious, fragile things were put away.... A few house moves followed and my Royal Doulton tea service has now spent most of it's life - and mine! - in a box in the loft! Well, no more!
Yesterday I went up, got it out, washed it and put it lovingly in a kitchen cupboard so that I can use it every day. What a shame to have things we love so much that we don't use them! And I personally think without question tea DOES taste better, and I drink more of it, when it's in a china cup. I very rarely eat cake but this was a multiple celebration - Easter hols, the creation of a Rainbow Ripple blanket and the second coming of my beautiful china tea service! The cake, a delicious Bakewell made by my good friend June, was delicious. What a blissful way to spend an afternoon! And after tea.......more Happy Hooky!
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