I woke up early this morning around 7 am, I was still tired and I didn’t want to be awake but I couldn’t go back to sleep, so I got up and trimmed the street edge of the berm. The kikuyu grass had grown over the pavement quite a bit. The council had sprayed the area the was on the pavement so it was looking quite ugly and every day I walked home I could see the messiness. Now it is all straight and tidy.
I got to my usual brunch once I had finished and I chose today Sencha Green Rose tea , it is perfect to set up the rest of the day, served in my little sky blue Steiner cup. It is a moment out of time to sip quietly a brew of light, sweet tea; the sweetness coming from the rose and cornflower petals and tropical fruits. Well worth trying especially if you are new to tea drinking.
It is a while since I mowed the grass on the lower lawns when I went down there yesterday I noticed a whole bunch of mushrooms growing. I thought it was a foraging bonus until I checked up on them they were Death Cap Mushrooms; a number of people have died from eating them. So no home grown mushrooms, went down with my gloves on an picked them all and put them in the rubbish certainly don’t want them sporing and spreading in my lawns.
Autumn has entered our world but she is sharing time with Summer who is reluctant to leave. Leaves are falling from trees and summer flowers are looking a little tired ready for the change. I am looking forward to the new season with cooler nights, mornings and evenings. I really enjoy the changing of the seasons, Spring and Autumn being my favourite times, I like Summer and Winter except for one month in each season February usually our hottest month although this year it was January and in Winter August is usually our bleakest month. Overall I enjoy the changes in nature, in the sea and clouds and colours of the sky.
Today I am going to share again my poem Tea, Simply Complex
Tea, Simply Complex 07/08/2016
A slow and gentle awakening
As fragrant steam softy rises
Gently touching my face
In amber liquid endless reflections
Dreaming into the day
The first sip a benediction
Flavours burst across my tongue
Of long ago and far away
A world bounded by the china rim
Blessing to all, may your week be filled with simple beauties in the everyday things you touch and do.
