I'm feeling much better now.

The house is tidy, if not exactly spic and span. at least it will pass a board of health inspection. And the table is set (woo hoo! Exercise in creativity. Playing with colors and textures and visual effects.)

I got down my basket of tea cozies and was trying to see which two looked best with the tablecloth.

When I turned back to the basket, I saw that it had become infested with a feline. She first tried to burrow down to the bottom. Or maybe she was just fluffing things. Then she snuggled down fo a nice cozy nap. Well, everything is better with a little cat hair, right?








The tablecloth is the result of a yarn-dying experiment where I set the cakes of yarn flat, or on edge in shallow dishes of dye and microwaved them. Then I had to skein the wet, dye-soaked yarn to get it to dry. Not a well- thought out process. But the colors came out nicely, and the weaving went well and swiftly.

I am serving iced tea in wine glasses and pilsners becaue they're pretty. (Note to self. Buy ice.) We are finally expecting hot weather, so I don't think the hot tea will go over too well.

I have flavored syrups if you want your tea sweet. And I have honey to go with the lavender scones.

The bowl says, "There are few joys greater than friendship. There is no joy greater than love."

I want to thank you guys. You make me feel so loved. No one scolded me for whining about a bout of fatigue. Instead, you all treated me kindly and with care and concern. I truely am touched and I cherish your friendships! Hugs and cookies to you today!!