There's something about little spoons -- the ones you get as a tourist when you travel -- the ones the Dutch call lepeltjes (little lepels, of course) -- the ones Williams-Sonoma call espresso spoons -- that cheers me. I consider them a critical part of serving tea or coffee. And I've realized lately that I don't have enough. I have 4, plus two ( Read more... )

If your answer is yes, you can stop reading here.

I have been needing little spoons for a while -- that is, every time I have "a tea", I'm short on my little spoons from fun places (which was not helped by the one with fake Delft getting eaten by the garbage disposal). So I was excited to find these two items on eBay ( Read more... )

( all tea, all the time )

On the young:Unk is in the basement, editing a video for church this weekend. Other than a few miscellaneous grownups and supporters, I'm the oldest person at our church. The video is to celebrate the church's first anniversary, and everyone who was interviewed is saying what the church means to them. Sound waves carry very clearly up the stairs ( Read more... )

(if you'd rather see pics than read all this babble, just click on the cut below)

In preparation for her husband's birthday, my sister gave us some items to look for on eBay. They have been collecting this really cute series of Dr. Seuss figurine things, and I was eyeballing this one. I have a PayPal account (thanks Yoko!), and I signed up for ( Read more... )