Easter tea time was a success, especially as my cake turned out well.
It has been many years since I'd made a real layer cake.
The lemon curd and vanilla buttercream filling went well with
a real tea pot of freshly brewed Darjeeling.
What's so special about this tea?
Darjeeling Tea is the only tea in the world to get protection
under the Geographical Indication (GI) trademark.
It is said that these teas are the highest elevation produced teas
world over and it is the altitude that creates an ideal environment
for the tea plant.
Yellow tulips and mini-carnations brightened tea time and will
last for the week ahead.
Oh yes, have been meaning to tell you the latest 'bird news' from the
garden. Went to check that we had cleaned out this box of
last year's nest. . . . . . .opened the side and out flew a chickadee
who was on a beautiful soft mossy-lined nest. I almost fell over but did
a quick check and there were no eggs. Now a week later hopefully
there are some eggs - they lay 5-7 - but I won't disturb her again.
Maybe we'll have a new family in the garden soon.
A Carolina chickadee bringing a juicy grub to babies in another
nesting box on our porch a few years ago.
Love these busy little birds.
Doubly lucky here after that non-stop rain of Friday and Saturday - gosh
it was so wet and cold. Yesterday, and now today, full sun with clear blue
skies, and it's warming up again.
The grass grew inches over the weekend - busy garden work ahead!
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