I wish we could have tea on those "special days" like birthdays, for instance. When we're far apart we miss out on outings, crafty-meetings, birthdays and everyday chats! Remember when you used to get in the car with a friend and just go to flea markets? or farmer's markets to buy a HUGE burlap bag of cabbages? Remember when your closest friends would pull into the yard just to say "hi" and do some shooting? I miss those days. We had South Carolina friends who would come to our house even when we weren't home; let themselves in, start a fire in the fireplace, take the dog (and cats) for a walk, go sliding, whatever...and wait for us to come home.
Let's warm up the teawater and sit at the table for a long chat. See the birds at the feeder, outside the window? They chatter back and forth and so do we! I could tell you, for instance, about my plight of having to go into work this afternoon, called in "at the last minute", and you could share the latest happenings of your son and his family in a far-off state. We watch the dogs out in the yard, tumbling and growling their "happy growls" with one another - while we sit at the table - and sip together!
