Happy Tuesday which really feels more like Monday after our three day weekend here in the states…
T for Tillandsia which was going to be the topic of my tea post today until we added the…
T for Tarte … more on that later
our actual“Tea” was a bit of bubbly and not tea at all as a reward for our hard work in finally getting our back porch scrubbed for the season…
Mr Magpie also replaced the ceiling fan and light fixture which was a feat in the heat as it felt more like the 4th of July than Memorial Day here in northern Virginia…
VERY hot and humid…
so about our Tillandsia tenufolia which is a type of Bromeliad air plant…
it seems that some species of Tillandsia bloom only once in a lifetime…
so imagine my thrill in stumbling upon this little plant that had been all but forgotten out on our back porch as it must have blown out of the fairy garden into the garden bed going completely unnoticed…
after the bloom fades the plant will make “pups” giving us more little air plants…
what an unexpected surprise that was…
now on to that gorgeous tarte which was a really lovely treat from the freezer section of Trader Joe’s…
it says on the box that a serving size is 1/4th tarte…
we decided we could handle that as it had to hold us over until dinner and we didn’t even need to turn on the oven…
Mr Magpie found a setting on our camera for photographing food…
we still need to experiment and see if it makes a real difference in the photo quality…
our weekend was full of surprises including the fact that it is Lavender picking time again a good two weeks early…
won’t you join us over at Kimmie’s Art in Red Wagons for more tea tales…
all are welcome to join in with or without tea
