GirlRising.org Today is the International Day of the Girl , a call to action on behalf of our tender world.  And I say world because...

NW Tea Fest 2013 Click image to enlarge The NW Tea Fest has become an annual highlight of my tea life.  This year's event was won...

Guitian preparing tea Living the tea life at the NW Tea Fest!  Euphoric is the right word. Tasting all day and drinking tea with fri...

Fairy House I recently had the great pleasure of spending several days with my niece.  F-U-N!!  We had glorious early fall weather.  ...

Image from Edible Portland Tea Growing in Oregon!  The fall edition of Edible Portland features tea growing in Oregon!  Read it here a...

Me, drying dishes after cleanup of the meal at a recent kaiseki class I have some serious foodie friends who will enjoy this post....

Whether, like me, you pronounce this "zee-nya" or say "zinn-ee-uh", the zinnia flower is worth a closer look. Old-...

Stone Fruit Skillet Cake We went for an early walk to pick flowers today and came back home with nowhere to be and nothing to do.  So...

One of my favorite experiences is to be around people who have imersed themselves in their passions and then share that with others. Th...

It's a wonderful Sunday afternoon. The DH is whiling away at the bicycle show at the museum and I'm tucked into a beautifully presen...

Last week I had the wonderful chance to visit with friends (from near and far) in a beautiful park.  I also got to use my nodate  picnic s...

I'm enjoying these two new thimble-sized teacups I picked up at the Chinese Garden. I'm calling them the Working Girl and the Priv...

Well here's a plant we could never grow in the Midwest...artichokes!  Fun to grow because the plant is BIG and pretty, and if you let...

Obon Festival Folk Dances I had the wonderful opportunity to attend our local Obon Festival this past weekend.  Obon is a Japanese c...

A foolish project Start a huge,  foolish project like Noah. It makes absolutely no difference  what people think of you....

 Picking tea in Muzha, Taiwan Happy Friday!  Just breathe in deeply and smell the fresh tea leaves. Breathe out and let your brea...

As a tea lover, you probably know of the Brown Betty teapot.  Have you ever heard of the Brown Bobby ?  It's a triangle-shaped donut ...

Ring the bells that still can ring Forget your perfect offering There is a crack, A crack in everything And that's where th...

The day before 4th of July, a friend and I had the opportunity to visit a new tea room called Tea's Me .  We visited with owner Ju...