For my birthday, I was given a tin of Twining's Lapsang Souchong tea. I hadn't opened it until tonight, when I decided to make a pot of good tea for my once. I had no idea that it has such a lovely, smokey flavor. It tastes like bacon.
It made a lovely accompaniment to the aged camembert I had to spread on toast.
I like it.
AND --- Speaking of gifts, I have been remiss:
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pink_halen and his lover dasypygus visited the end of August and first of September. We went to San Pedro de Atacamas and back together. Carlos and I had a wonderful time, and both of our guests appeared to enjoy themselves as well . . .well I know that ONE of them enjoyed CARLOS - - but that's another story - - - and since they both had fun, why should I feel anything but happy for them?ANYWAY - - - a couple of weeks ago, a package arrived from Denver. It contained (along with some disks of photos taken on the trip) one of the nicest, if not THE nicest, backgammon sets I've ever seen. It's absolutely beautiful. I think I had mentioned that I had taught Carlos to play, but that I only had an old, wooden, back-of-the-chessboard set, with plastic checkers to use as stones.
First of all, I KNOW that backgammon sets, in general, are not cheap. Secondly, it was HEAVY - - and was shipped International Priority from Denver, CO to Santiago, Chile. Possibly more expensive than the set itself.
I want EVERYBODY to know how much I appreciate the gift. It's an incredibly thoughtful thing to have done. And it's just another example of what wonderfully considerate friends I have in
pink_halen dasypygus and.A public thank you.
And yet another - - - I received, last week, an email from PayPal saying that my (lurker) friend
gardenlezden had sent me a payment. "A payment????" says I????For some reason, she explained later, she'd been thinking of sending me a gift for some time, if not for me, then for
mildredkitty . I am truly greatful for her generosity, as well. And it's not bad timing . . .this month has been tight. Next month will be MUCH better.
Have I mentioned how much I love my friends??????