I completed my sixth year of blogging in 2017, and even with cutting back I'll still finish the year with 195 posts - for a total of 1,467 posts since I began blogging on January 24th, 2012. Who knew I'd have that much to write about!
It seems like 2017 went by in a flash. I'm grateful for my blog as a review. Thanks to everyone who visited this year, and a special thanks to those who left comments. My wish for each of you is the words in the Wassail Song: "Love and joy come to you...and God bless you and send you a Happy New Year!"
~ Highlights from January 2017 ~
January 25th my friend, Linda, planned a mystery trip to the Swan House Tea Room in Findlay, Ohio, where we met up with a group of other tea lovin' ladies from Ohio.
February 4th was a meet-up with my friend, Shirley. She gifted me with a package of Phyllis's Phenominal Michigan Cherry Scone Mix. Wish I would have been the Phyllis who thought of that!
It seems like 2017 went by in a flash. I'm grateful for my blog as a review. Thanks to everyone who visited this year, and a special thanks to those who left comments. My wish for each of you is the words in the Wassail Song: "Love and joy come to you...and God bless you and send you a Happy New Year!"
~ Highlights from January 2017 ~
January 12th my friend, Linda, hosted a lovely post-Christmas luncheon.
January 16th, I was notified I had been selected by a panel at Feedspot as one of the Top 100 Tea Blogs on the web for my contribution to the world of tea. I gratefully and humbly display the award on my blog's right sidebar.
January 18th I began hosting a ladies' Bible study in my home. Five of us meet at least once a month throughout the year to study women of the Bible. Afterwards we enjoy a light lunch with tea, of course! Our first study in 2018 will begin on January 9th.
January 21st my girlfriend, Lori, and I attended an International Women's Tea in Bloomfield Hills, MI sponsored by Poblo International Ministries. Poblo is an evangelical Christian organization working to meet the spiritual, physical, and emotional needs of Muslims and other immigrants and refugees in the United States by sharing the love of Jesus in practical and culturally relevant ways. Tea speaks every language!
January 29th I began my fourth year of presentations at Shore Pointe Assisted Living in St. Clair Shores, MI during a monthly tea. The program was Presidential Inaugurations.
~ February 2017 ~
February 3rd, my girlfriend, Lori, took Linda and me to the Royal Park Hotel to celebrate my upcoming birthday, as well as Linda's in March when she'd be in Florida.
February 5th we celebrated my b-day [a day early] with my family at Olive Garden.
February 18th I attended an Afternoon Tea sponsored by Northville Historical Society on the subject of Mrs. Henry [Clara] Ford.
~ March 2017 ~
March 25th was my granddaughter Tiffany's baby shower for the arrival of my first great-grandchild [a girl].
March 29th I attended the Roddis Family Exhibit - 130 Years of Fashion - at Henry Ford Museum, and had lunch at Dearborn Inn with my girlfriend, Sandy, afterwards.
~ April 2017 ~
April 1st was Cristy Bennett's Beatrix Potter's Easter Parade Tea in East Lansing. I attended with my girlfriend, Lori.
April 8th was the date of the 18th Annual Yvonne Leslie Pottery Tablescape Luncheon sponsored by Mah-Nah-Be-Zee #198 Quester's Chapter. This was a four-part post with 58 tablescapes. The winning table was #2, "Oceans of Aqua" where my girlfriend, Lori, and I were seated.
April 20th Jerry and I took a private tour of downtown Detroit, and enjoyed every minute!
~ May 2017 ~
May 13th I attended a Spring Tea at Cherry Hill Presbyterian Church with my girlfriend, Sandy. Susan Muldowney presented a great program on Presidential China.
May 20th my hubby and I went on a weekend getaway to The Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island.
May 23rd great-granddaughter Evelyn [Evie] Rose arrived.
God blessed us with four generations.
~ June 2017 ~
June 26th I was privileged to have blogging friend, Angela McRae [Tea With Friends blog] and her husband, Alex, for lunch. Since Angela authored the book, Dainty Dining, a book about department store tearooms that included a chapter on J.L. Hudson's Mezzanine Tearoom, I had to serve them a Maurice Salad, with Canadian Cheese Soup, and a Hot Fudge Cream Puff.
Tomorrow's post will conclude highlights from July thru December 2017.
June 3rd my girlfriend, Lori, and I attended Cristy Bennett's Swan Tea in East Lansing, MI.
June 13th I took Lori and Linda to a Beatrix Potter Tea at Kellogg Manor House [near Kalamazoo, MI] to celebrate their birthdays.
June 26th I was privileged to have blogging friend, Angela McRae [Tea With Friends blog] and her husband, Alex, for lunch. Since Angela authored the book, Dainty Dining, a book about department store tearooms that included a chapter on J.L. Hudson's Mezzanine Tearoom, I had to serve them a Maurice Salad, with Canadian Cheese Soup, and a Hot Fudge Cream Puff.
Tomorrow's post will conclude highlights from July thru December 2017.
You get to have tea at so many wonderful places! And I enjoy reading about them. Great 1st half of the year!
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