Wintering

Wintering and Winter Unfiltered were words I saw on Facebook this morning on my iPhone.  I took the photo below from my front porch shortly after I got up this morning. Snow is beautiful to look at from inside a warm, cozy home, but not great for driving in.  I'm glad today isn't a work day for me.  Two days ago a massive 100 car pile-up occurred on an expressway on the western side of the state during a snow squall.

January is National Hot Tea Month and January 12th was National Hot Tea Day, but in wintry weather like we're having, everyday is hot tea day.

  

I did my part to support national hot tea month by ordering a pound of my favorite Green Blueberry tea from Harney & Sons.  It arrived a few days ago.

I got out my snowman teapot and teacup by Gracie China to enjoy it in.

My son from Zeeland texted me a photo of him enjoying a cup of Harney & Son's Victorian London Fog tea during the snow storm.  [No affiliation to Harney Teas except a loyal fan.  I've never had one of their teas I didn't like.]

What do you do when you're homebound during a snow storm? I finally dismantled the Christmas tree to put it away for another year.  I justified keeping it up this long because I didn't get it up until a week before Christmas, but my daughter and daughters-in-law still have their tree up so I don't feel too bad.  My incentive for taking it down now is because I'm having a couple of ladies [two sisters] from church over for tea this coming Tuesday.  I thought it might seem strange having a Christmas tree still up when it's almost Valentine's Day.

January is also National Soup Month.  Campbell's founded it in 1986.  I'm doing pretty good supporting that too.  I've made three different soups so far this month and another [Cream of Cauliflower] is on the agenda. 

Are you enjoying tea and soup this month?