Teawitchchronicles

 I have been so excited to go through the book A Tea Witch's Grimoire by S. M. Harlow, this has been one of the best books I have ever found for tea blending and for blending tisanes.  Sunday July 31st I set out to make myself the Lammas Tea recipe that is on pare 33. I think that every witch, kitchen, tea or hedge witch puts his or her, on touch or intention to every recipe and while I used the ingredients listed after I shopped, foraged and found the items listed, I in the end added my own touch, which as some honey bush tisane and some vanilla as well. While the recipe listed is absolutely perfect, I over looked picking up local honey, so I added my own sweet honey flavor with some of this south African bark. I purchased this book from Amazon, I am not an affiliate, just want to share for those who are like minded, or those looking for a great gift. This is a book I look at often and I just love. I cannot wait to make all the Sabbat Tea Recipes listed and so many more.  Click he

  The universal messages can't be ignored I have learned time and time again. I want to say that I am getting better each day but I am struggling with being side lined at the moment. First I was in constant pain for more than a year because of a miss diagnosis to my right leg, which I have been trying to just deal with for the last year, come to find that it is a bone spur and nerve damage, and I am supposed to be off it for 6 weeks, had to leave my summer job. While having tea in my tea tent on Saturday of last as I sipped my tea it looked like I witnessed a  bloody crime scene in my left eye, realizing that what was happening I went to get it looked at to learn that I have a hemorrhage behind my left eye, and now a blood clot. 6 weeks for that one to heal as well and my vision is less than agreeable in anyway at the moment.  I had hoped to host a tea with friends, my first since the pandemic started for Lammas, however the universe has me staying put, also to add a bit of insult

Today would have been my fathers 69th birthday. He passed away in his 65th year of life. My mother passed in 2010 and my brother a couple of years later. It's a tough day for me emotionally but this particular cup and its matching Mother cup is a story worth sharing. On the morning we were going to intern my parents and my brothers remains at the memorial gardens, my family met for breakfast near one of my favorite used china stores, I wanted to be anywhere but where I was that day and took a me moment for myself before entering the restaurant, and detoured to the china shop. Sitting on the first shelf I saw was a matching Mother and Dad cups, i knew it was meant to be and quickly purchased them and headed to breakfast, my personal sign from the universe I guess. But I do treasure these sets.  These simple but poignant tea sets, are among my most treasured sets. I use them on my parents birthdays, days of passing and mothers and fathers day.  I do take simple pleasures in just usin

 Welcome to a new Monday and to you for being here. I am honestly struggling with summer as i know many do, heat and humidity are not this witches friend. I am truly looking forward to my most favorite season of autumn. For me the closer we get to August the better. I am chomping at the bit to bring out my fall items but will hold off until after Lammas.   Not sure if you have seen the Little Miss/Mister memes that are going around but I personally loved and got excited when I saw them, I related a bit too much to this one. I do love Rae Dunn, and the fall items have been arriving daily. I want to bring out the mugs so badly.  This meme I found yesterday accurately sums up how I am feeling, with our temperatures soring this week and my desire for fall. I apologize to all those who love summer. Since childhood fall has always been my favorite, I love the rain, the dark, the colors of fall. I am longing for the crisp leaves and the shorter days. Not to mention back to school. I love bein

  Quite proud of myself, it has been at least 4 years since I have been able to open my tea tent, this is number 4 in the world of my tea tents. years ago a good friend gifted me the most amazing high-end tea tent which was lost in a freak early snow storm, something Vancouver rarely gets. i hosted so many daily tea parties and in my memories on Thursday was a touching memory that motivated me to track down the tent you see above. This was so very many years ago, eight if I am not mistaken and some of my nieces shown above are grown and living all over the world. This memory made me realize that while 6 of my nieces are currently touring France (oh and one nephew), I can still make new memories in my own way in a tea tent. This very simple tent I purchased on facebook Markent Place three years ago and other than lending it to a friend I had yet to put it up. I started putting it up in the yard alone and divine timing had my adult son, walking by from the gym, he being over 6 feet tall

  So many years ago I took this photo of my Old Country Roses tea set, which I use in times that I feel I need extra strength, I saw it in my Facebook memories a week ago and it seemed perfect even today. Back then I had a very successful doll blog and I went by Karen Mom of Three (It is a doll craft blog that I have since stopped writing). Even though we are now about three years into this pandemic and I have lost count of which wave we are currently on here in BC, Canada, the fear and the anxiety of post pandemic life is still something I am at least, struggling with.  The concept of staying home to stay safe is one I fully got behind. Having medically sensitive family members made that decision easy. Before the pandemic, I had weekly tea parties, I worked in a tea shop and surrounded myself with the amazing magick that is all things tea. That was 2019-2020, now in 2022 I long for my tea party days, surrounding myself with friends and like minded tea lovers, however I find that that