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"Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away." -Philip K Dick

Classic film, Noir, mysteries, nonfiction, animals, environment, volunteering, anything PNW.

I post a daily " #Teableau " (tea tableau) for the tea-lovers out there.
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"A Charlie Brown Christmas"
#Teableau 02Dec25

Can you hear the Vince Guaraldi Trio in your head right now? I truly hope so.

#Tea #Peanuts
Tea tableau with the Peanuts characters as its theme, with Linus, Lucy, Charlie Bown, and Snoopy gracing the backdrop, and in reverse colors on the tea towel base. There is a bent over Christmas tree, a Snoopy doll, a green tea cozy and green glass mug, and Toasted Vanilla Catamel black tea from Stash.
December 3, 2025 at 3:53 AM
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"December Is Upon Us"
#Teableau 12/01/25

Day 1 of my tea advent calendar. You could say we're at countdown T(ea)-24 ...

#Tea #AdventCalendar
Red, blue, and purple tea tableau on a towel with a pattern of richly colorful Christmas trees. The teapot is shaped like a snowman wearing purple snowgear. Beside it is a large, blue, ceramic snowman with twig hands. The cream and sugar set is hand thrown and painted in white and purple stripes. The cup and saucer are dark purple stoneware, with a strand of tiny red beads draped around them. There are sparkly red mini pinecones, a fused glass snowman, and the tea is Merry Berry Bliss from Stash Teas, a black tea with berry and orange.
December 2, 2025 at 2:18 AM
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"Pinch Perfect"
#Teableau 30Nov25

Kinda reminds me of Crab Rave.

#Tea #Crabs
Red and blue tea tableau with red crabs as the subject, depicted in embroidery and in metal. There is a tea cozy that looks like rippling water, and glass teaspoons shaped like scallop shells. There is a clear glass cream and sugar set, and the tea is Jasmine green loose-leaf tea.
December 2, 2025 at 2:09 AM
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Can you see him?
Screenshot of a scene from Fawlty Towers, Gourmet Night, in which Basil Fawlty (John Cleese) obsequiously attempts to take a drinks order at a table of supercilious clients.
November 30, 2025 at 5:33 AM
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"Camp"
#Teableau 29Nov25

Brrr

#Tea #Outdoors
Tea tableau of a forest camp theme with an owl and a fox sitting by a firepit and in front of a teapot shaped like a vintage camper trailer. The tea is Apple Cinnamon black tea.
November 30, 2025 at 3:43 AM
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"Marked: Safe"
#Teableau 28Nov25

Turkey was not on my menu.

#Tea #Turkey
Tea tableau of a turkey looking quite royal in front of a house decorated for Autumn. The tea is Mulled Spice black tea.
November 28, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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"To Grandmother's House We Go"

Over the river and through the woods...

#Tea #Family
Tea tableau for Thanksgiving on a plaid woven mat decorated with Fall leaves. The backdrop is a parchment with handwritten script. There is a tea cozy in a fabric of Autumn leaves. The main elements, in succession from left to right, are a carved round box showing a hedgehog with a basket and walking stick treading a forest path. It appears to be heading toward a mug depicting a country bridge crossing, and beyond that is an art card of a rustic house and yard. The tea is Golden Yunnan Tips, a very, very nice loose-leaf black tea from Harney and Sons.
November 27, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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"Green Goose"
#Teableau 26Nov25

This goose trinket box carries inside it a necklace that is a tiny replica of this goose trinket box.

#Tea #TrinketBoxes
Tea tableau on a round, braided, autumn themed mat, with a Franciscan Ivy teapot, a pair of vintage white and dark green tea cups on white saucers holding packets of Buttermint herbal tea from Twinings, and at center, an enameled trinket box shaped like a goose. Beside it is a tiny matching goose on a gold chain.
November 26, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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"Fall Is All"
#Teableau 25Nov25

C'mon over for a happy gathering.

#Tea #Togetherness
Cheerful autumn tea tableau with a theme of colorful lawn chairs arranged for a party and a truck bearing pumpkins from the harvest. The tea is GINGERBREAD FESTIVAL black tea from Harney and Sons.
November 26, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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"Chew-La-La"
#Teableau 24Nov25

I love this poodle kitsch from the 1950s.

#Tea #MCM
Tea tableau centered around a 1950s print of two fancy poodles in front of a row of historic houses. The tea towel is white with pink embroidery, the tea cozy is pink with white polkadots and a fluffy white gauze bow. There is a petal shaped cream and sugar set in gold-rimmed pink, and a cup and saucer in white with pink rosebuds and a pink handle. There is a small dish with an image of a prancing dog. The tea is Breakfast In Paris, a black tea blend with lavender and bergamot from Stash Teas.
November 24, 2025 at 11:49 PM
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"Dear, Deer"
#Teableau 23Nov25

Starting to get those December feelings.

#Tea #TheHolidays
Tea tableau in green and white with images of trees and pinecones on linen and china, and with a trio of vintage deer figurines. The tea is Metropolitan Earl Grey from English Tea Store.
November 24, 2025 at 11:40 PM
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"There Was An Old Woman Who Lived In a Shoe"
#Teableau 22Nov25

...With so many children,
She didn't know what to do.
Once all of those kids Finally moved away,
She got a rat terrier
And enjoyed every day.

#Tea #NurseryRhymes
Tea tableau upon an embroidered tea towel in autumn colors with a gingerbread man tea cozy and vintage Metlox china in ivory with brown edging and a single red rosebud design. There is a vintage ceramic figurine of a ruffled shoe with a door in it, a figurine of a bespectacled granny knitting in a rocking chair, and a tiny white terrier dog on a rug. The tea is Gingerbread Joy black tea from Twinings.
November 23, 2025 at 1:42 AM
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"623 East 68th Street"

I practically grew up in this apartment, which, if it really existed, would be in the middle of the East River.

#Tea #ILoveLucy
Tea tableau with an I Love Lucy theme. The backdrop is an original artwork depicting the Ricardos's apartment in color. Before it, upon a deep blue tea towel with white embellishments are a MidCentury lustreware teapot and French Arcopal Opal cup and saucer from the 1950s. There is also a Lucy Ricardo FunkoPop doll in her blue print dress with white apron. The tea is decaffeinated Evening Tea from Ahmad.
November 22, 2025 at 1:29 AM
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"Quail At the Thought"
#Teableau 20Nov25

One of the great delights of my life is to see the little deedly-bobber on the hood of a California Quail.

#Tea #Quail
Tea tableau with a theme of California Quail, depicted on a decorative plate and as a metal sculpture, with a colorful abstract tea cozy, vintage floral china, and a chunk of amethyst geode, upon a quilted mat with an Autumn leaves pattern. The tea is a cannister of Wild Coast herbal tea with an image of a California brown bear and California poppies
November 20, 2025 at 10:54 PM
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"Elephants On Parade"
#Teableau 19Nov25

The tea is an Ethiopian black tea blend flavored with cinnamon, cardamom, orange, and clove.

#Tea #Elephants
Earthtoned tea tableau with water woven mat, a handpainted soapstone tray, glossy black china, various elephant ornaments and figurines, and Serengeti Co Ethiopian Spiced black tea.
November 20, 2025 at 7:42 AM
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"Brightly"
#Teableau 18Nov25

A spot of color on a grey day.

#Tea
Tea tableau on red calico with a matching tea cozy and pale green vintage china. There are also a beige crocheted square and a white handkerchief with red crewel edging and an embroidered red rose. There is a red glass rose between the teacup and the creamer, and the tea is Champagne Splashes, a strawberry tea by Lovaré.
November 19, 2025 at 9:29 AM
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"Brightly"
#Teableau 17Nov25

Turquoise goes with anything, am I right?

#Tea #Color
Vivid orange and blue tea tableau on a base of paper fully patterned in monarch butterfly wings. The china is pre-War Nipponese lustreware in aqua blue with a row of orange birds. There is a golden spoon with a monarch butterfly finial. There is a monarch butterfly made of silk. There is a Kelvin Chen teapot trinket box painted with a design of Van Gogh Sunflowers. The backdrop is a brightly painted box with an abstract design in orange, yellow, royal blue, and teal. The Ceylon black tea is in a matching packet upon a card done in similar colors.
November 18, 2025 at 8:25 AM
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"Kit Kat Chit Chat"
#Teableau 16Nov25

The larger cat is a vintage Avon perfume bottle holding Here's My Heart cologne. When I was 7, a great- grandmother I'd not yet met sent me a tiny bottle of the same cologne from across the country, so the scent is poignant for me.

#Tea #Nostalgia #Avon
Tea tableau on a light blue linen square. In back is a clear blue glass Art Deco Depression Glass cream and sugar set on a caddy. The tea cozy has a beige background with a pattern of various colors of cheerful cats. They china is a dainty Haviland ecru demitasse upon a crocheted white, blue, and pink doily. There is a white milk glass cologne bottle shaped like a cat, and a smaller, seated cat figurine that resembles a stuffed animal. The tea is a grey and blue square canister of Vanilla Comoro black tea from Harney and Sons.
November 16, 2025 at 10:45 PM
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"The Scorpio Races"
#Teableau 15Nov25

With apologies to Maggie Stiefvater.

#Tea #Horses #Books
Tea tableau on white linen embroidered with a dark maroon flower. At center are a pair of horses, one of which is a golden yellow jeweled enamel trinket box and the other is a large cloisonne brooch. There is a cream colored demitasse set embossed with gold, and a tea cozy in a flowing abstract design of black and rust. The tea is a gold packet of Darjeeling from Ahmad.
November 16, 2025 at 2:55 AM
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"Cockadoodle-brew"
#Teableau 14Nov25

Can I still call it a teableau if it's a coffee tableau?

#Tea #Coffee
A variation on a tea tableau using coffee, instead. Upon a blue MidCentury atomic tablecloth there is a yellow Fiestaware oval tray holding two Jacobs coffee cups and a jeweled enameled rooster trinket box. Behind them are a shiny chrome MidCentury Modern coffee percolator and a blue and yellow bag of Horn and Hardart Automat coffee.
November 15, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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"Vibe"
#Teableau 13Nov25

This saucy teapot always makes me smile. The design is very reminiscent of a Clarice Cliff piece, but I don't know if it is one.

#Tea #ClariceCliff
Tea tableau with an audacious teapot in bold colors with a loud design, a miniature teapot in a similar style, a child's teacup, a tiny blue turtle, and Sour Cherry Infusion from Taylors of Harrowgate, upon an orange towel centered by a teal crocheted square.
November 14, 2025 at 3:26 AM
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"Bigleaf Maple"
#Teableau 12Nov25

We walked the dogs on a trail last evening that was thickly carpeted in Bigleaf Maple leaves, some larger than Thanksgiving platters.

#Tea #BigleafMaple #PNW
Tea tableau on a bed of tan and bright yellow bigleaf maple leaves, with a camo- patterned tea cozy to blend in, an orange lustre Fireking mug, a packet of Maple black tea, and a gold spoon with a monarch butterfly handle.
November 12, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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"In Flanders Fields"
#Teableau 11Nov25

In Memoriam

#Tea #VeteransDay #ArmisticeDay
Tea tableau with red poppies everywhere, painted on glass, china, and pottery shars, on tea cozy fabric, on a tea tin of English Breakfast black loose-leaf tea, and two blossoms in a small rusted watering can, to commemorate Veterans Day and Armistice Day.
November 11, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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"Cold Waters"
#Teableau 10Nov25

Not sure if it's evident here, but the etching on the cobalt blue mug is of the Space Needle. 💙

#Tea #PNW
White and blue tea tableau featuring a cozy with a sparkly pattern of snow flurries, next to a dark blue ceramic statuette of a dolphin, a cobalt glass mug with the Space Needle etched on its front and lit by a candle within, a trio of tiny glass octopuses, and strands of pearl beads draped like sea foam. The tea is a black and green wedge- shaped box of Mint black tea.
November 10, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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"Buzz Me In"
#Teableau 09Nov25

I don't care that it's fashionable to malign pumpkin spice; I love the stuff.

#Tea #PumpkinSpice
Bright autumn tea tableau with patterns of pumpkins and forest flowers, and bee figurines, and a cream and sugar set that looks like honeycomb, and a mug with the inscription Pumpkin Spice is Everything Nice, and a box of Bigelow Pumpkin Spice black tea.
November 10, 2025 at 2:15 AM