Photo Credit: C.J. Alexander
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Showing posts with label C.J. Alexander. Show all posts
Monday, September 12, 2016
Monday, August 29, 2016
Saturday, August 27, 2016
"The Garden -- A Place for the Soul"
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| Photo Credit: CJ Alexander----- A section of CJ's garden |
"The garden is a proper place of the soul,
where the concerns of the soul for beauty, contemplation,
quiet and observance take complete precedence
over the busier concerns of daily life."
- Thomas Moore, The Re-Enchantment of Everyday Life
Monday, August 22, 2016
"Fabulous Finds -- Mouli Grater"
Classic French cookware and gadgets are among CJ's prized possessions, like this genuine Mouli cheese grater - an engineering marvel - found at a local thrift shop for a dollar. It grates hard cheese better than anything else on the market.
Eggplant-from-the-garden Parmesan for dinner....yummy!
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Friday, August 19, 2016
"Fabulous Finds -- Oriental Teapot"
CJ found this large oriental teapot in a thrift shop.
Note the two doves on its lid.
Below the photo are some interesting quotes about tea and teapots.
Sit thee down and sip with me ...
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| Photo Credit: CJ Alexander |
Outside of a teapot life is but thousands of dusty affairs. ~ Terri Guillemets
Strange how a teapot can represent at the same time the comforts of solitude and the pleasures of company ~ Author Unknown
... A pure wind envelopes my body.
The whole world seen in a single cup.
~ Kokan (Zen priest, 1278-1346), quoted in The Japanese Way of Tea by Sen Sōshitsu XV, translated by V. Dixon Morris
Drink your tea slowly and reverently, as if it is the axis on which the world earth revolves — slowly, evenly, without rushing toward the future. ~ Thich Nat Hahn
Water is the mother of tea, a teapot its father, and fire the teacher. ~ Chinese Proverb
The sounds of the tea being made invite the peach blossoms to peep in through the window. ~ Uson, quoted in Sasaki Sanmi, Sadô Saijiki
Tuesday, July 26, 2016
Monday, July 25, 2016
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