Today, I am riding with the Mughal Horsemen again, using Edwin M. Knowles Sylvan, a pussy willow and yellow pods design from 1934. Since the real Horsemen originated in the 15th century, I thought the least I could do was drink their namesake tea from a vintage cup. According to Melody Rose from Dave’s Garden, the weeping willow is native to Asia and featured in folk tales and art, and the origins are in China. That seems like a reason to be drinking Mughal Horseman tea from this cup if ever I had one.
Also in the news today, I have ordered my electric auger drill, and barring any more mishaps should be here by next Thursday. It is hard to say, since two presents I ordered have been stuck in Memphis for over 3 weeks, with one floating around on a tour of northwest Mississippi. Last check, finally left Memphis and went to Waterford (small town between here and Memphis), went back to Memphis and has now arrived in Clarksdale, where it eventually will have to go back to Memphis again in order to deliver to Oxford.
While I am indeed anxious to dig the holes for the wine bottle burying, I will do my best to be patient and work on preparation of the area. I will need to level the area for the firepit and have more sand and paving sand ready to go. I am not sure when the epiphany hit me that I did not have to dig all those holes by hand, and looked up the auger drill. Grandma would be excited, too.
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A vintage tea cup and an electric auger drill. You are an interesting woman! Enjoy both!
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I also sometimes wear pearls and I made my own Christmas cards this year. 🙂
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Having a drill augers well for your project.
A Christmas gift mailed to us was stuck in South Carolina for several weeks. The gift and its replacement arrived on the same day.
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What a perfect turn of phrase, Anne! Thank you kindly, and yes, I think I might just pave the entire hill with wine bottles now. 🙂
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I turned the phrase; you’ll turn the screw.
Will you drink ALL the wine from the bottles that pave the hill????? Will the bottles be straight? If not straight, will they be neat?
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Straight AND neat?😅
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You don’t usually serve wine on the rocks, so it shouldn’t be a rocky job.
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Okay, you are cracking me up on this! I almost choked on that last sip of Mughal Horseman because laughing out loud whilst having a mouthful of tea is not compatible. Say, I wonder how a wine called Mughal Horseman would do? Maybe I will plant a vineyard on the back of the hill.
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Your wine name should win prizes.
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WOW, your mention of Waterford caught my Waterfordian eye. Pity it was that one not mine as I could have given it a hoosh your way.
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I did not think of that, but the Waterford Winery in South Africa was one of my favorites. Not long after we moved here, I drove over to the Mississippi Waterford, and it is a lovely setting in the rolling hills of north MS, but it is a far cry from Stellenbosch. 🙂
And, I think the problem with the packages is all the ‘hooshing’ around. LOL
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I have a thing about Waterfords and you’ll be interested to know that the wines from the South African Waterford are stocked in one of our main wine shops here. I was in touch with the daughter of the vinery at one stage.
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Well, then, I might be going to Ireland first on my travels! I can rarely get the good South African wines here. If I could pick a place I would love to live, it would be in the Waterford winery.
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That’s certainly saying something about the winery. Check out Ireland before you head off there, though.
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