Saturday, June 29, 2013

Simple (summer) things....

I kind of forgot about this delicious tea until recently when I was looking for natural health-boosting foods.  The first time I ever had Rooibos tea (pronounced Roy Boss) was in the summer poured over ice.  They poured samples at a local coffee shop, and I bought it on the spot.  Mine was a Rooibos-Blueberry.  I've heard that Rooibos is a "coffee drinker's tea."  I love coffee -- hot or iced -- and I really like this tea much more than regular teas.   I bought loose-leaf tea at my local health food store today, but you can buy it in tea bags at most grocery stores.  Not only does it taste great, but it's good for you too and caffeine free.  Check out these 10 Health Benefits of Rooibos Tea.


Best Bra Ever by No Boundaries (at W-mart) has these cute, seamless, stretchy bras that are lightly padded and so comfortable.  I've been looking for something that I can wear with shorts in the yard when I mow and garden, and for suntanning.  This gives good coverage in the right places and lets the vitamin D soak into all the other places.  They're about $5 each.




Pumice sponges are great for sandal-wearing feet and for bare feet that have been tromping around in the grass and gardens all day.  I can't live without one of these in summer especially.  You can find them at Amazon, but also at drug stores or in the bath/beauty aisle.








My Neighbor-DIL gave me a ball canning jar lid-straw combination for Mother's Day and I love it.  I pour my coffee or tea in the jar, add ice, and the lid, and I'm out the door and in the garden with my favorite cold drink.  You can find them here or if you are clever (like Julia from Blissfully Content) you can make your own here.







Turtle Turtle.... Have you noticed turtles crossing the roads and sidewalks lately?  They're moving to dry ground to lay their eggs, I think.  This painted turtle came right up to the front patio to say hi.  She didn't even go in her shell when I took her picture up-close.  She did make a hissy sound though like she was a bit bothered.  Don't you love turtles?  They swim around in the water when they want to, then suntan on a rock or log all afternoon.  Perfect summer creatures.  My new DIL says she's like a turtle -- she's out swimming with all the other turtles and when she's had enough, she goes into her shell.



Hot-orange marigolds are great next to the tomato plants.  Gotta have 'em!  I hope you're having a wonderful start to your summer.

What are your favorite simple summer things?

There shall be eternal summer in the grateful heart.  ~Celia Thaxter

17 comments:

  1. What a wonderful list of summer things! I love your cute mason jar -- thanks for the link to make your own -- will check that out. Our tomatoes got pummeled by hail yesterday. And my poor little zinnias look like they might not recover -- they're still bent over in the dirt this morning while the rain keeps falling. But hey -- it's better than the drought!

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  2. I'll look for that tea! I've perused all the teas at my grocery store, so I'll go to the healthy store.
    I love your mason jar drinking glass! That's perfect!
    We didn't see as many marigolds at the nurseries this year. I like the ones with the fire orange tips, too!
    I'm so glad that summer is there to stay! I'll keep a look out for turtles.

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  3. Wow...that would be very unusual around here to have a turtle come on by to say hi! Cool.
    I like your tips. Hmmm my favorite simple summer thing would probably be BBQ!

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  4. I loved your post! I always try to stop for turtles and help them across the road. Right now my favorite summer thing is sitting on the porch listening to the bees buzz on the lilacs, smelling the lilacs and peonies, and watching the birds at the feeder.

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  5. Your tips are always so great! I didn't plant marigolds, but i might do that today...if it isn't too late! We have the same turtles in our area. Sometimes the kids snag one fishing :). Hope you are enjoying the hot weather...we are supposed to hit 106 degrees 2 days in a row this week. Too hot for me ;).

    ~Julia

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  6. You've given us a lot of tasty morsels in this post - even a great quote! I need another pumice stone so I will try one of the ones you recommended next.

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    1. the pumice sponges are a little kinder to the feet, I think.

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  7. I love this time of year so much. The tea sounds good esp with the blueberry. I've been drinking Stash's Pomegranate Rasp Green tea over ice and it so good. I'm sorry, but I am despising turtles right now. One killed and ate my mama duck and I caught him in the act so am rather traumatized by the whole thing. :P

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    1. Our turtles aren't big enough to eat a duck. You must have some big snappers! Sorry about your mama duck.

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  8. I love summer ! Cute post. I want to try that tea.
    ~M~

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  9. Wow so much good stuff today. I love the quote from Celia Thaxter too.
    I am going to find those bras. Your marigolds look great.

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    1. Just FYI, the bra isn't super supportive. For me, it's more of a "string top" with a little support.

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  10. I bought some rooibos tea and I am drinking it right now. It IS good and tastes coffee-ish which is amazing since there is no caffeine in it! I like that!

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    1. Oh, I'm so glad you found the tea. I see they sell it on Amazon too -- the kind that the South African's drink called "Freshpack". I ordered some to see how I like it. It comes in tea bag form. I love this stuff too. I like that it doesn't have that weird aftertaste that regular tea has. It gives me bad breath. Rooibos doesn't.

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  11. I dearly love sweet ice tea and am making some de-caff spice ice tea tomorrow. I've never had the tea you're talking about...or maybe I have...once time, long ago and it didn't really taste all that good...maybe flavoring would help.
    Pumice stone...$ store...very inexpensive. grin

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  12. Flip flops. I adore flip flops in the summer. If there isn't a pile of flip flops in all sizes by the back door, then it isn't summer.

    So thankful to read and see that everything is growing so beautifully and that the fear of drought is over. Such beautiful countryside!

    Blessings!
    Deborah

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