Rebekah and I had a lovely outing at a local tea house. It was kind of a celebration of the beginning of new adventures. As I write this post, she has completed the first week of the professional training program in ballet and is mostly pleased with her progress. The program really is wonderful and so different from the way she has been taught in the past. She has great hopes that they will really be able to help her hone her skills.
We each selected a different tea. Rebekah had Silver Needle white tea, and I had Imperial Yellow black tea. Our waiter showed us the entire process of steeping our tea. There was more steps to Rebekah's tea, because white tea can be damaged in the process, since it is so delicate and can have a distasteful flavor if it gets too hot. The tea was very good and didn't even need sugar.
It was just really nice to go out and have a lovely mother/daughter hour. There are so many neat places to try in our city. Unfortunately, the COVID-19 numbers are really climbing, and that was probably it for us for a long time.
We were not terribly affected by Tropical Storm Fred. Our nearest shopping area to our home looked like this for a few hours and we had lots of road closures for a few days. However, the county next to us had terrible flash flooding that caused several deaths.
We are praying that the year goes well and that this pandemic comes to an end.
What a lovely outing for the two of you. I'm glad you didn't have much damage from Fred.
ReplyDeleteI'm so sorry to hear about the flooding deaths. It just seems there is too much heartbreak to absorb these days. I'm sure it's always been that way, but our access to the information is just overwhelming.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you and your family are well. What a lovely outing!!
What a lovely mother/daughter outing! I'm glad you didn't have much damage from Fred.
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