The Story Of An Artful Tea with Bigelow

Once upon a time there was an artist who loved to take tea after her early morning walk on the marshes of her little island. She says, “I come back to my little garden, brew a pot of tea and sketch. This morning I am inspired by Plantation Mint tea from Bigelow…

and this beautiful cardinal and his family that live in my garden.”

Here is the story in her own words: It is tea time after my brisk morning walk along the marshes here on Amelia Island. I walk about 2 miles every morning with my dog Sir Chancelot. When we return home I brew a pot of tea and head out into my garden. Today I am having a…

So it all started when I headed to Walmart to pick up a few things for my memorial Day bash. Just look at that flag flying in the stormy sky…how inspiring is that?

I am on a mission to check out the tea selections and buy a box of Bigelow Tea. Now that is not a hardship by any means as I already love Bigelow Teas.  So it was a fun shopping trip…check it out and see my path to purchase of Bigelow teas at Walmart in this slide show.

Bigelow makes two of my very favorite teas…see them below…don’t you just love those also? I love the Plantation Mint hot or cold. I always brew extra in the early morning so I can enjoy a glass over ice later in the day. YUMMMMM!!!

Look at these cute watermelon knives that I found right by the watermelons. One of these will grace my table on memorial Day…

I was kind of bummed that Bigelow was not represented in the single cup brewing pack section. There were a lot of tea choices, but none by Bigelow. ;{{ Sad I am…

But I do so love to indulge in the soothing ritual of tea…just like it says on the box below…I love those purple Impatients too…the bed under my water fountain soothes me also.

So I boil the water…

 

and add it to my prepared tea pot…prepared with a hot water rinse before the tea is added. That’s a hint from my dear friend Eileen from Ireland.

I set the outside table for morning tea…

snip a sprig of mint while the tea steeps…then I pick up my pencil and begin to draw…

The tea is ready and I enjoy the lovely mint flavor of Plantation Mint…I wish I had a plantation of mint and lavender…

My sketch is complete after two cups of tea…I scan it and print it on a page from an old magazine…the title of the page is The Secret Society…I sort of feel like I have a secret society with my cardinal family. They come every morning and evening to eat from my bird feeder and bathe in the bird bath. They make me smile…and brighten my ‘me’ time every morning…sometimes they even pose for photos…

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This shop has been compensated as part of a social shopper insights study for Collective Bias. #CBias All opinions, ideas and photos are 100% my own.