Old China Patterns

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1. eicherz2
   09/21/2010 at 5:18 am

   The way the other 2 got their names are:

   Barney – sorta obvious I s'pose given the shared color of a certain purple dinosuar.

   The Red Bull – not quite as obvious… I was driving on US hwy 20 on the north side of Atlanta when I got off my route into this cute little quaint historic town that I knew was a place I should NOT be. Sorta like a “bull in a china cupboard” thus the name was born. Try driving a semi through narrow little streets lined with these beatiful old homes 5 feet from the street!

2. shuffleoff
   09/25/2010 at 12:22 am

   I started drinking tea with my Nanny and Aunties and Mother at a very young age. They always used fancy china cups and saucers and would make mine ‘weak.’ I loved the calm it provided and the way it brought them closer together…no TV, just conversation…as I grew older I didn’t drink it as much…but now and then I’d have a cup and it always brought back fond memories. About 10 years ago I began seeing a nutritionist for health and weight loss. She suggested I drink Genmai Cha and other types of green tea. That’s when I began drinking tea in earnest and haven’t stopped. When I met my husband I was taken by the fact that he would have tea every afternoon…for him it meant stopping and being still. He actually keeps a tea journal! Now we have tea in the afternoon together, sometimes in our fancy cups that I sipped tea out of as a child, and sometimes not…but we always have a tea ceremony. It is a lovely, healthy way to stop and just experience what quiet time has to offer.