Tea With Jennifer on life, love & laughter
Reflections on life's joys & challenges
In today's world we have a great deal of unexpected Change! Especially in a world dealing with CoVid & it's ever evolving variants. Let alone living through the seasons of life. Today we will look at different ways of coping with unexpected life change. But first grab yourself a cuppa, get comfy & we'll begin...... Continue Reading →
Well hello my friend! So glad you could join me today. Spring has sprung here on the East coast of Australia, the buds have burst forth. The fruit trees are in a delightful display of pink blossoms. The native Australian wattles are a magnificent yellow. And our Azalea bushes are heavy with flower. We will... Continue Reading →
Hi! Come on in my friend! It has been a huge year already, hasn’t it! I’m sure many of us are feeling a little worn out, I know I am! Many of us are mentally, physically & emotionally exhausted from this continuing pandemic. We may have even arrived at the place where we feel we... Continue Reading →
Welcome my friend! Do you feel overwhelmed? Have you been yearning to get away from the situation that's overwhelming you? When life feels a little overwhelming we just need some time out, don't we! But what if it's the time out that is actually overwhelming us! I've been feeling just like this in the past... Continue Reading →
Welcome my friend! We’re going to have to enjoy a lovely cuppa by the virtual waterfront today as we're in lock down here. The insidious, highly virulent Delta variant of CoVid has silently invaded our community & schools. Where it has now set it's sights on the younger generation! Our whole region has been sent... Continue Reading →
I need some time out... Don’t you? Time out from this crazy world with its pandemic & all its new strains! Time out from my own self imposed expectations, time out from the pressures of life, time out to just Pause & Reflect… So today we're having a mini retreat by settling into a comfy... Continue Reading →
Well hi! Come on in to enjoy a lovely cuppa & time together. It's absolutely freezing here down under with Antarctic blasts coming straight off the Polar ice! Brrr! I know our northern hemisphere friends are sweltering in heat which I must admit sounds pretty good at the moment! Well, wherever you are visiting from... Continue Reading →
Welcome my friend! Today we are traveling to far off places. We're going to have our time of tea & reflection at a destination or two that you choose below. So sit back & relax as we begin our armchair travels. Most Popular Destinations Recently I took a look at my website statistics to see... Continue Reading →
Today, we are going to do something we haven't done for quiet a while, although I walk this way often. We're taking our travel mugs & treat with us to find a spot by the water to have our time of reflection together. Even with its icy blasts of wind coming up from the Antarctic... Continue Reading →
Dreams are different things to different people, so I thought we would reflect upon this topic today as we sip our cuppa's & enjoy our treats. It's raining here & it's cold! So we're inside where it's warm & cozy with our hot beverage, munching upon sweet gf caramel choc brownies. One of those Moments!... Continue Reading →
Come on in my friend, it's lovely to have you here! As I write this it's a sunny autumn day here on the east coast of Australia. So, I thought we would enjoy our time of tea & reflection in warm sunshine. I have prepared our mugs & gf delicious double choc brownies with fresh... Continue Reading →
Today we're going to reflect upon some vintage delights. So, in keeping with our vintage theme, I thought we would have an ol' Aussie favorite... A cup of Billy Tea & some freshly baked Damper with lashings of butter melting upon its deliciousness & a choice of strawberry jam or Golden Syrup! These are treats... Continue Reading →
I haven't quite completed the next leg of our exegetical journey into the Lord's prayer. So this week we will celebrate my third blogging anniversary! I know, can you believe it's been three years of enjoying our weekly cuppas together! Truly a delightful miracle of God, especially in this time of chronic health issues. Praise... Continue Reading →
Welcome! We are continuing our adventure through the wilderness this week after enjoying Alone in the Wilderness a little while ago. I have refreshed our supplies, we have a thermos for our all important cuppa with a nutritious trail mix for a little sustenance along the way. Are you ready? Let's go! Taking the scenic... Continue Reading →
Welcome! Come on in & join me on an exciting adventure to the most beautiful mountain top experience. I have packed our backpacks with all the essentials for our trek. Of course tea & treats were top of the list! I love an adventure, don't you! I have enjoyed trekking through some of our beautiful... Continue Reading →
It was late afternoon when my phone rang last week, the caller ID displayed a family member's mobile number. When I answered, it wasn't their voice... We all have that dread don't we...that one day a phone call will bring bad tidings of a traumatic event, sad news or an emergency that has impacted those... Continue Reading →
In this crazy pandemic time of global upheaval, feeling a little melancholy would not seem inappropriate. So, I thought I'd share today that I am feeling a little melancholy at the moment which is kind of rare for me... I'm normally a glass half full kinda gal...Always looking at the positive side of life. I'll... Continue Reading →
Today, we're going to have some fun! Over the last few months we've had some pretty tough times with CoVid, as well as reflecting upon some rather challenging & thought provoking topics. Thus, I'm in need of a little fun, as I'm sure you are at the moment! Traveling Fun As we can't travel over... Continue Reading →
Have you ever noticed that at times the present is past & the past present? I know this sounds like an existentialist statement or a conjecture on Sci Fi time travel. But we all face these anomalies in our lives & so today we will be going on the first stage in an exploration of... Continue Reading →
Do you enjoy mini delights my friend? What are mini delights, you ask. You may be thinking they're a new brand of cookies or candy but they're not! Mini delights are moments taken when you need some time out from all the busyness, stress & concerns of your life...But can't necessarily take time off work... Continue Reading →
Yes, we have rain, glorious rain! How amazing the power of prayer is & more amazing the One who opened His storehouse to send it to us! The following was written a few days before this refreshing rainfall arrived. Where have all the wildflowers gone... A song came to mind today for some reason along... Continue Reading →
Sadly, it's not such a happy start to 2020 here as we have been put into an official 7 day 'State of Emergency' on the east coast of Australia. Our beautiful sunburnt country is in great need, it's on fire! Fires are burning out of control in every state, the worst hit States are our... Continue Reading →
Hi, welcome to my little corner of cyberspace where we catch up each week & enjoy a time of tea & reflection together. Grab your cuppa & tasty treat as we go traveling today on a little birthday get away my daughter & I had recently. We did the touristy thing on the Gold Coast... Continue Reading →
Welcome! Tonight we are going to have some fun, you see I love looking at the night sky! I love seeing this amazing universe that God has created with all its suns, planets, solar systems, moons, asteroids, meteors & galaxies... I thought we would have a hot cuppa under the stars together while making some... Continue Reading →
Welcome to our time of tea & reflection...Today we are traveling down memory lane...to the sunny tropics... For this journey I have prepared a mango flavored iced tea with a plate of delicious Lamingtons...which are bite size cubes of sponge cake dipped in a chocolate glaze & then rolled in coconut, in keeping with our... Continue Reading →
Welcome dear friend, today I have a particularly delicious tea & treat ready to share with you... The tea blend is called Turkish delight, a black tea flavored with Rose petals & vanilla. Our treat is a gf fruit mince shortbread bite. Both unusually morish & the combination of the two work beautifully together. At this... Continue Reading →
Hi, lovely to have you drop by...as you enjoyed my last reflection on the Leprosy community in Thailand… I thought I would share another inspiring adventure from the same period. An adventure that I still find astonishing in its timing... To set the mood, I thought I would brew some black tea & accompany it with... Continue Reading →
Today we are going to travel back in time to share an encouraging & inspirational adventure that I feel very privileged to have experienced & I know you will find very inspiring... I have brewed an interesting tea blend for the occasion; Apple, green & black tea combination with a freshly baked Gf Date loaf... Continue Reading →
Today I'm brewing an interesting blend called Russian Caravan tea...welcome dear friend, how lovely to have you drop by...it is just about ready...come let us begin our time together... I have some delicious gf Macadamia shortbread to accompany this tea blend. I was introduced to this tea many years ago...it isn't readily available in our... Continue Reading →
