Life is what me make it.

"Life is what we make it.
Always has been.
Always will be."
~ Grandma Moses

I always love a nice cup of Japanese green tea in the afternoon.


My Japanese Noritake porcelain tea set is trimmed with platinum. There are mountains and cherry blossom petals on it. Each saucer is traditional Japanese reddish-brown lacquerware.

The white porcelain dishes with the traditional Japanese green tea treats are gold trimmed Yokohama china in a shell shape.

The tea treats are cherry mochi (a thin sweetened cherry flavored rice cake) a with cherry flavored Japanese an (a cherry flavored sweetened bean jam) filling and topped with a fresh strawberry. The outer covering is a fresh cherry leaf.

My traditional Japanese tea cannister is covered with cherry wood and has cherry tree branches with blossoms and leaves carved into it.

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1. The Japanese green tea is ready!, 2. Japanese traditional strawberry & cherry green tea treats, 3. Japanese green tea and treats for you & me, 4. A cup of Japanese green tea is ready and my tea cannister, 5. Can you come to my Japanese green tea party?, 6. A traditional Japanese cherry wood green tea cannister, 7. Can you join me?, 8. My cherry blossom Japanese teapot, 9. Your Japanese green tea is served.


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It is not easy...

It is not easy...

"To apologize,
To begin over,
To be unselfish,
To take advice,
To admit an error,
To face a sneer,
To be charitable,
To keep on trying,
To be considerate,
To avoid mistakes,
To endure success,
To profit by mistakes,
To forgive and forget,
To think and then act,
To keep out of the rut,
To make the best of little,
To subdue an unruly temper,
To maintain a high standard,
To shoulder a deserved blame,
To recognize the silver lining--
But it always pays."
~ Ohio Educational Monthly


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1. It is not easy... (1), 2. It is not easy... (2),
3. It is not easy... (3), 4. It is not easy... (4)




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Recipe for a Happy Day

Recipe for a Happy Day

1 cup friendly words
2 heaping cups understanding
4 heaping teaspoons time and patience
Pinch of warm personality
Dash of humor

Instructions for mixing:
Measure words carefully. Add heaping cups of
understanding; use generous amounts of time and
patience. Cook with gas on the front burner. Keep
temperature low -- do not boil! Add a dash of humor
and a pinch of warm personality. Season to taste with
spice of life. Serve in individual molds.

~ originally published by Marshall Field and Co.




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