A Few Random Updates

So on the subject of nostalgia, here’s another trailer that has me excited, due to a combination of fun childhood memories and wasn’t-that-awesome geekiness…

Also, since I recently mentioned that scones are serious business, I thought I’d take this chance to share a few photos from my summer trip to England. We had formal afternoon tea on two occasions, once in the Cotswolds and once outside Windsor Castle. Lots of sandwiches and scones and cake (and tea!). The first time, we had beautiful sunny weather outside. We had some light rain the second time, which I personally enjoyed. (I’m from Arizona, so rain is a novelty for me. Plus it seems appropriate on a trip to England.)

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I need to talk more about my trip sometime! I’ll try to do that over the next few months. Since I’ll be working on a new story set in my magical version of Victorian England, it’ll be a good way to stay in that headspace.

Teatime Tuesday #7

Hello again! I hope all you Americans out there had an awesome Thanksgiving, and everyone else had an awesome Thursday. Today’s post features my favorite snack to pair with tea: scones.

Scones are serious business. If you want to do them right, you need jam or preserves, plus clotted cream. So for today, I picked up some clotted cream and berry preserves from the World Market, and a cranberry scone from Wildflower Bread Company.

Scones!

These preserves are fantastic, by the way. They’re made with strawberry, raspberry, and blackcurrant. (The first two are my favorite berries, and the third is also delicious, apparently.)

Scones! Also tea.

Anyway, to eat scones, just smear as much jam and cream onto the scone as you can stand. Smear it together all in a creamy sticky mess. Then enjoy!

Scones again! Also tea again.

And of course no teatime is complete without tea. Today’s selection is Golden Snail from Whispering Pines Tea Company. It’s a smooth black tea with notes of bread and honey, which really complement the scone.

Thanks for joining me for tea!