A year ago, Bleubeard and Elizabeth began an organized, weekly, Mr. Linky sign-up, tea-inspired party. I've loved all the new blogs I've found through it. Even though most of the bloggers there are craft mavens and I'm a craft drop-out (or maybe because of that), I've enjoyed the beautiful work I've seen. I've learned about new kinds of tea and coffee, learned quite a bit about gardening, enjoyed some virtual tours through other people's yards and neighborhoods, and "met" some very nice people.
Elizabeth asked that we
"Dig Deep into your T Tuesday posts, and pick ONE POST you consider a favorite"and the request sent me looking back over all my posts with the tea/coffee tag. There's actually not too much to them... just photos of cups and mugs and beverages mostly, with occasional outings to local restaurants and a random few videos. The post that saw the most views was Sweet Coffee, I Adore Thee: an Ode to Coffee (with 108 views) back on 9/3/13. The one that got the most comments was Lemon Curd (with 19 comments not counting my responses) on 6/10/14. My very first post with this tag was way back in 1/2007, which had a photo I didn't take and a mention of National Hot Tea Month. I posted on tea and coffee every few months that year, but between 4/2008 and 1/2013 I had no posts at all with that tag. It's interesting to look back every once in a while.
It's hard to pick a personal single favorite from my T Tuesday posts, but right now I lean towards The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock from 4/15/14.
Or maybe Tea and Turnips from 1/23/13 before Elizabeth added the Linky to the weekly posts at her site. Or maybe my post on the Belz Museum of Asiatic and Judaic Art from 6/3/14. See? I couldn't do it!
It's been a fun year in terms of "T", and I'm already looking ahead to the coming parties. Thank you Bleubeard! Thank you, Elizabeth!
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I'm with you that it's hard to pick just one. It was easy to rule out some...they were no brainers. But when I got down to the last 4...boy, that was tough.
ReplyDeleteHappy Tuesday!
Yep, I agree, but I think you did good. Of course, I'd have thought that about any post you had shared lol.
DeleteNarrowing it down sure is tricky...I took the easy way out since the work was already done ;-)
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing and here's to continued fun and sharing.
Happy T Day
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Yes, here's to another fun year :) I do enjoy this.
DeleteThanks for the earlier visit, here's to an other year of T-day visits.
ReplyDeleteI'm sure glad Elizabeth is a "rule" happy person, cause I couldn't get the posts narrowed down either!
I'm lookin' forward to another year :)
DeleteFun going back to your links-some of which I hadn't seen! I had already done my post so didn't look back although it wouldn't have been too hard since I joined in not so long ago. Happy T day!
ReplyDeleteI'm glad folks keep joining. It's fun seein' new people :)
DeleteAnd if YOU hadn't gotten me off my DUFF and suggested we use links, the whole T Stands for Tuesday would never have been born, and we'd still be floundering around each Tuesday. So, in some respects, you, my dear are to blame/thank for this weekly virtual event.
ReplyDeleteSo THANK you for the joy and privilege of being able to look back and the ability to look forward to many, many more T times each Tuesday.
I'm just so lazy that tracking the tea post comment thread was hard. Mr. Linky is easy breezy ;) And you did all the work lol!
DeleteThank you so much for sharing your archives. Everything is new to me so it was great fun! Since i have no archives yet i just made
ReplyDeletea new post that will be archival for next year. LOL! Hugs! deb
It'll be fun to see what you have after a year, won't it! Happy T Tuesdays upcoming :)
DeleteI'm going with "Sweet Coffee....:" since coffee and poetry are things I"m fond of and I don't think you can beat them when combined like this.
ReplyDeleteDarla
Sweet Coffee made a hit with me, too. I think of "odes" as a serious form, but I guess we need to put our priorities out there, don't we. Some of us are quite serious about our coffee!
DeleteI think it's interesting to see a selection of your favorite posts, as well as seeing your first post, most-viewed post, etc. Happy T Day! :)
ReplyDeleteIt was interesting for me to look back. It'll be fun to see what this coming year brings.
DeleteAhhh Not being here last week I did not know about the going back, but I am also a newbie here so not that many posts. I will join in next time and maybe not miss any more weeks!
ReplyDeleteHappy Tuesday
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New people add a lot to any endeavor! It'll be fun to welcome new people through the coming year :) Happy T Day anniversary!
DeleteHard to pick is right. You have had some interesting posts.
ReplyDeleteHappy T-Day anniversary! :)
Thx! :) Happy T Day Anniversary to you, too!
DeleteI had a hard time narrowing down to just one, too, and I am so glad you added the links to all your favorites. Happy T anniversary!
ReplyDeleteHappy T Day Anniversary! This has been a fun distraction, and I'm looking forward to the coming year :)
DeleteHappy T Anniversary to you too. I understand how difficult it is to choose a post to link. But I had to visit your post of The Love Song of Alfred... It was a poem that we had to do in college. Thank you for bringing back those memories.
ReplyDeleteHave a lovely week
Susan
Funny, but I hadn't remembered any tea of coffee references in that poem. I'm glad you liked it :)
DeleteI haven't been participating very long, but it's great to see the variety of posts.
ReplyDeleteI love when new people start participating, because it adds to the variety. Fun!
DeleteWell yours is the first blog I've come to that doesnt craft one way or the other. May we tempt you tee hee
ReplyDeleteBridget #4
I'm the odd one out lol. I used to craft some, but no more. I'll just sit here and watch y'all ;)
DeleteI wasn't here, so fun to see for the first time!
ReplyDeleteHere's to another year of T4!
Yes! Happy T Day Anniversary, and many T Days to come :)
Deleteoh, my favorite was the Asiatic and Judaic museum. definitely. a lovely assortment of sweet and poetic posts...happy T anniversary! ♥
ReplyDeleteThx! That was a fun outing :) Happy T Day!
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