Fun Mail ~ Antique Finds

My wonderful Uncle sent me a tea infuser, and some teas to try. 

I'll be trying some today.  You put the leaves inside, add hot water, steep, and place it over your mug, and the tea flows right into your mug (leaving tea leaves in the infuser filter).  Neat, right?  And no recycling a messy muslin tea bag, or using disposable teabags. 

Hubby and I needed a stress reliever day (or two, don't we all?), so we window shopped at the antique store.  We ended up finding a few nice items.   I found this planter for $1.00. They are connected, and it has leather handles on the sides.

I've been looking for a dinner bell for about the last eight years.  We finally found one!  And it's loud.

 And it has a rooster!

The weather will heat up today, and if the rain does not arrive, I'll be out watering the entire garden, flower beds and potted plants.  Let's hope and pray it arrives. 

We are grilling out if the weather doesn't get too hot, but better to heat up the outside with cooking, than the inside.

Nettle is slowly filling up the canning jars, and my thyme too.  My new comfrey seeds are starting to sprout, as well as the lemongrass and calendula.  My peppermint is taking it's good ol' time.   Today, I'm filling one more flower pot, and planting mullein seeds.  Yes, it's another weed, but we don't have this one growing here.   I do see a ton of burdock growing out there.  The root is best dug up in July, so I have some time.  If you have a recipe or tip for using burdock (other than making beer with dandelion), I'd love to hear it.