Welcome to the letter M of the 2024 A-to-Z blog challenge. This puzzle drew me in with its 1980s vibe—nostalgia for my childhood. You know I still love themed erasers and I currently have unicorn and sea turtle ones. So, this is another 1000-piece Buffalo Games puzzle. Its full title is My Awesome Collection 1989.… Continue reading My Awesome Collection
Welcome to the letter A of the 2024 A-to-Z blog challenge. Do you think that puzzles boost creativity and artistic skills? This puzzle is called “Artist’s Desk.” It’s a thousand-piece Ravensburger puzzle in the Disney Pixar series. I picked this puzzle because the artist’s desk called to me with the whole idea of bringing characters… Continue reading Artist’s Desk
Would you rather drink stale coffee or cold coffee?Would you rather have coffee in a can (like pop) or coffee in a box (like some wines)? For years, I suffered from being a mom and finishing a cup of hot coffee. The result was that I would often finish my Java cold so I’m okay… Continue reading Coffee title? COFFEE 2024-9
The Donut Stop, French Cruller-flavoured coffee, has a faint nutty fragrance. There are no sugar or vanilla odours. It doesn’t scream donut from the scent. However, the taste is vanilla and burnt nut. It’s a decent cup of coffee. If we were having coffee, I would share with you that the rest of my 2024… Continue reading COFFEE 2024-2
Without a doubt, no thought required, my coffee has the perfume of a raspberry. Curious, I peek into my mug. The liquid inside is a merlot colour with an oil sheen on the top. My taste buds scream bitter raspberry as my java slides over my tongue and down my throat. Even the aftertaste is… Continue reading What’s a razzleberry?
Happy Easter Weekend! A sweet fruity smelling coffee fills my mug this morning. It tastes bitter and earthy; it isn’t a complex flavour. It crosses my palate and has no aftertaste. Today I’m drinking Slice Pie Flavoured Coffee brand, blackberry pie flavour. If we were having coffee, I would share with you that my proofreading… Continue reading Another Slice
My loose leaf literally looks like cut dried blades of grass. It is a seaweed colour and it even smells grassy. The steeped tea leaves open up from those blades of grass to reveal that they are in fact pieces of dried leaves. The tea in my cup is a pale yellowish-green and has a… Continue reading A grassy theme for the mouth
If we were having coffee tea, I would share with you that I had mentioned to our coffee share friend, Gary, when the snows where still fresh on the ground that I was going to try tea for a few coffee shares. So here we are. The loose leaf is a blend of browns: sandy… Continue reading Let’s try tea.
The café isn’t frightfully busy. It is just busy enough that there is a soft hum of conversation around me that mixes with the faint sound of music. The smell of coffee is the dominant note in the air and it is welcoming. There is no sense of urgency in this environment: sit, sip, and… Continue reading I miss coffee dates at the coffee shop
There is a complex coffee roasted peanut smell rising from my coffee mug. My coffee this morning is Sundae’s peanut butter coffee. The very thought of peanut butter makes me crave that sweet, earthy and buttery flavour. I know that the creamy oily texture that both sticks and melts won’t be present in my coffee… Continue reading Trick-or-Treat and coffee please
Brewing Coffee, Twisting Words & Breaking Pencils 