T Stands for Tuesday

 Hello everyone,

   It is T time on Tuesdays with our hostess Bleubeard and Elizabeth-please join us with your drink related post (must share a photo of your beverage) and link up-see my sidebar for link.
       Over the weekend, especially Sunday and again today we have warmed back up to lovely fall temperatures-in the 60's and 70's f   Yesterday Hubs even grabbed his fishing pole and the last of the worms that have been in the frig for a couple months now and headed to the edge of the grass and did a few casts into the lake. There were so many boats on the water again over the weekend-they had bar hops and bass tournaments, and when the boats come up too close to our dock-which they usually do-it rocks allot and he isn't real sturdy on his legs just yet.
    I scrubbed the outside of those big windows and Wow what a difference-doesn't even look like glass is there now-I do need to still wipe down the inside of the windows too and then it will look even more amazing.
   I have been enjoying the gorgeous full moon over the lake the past several days now-not orange moon but a white moon-thinking the next full moon should be the big orange moon.
   Larry is down to one visit now from the in home nurse which is mostly keeping tabs on the warfarin numbers. She has been working on getting him a monitor that reads the blood so he can do it himself. Takes time to get the oks from the doctor and medicare. I am thinking he will be on cardiac rehab soon as well.  We also will need to watch if he is still retaining too much water-which was what this surgery was also suppose to help with (congestive heart)  He is feeling much better though-now to make sure it doesn't over do.

   A year ago I bought the foam to make new cushions for the bench seats to our dining table. Too much going on so haven't gotten to it. I did finally get it cut-I messed up the first set terribly, so good thing I had just enough to cut another set. This time  was harder to cut accurately than  the set I made around 2004. This will be my next priority to get made. I have to really think again on how to sew the covers-I found a good tutorial online. I have  yardage of jean material so will make these with that fabric.-It was a gift  when we first moved here, a friends' wife used to work atthe Levi factory that had just closed down when we moved-so the workers were able to buy fabric. That was a big loss to all the workers at that time.

   While Larry was fishing for a bit-I poured me a glass a wine and took it outdoors to enjoy being outside and watching the boats.

  Also yesterday I heard the eagle pair-I recognize their calls now-and there they were up in the same tree. They stayed there several hours. The started singing or calling allot so thought I would take a video, but by the time I got back they had stopped.

I really enjoy these eagles

I found this video-their call is so different than what I thought it would be.

I also wanted to share a follow up from my blog about plastics in tea bags-a shock to me.  I wrote to several tea companies that I buy from:
   Celestial Seasonings never wrote me back

    Stash sent me this: Thank you for taking the time to contact us.The filter paper used for Stash Tea bags is made from 100% cellulose fibers (wood). Stash tea bag filter paper is machine folded and pressed, therefore no glue is needed or used. Our teabags are completely compostable and do not contain any plastic.

    Tazo sent me this: Product safety is an area we never compromise on, which is why our tea bags meet all regulatory requirements set by the U.S and Canada. This includes the materials used for our tea bags when they come into contact with hot water. Our Tazo tea bags are made of hemp and a trace amount of plastic that is used to bind our tea bags together. We are actively exploring and testing new, more sustainable materials.

     Bigelow sent me this: Kathy,

There is no plastic in 95% of our teabags, just paper.The other 5%, which includes our 40 count packaging, uses trace amounts of thermoplastic fibers to seal the bags. However, this material is being converted to a plant based material over the next 3-4 months.

So I will be getting back to buying more from Stash teas and Bigelow teas for sure. Online I did read the Celestial Seasonings uses plastics and I buy allot from them, so no more. I do like some of the Lipton teas and I read online that they working on getting rid of plastics but they do have it their tea bags. So the best option really is going back to loose teas. I always have allot of teas on hand too, so I will be working on using those up-taking the teas out of the bags, and just put in a small strainer or tea ball.

Happy T everyone!