Happy Monday

Hello dear readers, may you have a happy week!

A shot of the husband on the farm this weekend - this is most certainly our favorite spot on the reserve!

Waking up to this

I wouldn't mind having my morning tea / coffee served in one of these very cool Peter Bruegger Moustache Mugs, how much fun!!

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Tea-Time

 This post is for my two tea-drinking friends Tshepo and Bailey and my mother, a real tea-snob, as we always joke at home.

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How do you like yours? I can quite comfortably say that my favorite cup of tea of the day is the first one, the one usually served in bed - thanks awesome husband!!

We received a beautiful vintage teapot as a wedding gift from my sister-in-law, one of my most favorite possessions!

To some drinking tea is exactly that - the act of consuming tea - but for others tea drinking forms an integral part of their lives; these tea connoisseurs have personal rituals and sacred habits and they usually have very specific methods of brewing, specific products and even cups and teapots to serve their tea in. I have however decided not to dwell on this today, but rather to focus on some of the marvelous and beautiful teapots out there. Enjoy.

Colourful simplicity

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Plain in pastels

feinedinge alice teapots.

Vintage elegance

Both my mom and mother-in-law have the most wonderful collections of vintage silver teapots, milk jugs and suger-pots.

Bold and Quirky

He he he_ I like you!

The object of your affection?

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Most of all, a good cup of tea boils down (i could not resist) to how you prefer to drink it and who you decide to share it with.

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Tea Time

A clever design that will simplify an every day task like making tea.

Austrian designer Karin Santorso for Alessi, takes a more dignified approach to tea bag management with a handsome, sculptural solution that takes care of the tea bag for you.

A teaspoon that keeps your fingers dry when making tea. So simple, yet soooo clever.

Read the full article on this clever design here

Early morning bliss

So its Monday morning and spring is in the air!

I went for a morning training session in the park next to the Emmarentia Dam and I feel alive!

I met with the training group at 05:30 while it was still dark, but within 15minutes the sun slowly greeted the day and the ducks and geese also moved onto the water - wow! It is these gems that exist in the middle of the concrete jungle that keeps me sane.

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While we were training a single paddler in his K1 canoe started doing a morning training session_ just him on the water_ it looked amazing! Maybe I should consider paddling? The husband does it, perhaps I should join him? Mmmmm, watch this space!

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Coffee in bed please

To wake up feeling well rested and ready for the day does not happen everyday. Some nights I look at my clock and I cannot believe where the hours had gone and when I eventually get to bed I know I'm going to struggle in the morning. Although I am a morning person, given half a chance I could easily ignore the alarm and snooze way past what is commonly acceptable.

Unlike my usual morning battle, this morning was a breeze! I woke up early enough to still steal 20 minutes with my book and although I was hoping to get served coffee in bed by my studying husband, getting up and making myself a cup of tea was just as rewarding, as I got right back into bed :).

Wishing I can get a few more mornings like these every week!

Coffee in bed. Photograph: Victoria Pearson/Getty Images