Gracious Hospitality: February 2005

Saturday, February 19, 2005

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Welcome to Gracious Hospitality

Welcome to Gracious Hospitality where we celebrate family, home and garden. Please pull up a comfortable chair and sip on a cuppa tea with me as we share conversation, recipes, ideas, and thoughts on creating a welcoming home.

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Living Creatively with Purpose

Living artistically, aesthetically, and creatively means that we develop sensitivity to beauty and use it to create an environment that nurtures those around us. Homemaking arts provide an outlet for the creator and provides nurture and a cocoon of tranquility for others.The beauty, organization, and development of the home environment is enhanced by a gracious, gentle spirit of hospitality - the final brush-stroke on the palette of a beautiful home.

Gracious Hospitality

...where the welcome is warm and the teapot is on.

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Friends of Gracious Hospitality

- *"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea"* *Henry James*

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Come let us have some tea and continue to talk about happy things.

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A Sip at a Time

Gracious Hospitality, making tea a part of daily life, one sip at a time.

T.E.A.

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