How to put on a special afternoon high tea + recipes
Put your hands pinky fingers up if you’re planning a special afternoon for a loved one soon, but you’re unsure how to celebrate them. If your pinky is currently raised, you’re in the right place.
While having a high tea at a hotel sounds like a beautiful way to honour your loved one, let’s be honest: the food’s usually pretty bland, it can cost an arm and a leg, and you only have a limited number of hours to celebrate. So, rather than heading to a hotel or tearoom, why not transform your kitchen into a high tea palace? Hosting a high tea is a classy and nostalgic way to celebrate your favourite person or friends.
Before you start sending out invitations via dove, boiling the kettle and polishing your soon to be sparkling silverware, follow these simple steps to craft an afternoon fit for a royal friend or member of your family. I'm sharing a bunch of my favourite tea time recipes too!
You can read more about it and find the recipes here.
⚠️ DOGS DIE IN HOT CARS. If you love them, don't leave them. ⚠️
It's a message we share time and time again, and this year, we're calling on you to help us spread that message further.
Did you know that calls to SPCA about dogs left inside hot cars made up a whopping 11% of all welfare calls last summer? This is a completely preventable issue, and one which is causing hundreds of dogs (often loved pets) to suffer.
Here are some quick facts to share with the dog owners in your life:
👉 The temperature inside a car can heat to over 50°C in less than 15 minutes.
👉 Parking in the shade and cracking windows does little to help on a warm day. Dogs rely on panting to keep cool, which they can't do in a hot car.
👉 This puts dogs at a high risk of heatstroke - a serious condition for dogs, with a mortality rate between 39%-50%.
👉 It is an offence under the Animal Welfare Act to leave a dog in a hot vehicle if they are showing signs of heat stress. You can be fined, and prosecuted.
SPCA has created downloadable resources to help you spread the message even further. Posters, a flyer, and a social media tile can be downloaded from our website here: www.spca.nz...
We encourage you to use these - and ask your local businesses to display the posters if they can. Flyers can be kept in your car and handed out as needed.
This is a community problem, and one we cannot solve alone. Help us to prevent more tragedies this summer by sharing this post.
On behalf of the animals - thank you ❤️
Garage Sale at Liston Crescent Hamilton
Big Clearance Sale for all new and used household and gardening items. Everything must go!
Date & Time:
Saturday, 21 December 2024, 8 am - 12 pm
Sunday, 22 December 2024, 8 am - 12 pm
Location: Liston Crescent, Hillcrest, Hamilton ~ please look out for the garage sale sign on the day.
Note: welcome to contact me beforehand if you are interested in any big item. Thank you.
Living room - 3+2+1 sofa set, armchair, display cabinet, solid wood coffee table, CRT TV, CD rack, dehumidifier, bookshelves etc.
Kitchen - coffee machine, pots, frying/sauce pans, plates, utensils, kettles, storage containers, bakeware, glassware, jug, mugs, chopping boards, knives, sports bottles, thermos, grill, cup holder, serving plates, toaster, convection oven etc.
Study room - study desks at various sizes, office chairs, table lamps, 3 tiers small bookshelves, 5 tiers big bookshelves, computer desks, office round meeting tables, office drawers, lots ring binders, lots document holders etc.
Bedroom - 1x single bed, 1x king bed, 1x dressing table with mirror and drawers, 2x bedside tables, linens, blankets, pillows, duvets, bedsheets, pillowcases, duvet covers etc.
Bathroom - towels, bathmats, storage racks, scales etc.
Garage - leaf blower/vacuum, tools, new small chainsaw, petrol lawnmower 2x petrol plastic containers, , old shower door, old wooden door.
Others - rubbish bins, vacuum cleaners.
Poll: Would you rather: Christmas in summer forever or winter forever?
Just a bit of a fun poll to get you thinking.
If you had to live out your Christmas days, would you prefer it was a summer Christmas or a winter Christmas?
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61.7% Summer
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36.6% Winter
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1.7% Other - I'll share below
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