Happy Monday!  I hope you had a great weekend.  Today I am joining 23 blogging friends on a Spring Tea Blog Hop.  Hosted by Amber at Fellow The Yellow Brick Home.  If you are coming over from Larissa at Welch House 1900 welcome!  I just love how Larissa set her table.  Her table in pink is perfect for Spring.

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Y’all know last spring we had our back porch screened in, I don’t have to tell you how nice it is to sit out there and not get carried away by mosquitoes or be bothered by flies.  I love sitting out there in the mornings listening to the birds chirp and enjoying peace and quiet before our day starts.  We haven’t been enjoying the porch yet this spring since we are still in the heavy pollen season, but yesterday I cleaned off a little area on the porch (our swing and coffee table area) so my husband and I can enjoy the beautiful spring weather sipping on our morning drink (coffee for Jim and tea for me).  Now, those that know me are shaking their heads saying Terrie, you drink nothing but diet Pepsi!  Well, you are right, but on mornings when we sit out on the porch I will drink a cup of hot tea.

Usually, on a nice spring weekend morning you will find us in the swing on the porch enjoying our mornings.  I made it a little special yesterday morning, after we came home from Mass I added a little flower on the tray along with two granola bars, one for each of us.

As we sipped on our drinks, we plan out our day.  Something about sitting out on the porch talking about our hard work for the day doesn’t seem to bother me as bad.  Right then, anyway.

I keep on talking about our porch and pollen season, if you have not seen our screened in porch prior to pollen season you can go over to our BACK PORCH REVEAL. But for now, here is a snapshot of our swing during pollen season.

Sad…I know!

After our long day yesterday cleaning out our small garage and working in the yard, we enjoyed another relaxing time on the porch.  We were both hot, tired and thirsty.   We didn’t venture out to get my normal diet Pepsi so I fixed us both an ice cold Arnold Palmer.  Yeah, I can just see the look on your face.  What the heck is an Arnold Palmer?  I am going to tell you.  I had all the ingredients here at the house and thought it would quench our thirst.

Here is what’s in an Arnold Palmer.

• lemonade
• unsweetened tea
• ice
• orange (you can use any fruit to garnish your drink)

Add ice and half a glass of lemonade.

Pour in your unsweetened tea.

Garnish your drink with a slice of an orange.  That’s it.

A little fact about the drink.  Every time Arnold Palmer was out on the golf course he would go into the bar and order half lemonade and half unsweetened tea all the time.  The bartender finally called it the Arnold Palmer.

It was nice sitting out on the swing yesterday morning before our day and then later on in the evening talking about how our day went. ♥

I would say yesterday was the start of our Spring season sitting out on our porch.   What is your favorite thing in Spring to do?

I hope you have a great start to your Spring this year.  CHEERS!

Here is the recipe for the Arnold Palmer drink.  It is very easy and is truly re-freshening.

Our best conversations are out on the porch.  We talk about what we want to do for the day and then how our day went.  Such a peaceful way to spend time with one another out on the porch sipping on whatever the drink may be.  Yesterday we had TEA for two!

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♥ Terrie