It had been a long while since I had visited my cousin due to the COVID-19 isolation period. As part of my social ‘bubble’, I was able to visit him this past weekend for tea and a chat.
I brought with me some of the biscuits I had baked – a remnant of our childhood as our mothers used to bake these often. As we bit into the shortbread, our taste buds took us back to a time in the past.
We drank Cinnamon Chai Rooibos – another tea that we grew up on. This tea is one of my favourites and I enjoyed sipping the cooling liquid while we chatted about the past and the now.
As we were chatting, the air conditioning unit cooled us a bit. We are currently experiencing a heat wave so we were not keen to sit outside on the balcony.
We did not stop talking for two hours until I had to leave to go home! Seeing a person face-to-face is a much better connection than talking to one another on the phone.
I enjoyed my visit and I am sure we will get together again before the summer is over and I have to get back to my work schedule. The visit buoyed me a bit and I look forward to connecting with others in the upcoming weeks.
© Colline Kook-Chun, 2020
(This post is linked to Becky’s Square Challenge on differing perspectives and to Trent’s Weekly Smile, a challenge which focuses on sharing all things positive.)
Oh I’m so happy for you both, what a lovely afternoon
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We both had a good time. And I think it did us both some good.
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🙂
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This is a lovely post, I really enjoyed it. Strangely I wrote about one of my cousins today 💜
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Thank you. Now I am off to see your cousin post 😄
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We are lucky to have loving family 💜
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Nicely done…some very muted needed social interaction in a world to complete social distancing
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I agree, it was perfect – and much needed!
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Sounds like a really enjoyable time together. The tea and shortbread must have been very welcome.
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As well as the company 😊
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Sounds very nice, an enjoyable visit.
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We had a good time – the conversation did not stop.
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Interesting teapot and good-looking biscuits, Colline. 🙂 🙂 Still teaching from home, then? How’s it going?
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We have started our Summer Break so no teaching for the next few weeks. We will know in August what the new school year in September will look like. 🙂
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Lovely still photography, Colline! You’re like me, you take pics of everything 🙂
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I do tend to do that – it is fun to share on my blog 😀
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What a lovely visit! Your snack looks wonderful! 🙂
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Thank you. I baked the biscuits myself.
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Well, they certainly looked yummy! I find it fun that you call them biscuits and we call them cookies. Biscuits here are fat fluffy things we eat for breakfast with our eggs. hehehe! 🙂
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The British influence 😀
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Absolutely! 🙂 LOL!
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So nice to share tea. Feel less alone.
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I agree. I have found the last few months to be very isolating.
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Lovely post i really enjoyed it.
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Thank you.
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Anytime😊
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