"And lavender, whose spikes of azure bloom
shall be, ere-while, in arid bundles bound
to lurk admist the labours of her loom,
and crown her kerchiefs with mickle rare perfume."
I keep a dictionary at hand whenever I'm reading. I am fascinated by words and love to expand my vocabulary. I remember as a child asking my mother what a particular word meant and she usually told me to 'look it up'. This probably stemmed from the fact that she didn't want to explain the definition to me, but it actually engendered a fondness for the dictionary!
mickle [ˈmɪkəl],
adj~great or abundant
adv~much; greatly
n1. a great amount
I contemplate the 'mickle rare perfume' of the lavender as I watch the bees from my comfy bench in the sunshine. My tea of choice today is Lyons loose Gold Blend, which a friend from Ireland sent to me. On the Lyons website it states, "Tea is the age-old solution to every dilemma, and we Irish just can't get enough of it! Out of a population of just over 4 million people, three million of us drink tea, giving us one of the highest consumption levels of tea in the world! As a nation we drink up to five cups each a day." Sounds like my kind of place!
I think this cup is perfect for my morning with the lavender, don't you?
This cup is Sheltonian Bone China from Staffordshire, England.
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