An ode to the gentle pastime of taking tea on two continents ... (Laser-cut pieces, sticky-dot cabochons, wide-band ring settings.)

Orange Pekoe and lime shortbread on a terrace in the Vieux Carré of New Orleans, watching butterflies sarabande over a lavender garden ...

In the misty highlands of Yunnan, a scholar shelters from the morning rain at a tea-house, while cats observe koi in a pond of contemplation ... The scholar sips Oolong Tea and writes a line of verse ...