Bella Tea Room

02/04/2026

It's National Homemade Soup Day! Here's one of our favorite recipes to warm up your tummy. Winter is always better with a pot of homemade soup ready to enjoy! Yummy!

02/04/2026

Good Morning! 💛☕💛
Ask someone over for tea.... or coffee, soda, wine seltzer, water with lemon, etc.

It really does not matter what you serve or even where... as long as you sit heart to heart in a peaceful calm setting. Light a candle, a bonfire, or maybe bring your chairs near the water.....

Be present, allowing your heart to fully receive theirs.
Let the teatime work its magic.

Be still, pray, encourage, lend a hand or a hug where it is most needed. It is most important to water someone well with what is healing and nourishing and good for your soul as well. Most of all be present over perfect.

Teatime simply is TIME well spent.
Rx....do as often as needed.
xoxo ~ Ginger

02/03/2026

This! Love is evident in the present moment. 🙌

02/03/2026

Good Morning! 💛☕️💛
Brave: (Shared from The Hospice Heart)

This is for each of you...
The ones who have fought some difficult battles.
The ones who are currently navigating grief and loss.
The ones who are healing.
The ones who have healed.
The ones who feel alone.
The ones who help those who are alone.
The ones who are scared.
The ones who share their truth no matter how hard it might be.
The ones who love unconditionally.
The ones who are trying to do better.
The ones who do the work.
The ones who are growing and evolving every day.
The ones who help others because someone helped you.
The ones who can't stop crying.
The ones who extend a hand to others.
The ones who accept the extended hand.
You are brave, you are stronger than you know... and please know... you are not alone. We are all in this together and I whisper to each of you, "you got this."
xoxox
Gabby

Please note: The artist of this drawing is Charlie Mackesy, who is the author of: The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse.
This book resonates so deeply for me.
His artwork is powerful and beautiful...
❤

02/02/2026

Good Morning! Let the children lead the way.
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Years ago, I read about some kids who built a clubhouse in the branches of a tree. Wise beyond their years, these boys and girls came up with a few simple rules for how to behave in this lofty little shelter. Scrawled out in childish handwriting, three rules were posted outside the door:

NOBODY ACT BIG.

NOBODY ACT SMALL.

EVERYBODY ACT MEDIUM.

That isn't bad counsel for relating to one another as believers. We are neither angels or worms. We are all forgiven, redeemed sinners adopted in the family of God. We are all in the process of becoming more like our Lord and on our way to eternal life in heaven. Together!

Nobody too big, nobody too small. Everybody medium. Everybody "standin' in the need of prayer" --- together!

This really spoke volumes to me. Precious wisdom out of the mouths of children! If we only would adhere to these 3 these simple rules...how precious our daily relationships with others would be!! No wonder Jesus said the kingdom of heaven is that of children, for they truly have it going on!

02/01/2026

Good Morning!
ANEW 💛☕💛
"Here's another way to put it: You're here to be light, bringing out the God-colors in the world. God is not a secret to be kept. We're going public with this, as public as a city on a hill." Matthew 5:14

You'll use the old rubble of past lives to build anew, rebuild the foundations from out of your past. You'll be known as those who can fix anything, restore old ruins, rebuild and renovate, make the community livable again. (Isaiah 58:12)

02/01/2026

🙌

"Your Little Light"

01/31/2026

Good Morning! 💛☕️💛
Keep HOPE ALIVE in your heart ALWAYS!

"To be hopeful in bad times is not just foolishly romantic. It is based on the fact that human history is a history not only of cruelty, but also of compassion, sacrifice, courage, kindness.

What we choose to emphasize in this complex history will determine our lives. If we see only the worst, it destroys our capacity to do something. If we remember those times and places—and there are so many—where people have behaved magnificently, this gives us the energy to act, and at least the possibility of sending this spinning top of a world in a different direction.

And if we do act, in however small a way, we don’t have to wait for some grand utopian future. The future is an infinite succession of presents, and to live now as we think human beings should live, in defiance of all that is bad around us, is itself a marvelous victory. " ~ Howard Zinn

"Know that somewhere deep within the tree of winter there is still the life that produced last spring's beautiful leaves." ~ Madame Guyon

01/31/2026

I've discovered a delightful combination - Vanilla Chai and Caramel Apple - that tastes even better together. This new favorite blend is sure to please. Bella Tea Room's artisan loose leaf Apple Pie Chai will be available soon and it's delicious with Apple pie à la mode.

01/30/2026

~ Foxy Friday ~ 💛🦊💛
Life always offers music ... but you'll only hear it if your ears are inclined to beauty.
Life will always offer beauty, if your eyes are inclined to turn away from filth.
May your ears and eyes always be blessed with songs and things of beauty.
And your soul to deeply understand ...

Artist~Richard Ahnert