Happy Thanksgiving...and we'll be back soon!

In the slightly over two months since this blog opened for business, we have, we confess, been too busy to blog! We've been quite preoccupied at the Tea Shoppe, serving old friends and meeting new ones, trying out new recipes, and just generally enjoying life here in the woods. We do intend to get more into the rhythm of blogging and Facebooking and tweeting in the months to come. So we hope you'll bear with us.

Meanwhile, we are delighted to announce our daughter Katey's college graduation. To celebrate that graduation – and the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday – we will be closed from Monday, November 22 through Tuesday, December 7, 2010. We will re-open on Wednesday, December 8.

We hope you have a safe and happy holiday, and that you find plenty to be thankful for in your life, as we have in ours. And we hope to see you soon at the Tea Shoppe!

For more information about our Tea Shoppe visit our web site.

Welcome to Texas Specialtea Shoppe!

Hi there! We're Gil and Joan Douglas, proprietors of the Texas Specialtea Shoppe in northeast Waller County, Texas. We also own the Waller Holler Cottage Bed & Breakfast, which is just a stone's throw from our tea shop.

This being our first post, we won't be long-winded. Through this blog we hope to keep you updated on the happenings around Texas Specialtea and Waller Holler. We plan to share news, photos, seasonal menus, and even a recipe or two, as well as, no doubt, some of our random thoughts. (And don't be surprised if one of our daughters occasionally pops up here with an essay or some other creative offering.) Who knows how this blog may grow? (In fact, we hope you'll help us grow it!)

For now, you can visit our web site to find out more about some of the goodies we offer at our little haven in the woods. You can also learn part of the story behind Texas Specialtea. We'll have more about all of that on the main site, and on this blog, soon.

And by the way, if you're anywhere near Waller County, Texas, we hope you'll take the time to visit us soon. Here's where we are.

We'll see you at the Specialtea!