Yas Bakery Goodies and Tea Cups for Graduation

Last week today we were en route to our grandson’s high school graduation. It’s been 18 months since we saw our family who now live in central Virginia. We all used to live on Capitol Hill for several years. While I worked at the Library of Congress, my husband babysat and ferried our grandson around. So we had a great opportunity to know him well. So we always stop at Yas Bakery the day before we leave and stock up on treats before we visit. This time we wanted to get something special as a token of the big event. So we got a huge box of cookies, a few different spices, candies, flat bread, pistachios, sour cherry jelly, saffron, and some sour relish. Then I noticed some really pretty tea cups with silver rims that looked like larger versions of cups my husband has from Iran. What freshman college student wouldn’t love a set of these? It was really the thought of it that was inspiring - not very practical - but one never knows. Our grandson still surprises us, so we thought we would surprise him too. So I wrapped the glasses up and put a copy of the life sketches painting on the top under the bow. It was a unique gift - and he really liked it.