means “drinking tea and waiting…”, which is what we’ve been doing today as my mom over at Catterel (www.catterel.wordpress.com) is undergoing a Dyson operation :).
This is Boris Kustodiev’s ‘A Merchant’s Wife at Tea’ (1918) – with a lovely smoochy cat!
Anyway, the latest is that all is well 🙂
The Little Wash-House 
Yes, all is very well! Thank goodness, I survived and am now home, bouncing off the walls. Thanks for all your help and support, and hope to see you soon. ❤