September is nearly half over? How did that happen!?!
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7M ago
Somehow, this wasn't posted... no surprise really....   It is so hard to believe September is here! But... here it is, and fall begins. The illustration is from my favorite Country Diary Of An Edwardian Lady, a book I enjoy looking at while having an afternoon cup of tea break. This thought so chimes with my life at the moment... so much to still deal with both physically and emotionally... but we must not forget to appreciate and enjoy the gifts we are given. I am looking forward to my Saturday visit to the Farmer's Market tomorrow... a joy that had been put aside for a couple o ..read more
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The last week of August
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7M ago
  An August page from my frequent companion... The Country Diary Of An Edwardian Lady by Edith Holden from 1906... written by someone from the area where my husband was born and lived his early life in Warwickshire near Stratford-on-Avon. This week I have been hibernating, as the air coming from the Canadian wildfires has been in the unhealthy level. I have been dealing with headaches, itching eyes and breathing problems. So, the air conditioner and air cleaners are at work! I don't have much desire to be out at the moment, but still missed my weekend visits to the farmer's market and t ..read more
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End of August and reinventing life
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7M ago
  This has definitely been my constant thought the last months... nearly a year... as we faced the progression of  the disease my beloved husband of 49 years has faced for nearly 30 years. I lost him 4 days short of a his birthday in June, as he peacefully transitioned from life here into the presence of our Lord Jesus, on a Sunday morning, just at the time we would have begun worship in church.  His worship celebration must have been unimaginably glorious! Japonica... by contemporary artist Denise Perrin, born 1950 As I contemplate the future I am praying and thinking about ..read more
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Tea Quote, Shelley Primrose Teacup and My Current Fav Tea Blend
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2y ago
 Spring is here indeed! As my allergies attest... but spring is always a hopeful season. The above is a Shelley, England teacup in the unusual Atholl shape in the Primrose pattern. The shape is not often seen, although the pattern was used for many years on many shapes. I just speaks of the cheerful thought induced by the burgeoning blooms of spring. I came across a quote about tea that I especially liked while reading a book on my Kindle. The book is called Listen To Your Heart from a collection of books bundles under the title Darcy And... by Leenie Brown... "Anne cradled her teacu ..read more
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Happy Mother's Day USA... and again remembering a past one at Harrods in London
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2y ago
 Wishing you all a Happy Mother's Day on Sunday May 8th.....for everyone who is a mother or who has "mothered". ie nurtured and mentored someone! and this weekend is also the Kentucky Derby on May 7th...  I have not been blogging because life is a bit complicated with my dear husband's Parkinson's disease, but I will try to begin doing so again because I miss the focus on the joys in my life!  I remembered that a few years ago this week we were in London for our week at the start of our then annual month long buying for Antiques And Teacups and Time Was Antique ..read more
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Remembering the Titanic
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3y ago
I am remembering Titanic...the unsinkable ocean liner that sunk after hitting an iceberg on the night of April 14th thru 15th, 1912. The famous White Star ocean liner Titanic sailed with custom designed china for first class passengers from the Royal Crown Derby pottery in England which were reissued for the centennial in 2012, so I am sharing a teacup and teapot from the Titanic china for 1st Class passengers... I think the design is lovely...so elegant and classic. The cup and saucer is if I remember correctly 42 pounds, or about $60. Click on the teacup or teapot to go to the Ro ..read more
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Welcoming Christmas with Red Transferware And Cheer!
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3y ago
Welcome to you indeed!  December continues, and what a different Christmas season this is! I have pulled our my seasonal cross stitches and this Welcome board I painted in the 1990s... My grandfather was a professional painter, and I had a minor in art at university, but I basically only dabbled. But this turned out well, and is nice and seasonal, so it is still around. What isn't, is the 200 pound cast torso of a nude woman I did for a sculpture class final! That was destroyed long ago... Lol! I wanted to share with you one of the antique sterling silver teapot spout tea strainer b ..read more
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December! Christmas Book From Angela And A New Christmas tea
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3y ago
Welcome to December!  Isn't that amazing?! A lovely Thanksgiving, spent on Facetime with our out of state kids was wonderful. Maybe next year it will be different... The last 2 weeks have been some more medication adjustments for my husband, so not much happened except monitoring him. But the arrival of a book I had ordered authored by my blogger fiend Angela Webster McRae of Tea With Friends blog and a new tea lifted my spirits and prompted this post, as I had been without inspiration. Besides being a cookbook and a praise of vintage, The Vintage Christmas Cookbook is also was fill ..read more
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Thanksgiving Counting My Blessings Pumpkin Streusel Bars Wedgwood
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3y ago
I first posted this last year at this time... as our daughter and son in law had just closed escrow on a lot for building a home here close to us.  Little did we know there was a pandemic in our future, but... despite all that... we are still counting our blessings! I am doing this post with such a joyful heart full of thanks! We are feeling so blessed anyway! By Melody Beattie Fall is here, and I made some cookies, and decided to make a fall teatime for us in the sunroom.... I used some black and white transferware I got a  while ago and some fall decor I filched fr ..read more
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A Tale Of 3 Generations of a Chintz The Joy Of Birds And Flowers
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3y ago
November continues... and has arrived here with cold temperatures that have had us putting on fleeces an adding another blanket!  But flowers and birds on chintz immediately lifts our spirits and warms us! I have been enjoying researching some new items, and have enjoyed learning about a chintz pattern that morphed through the years into 2 other versions... similar but different. And one of my reference books, held the key. The Charlton Standard Catalogue Of Chintz is always a star of the chintz research books. It has been published in several editions, but this is the most recent which ..read more
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