First Tea Time in May

The power of finding beauty in the humblest things makes home happy and life lovely.~ Louisa May Alcott

Hello dear friends and welcome to my first Tea Time Tuesday in May! Hope your May is off to a wonderful start!

Marvellous May.... is a favourite month of the year for Hubby and me as we were married in May. Actually, tomorrow, the 6th, is our Anniversary. He also celebrates his birthday this week. One of our little grandchildren also has a birthday this month. One of our sons and his wife also celebrate an anniversary and another son is graduating from College this month. Mother's Day is coming up too so our family will be doing a lot of celebrating in May.

As most of you know I took a short blog break and while away, we got our living room painted. Well, most of it is painted! I have always been the painter/wallpaper in the family but I am not able to do it any more so I've been helping Hubby as much as I can. We're very happy with the new wall colour. It's amazing how a colour change can make a room look fresh and pretty.

To start the month of May tea parties off, I have a new teacup to share with you.

I had found this Colclough a few weeks ago and was waiting for the right time to feature it. Today is the day.

This cup is in perfect condition. It's as though it was never used.

It's a beautiful shade of green with accents of white and gold trim.

Colclough  as you know is made by Ridgway Potteries in England.

Life should be savoured; sipped like a cup of tea. ~  Unknown

I am serving Ginger muffins with our tea. They sit on a Skye McGhie Garden Whispers dessert plate; a little touch of springtime with honey bees, lady bugs, and butterflies.

Have you ever made these muffins? I never have until now and are they ever good! If you like gingerbread, then you will enjoy these! They are just like mini gingerbreads. My hubby isn't exactly a lover of gingerbread but he likes these so I will be making them again. They are wonderful with just some butter or lemon curd and whipped cream. Yum!! I will share the recipe later this week.

You've all seen my Royal Elfreda teapot before. It sits on a Skye McGhie Coventry Garden plate.

Stash Double Spice Chai tea is in my cup. It goes well with my ginger muffins.

What's in your cup today?

I am delighted you could join me for Tea Time!
If you have a teacup, coffee mug, teapot/coffee pot, or tablescape to share, please link up below.
We tea friends enjoy seeing a tea shop too and if you have discovered a new tea you like, feel free to share about that. Perhaps you have a recipe  which would be a lovely accompaniment to tea time. You are welcome to share that too. 

Have a lovely day everyone and God bless you.

I am joining the following parties as well~

A Return to Loveliness ~ http://www.adelightsomelife.com/
Tea Cup Tuesday~ http://artfulaffirmations.blogspot.com/
Tea Cup Tuesday ~ http://www.marthasfavorites.com/
Tuesday Cuppa Tea~ http://www.antiquesandteacups.info/
Friends Sharing Tea~ http://blog.bernideens.com/
Share Your Cup Thursday~ http://jannolson.blogspot.com/
Home Sweet Home~ http://thecharmofhome.blogspot.com/

An InLinkz Link-up

Sharing from my heart ~ Sandi

Easter Monday Tea Time

"Spring had come once more to Green Gables....the capricious, reluctant Canadian spring, lingering along through April and May in a succession of sweet, fresh, chilly days, with pink sunsets and miracles of resurrection and growth." ~ LM Montgomery - "Anne of Green Gables"


Hello my dear friends and welcome to Tea Time! Today is Easter Monday, a holiday for many of us here in Canada, and I've had my hubby home for a nice long break.

The weather has been just wonderful with lots of sunshine and so we have been out enjoying it.
Hubby was supposed to get started at painting the living room over the long weekend but it will wait till next weekend.

I hope you had a lovely Easter weekend too.

Spring as you know is my favourite season of the year. I love how everything is changing and every day you can see those changes taking place.... The grass is turning green, trees are budding, and flowers are growing in the garden. The birds are singing and busy building their nests and the spring peepers are getting ready to start up their chorus behind our home. It really is a magical time of year!

Johnson Bros. Rose Chintz is a pattern that has always reminded me of springtime and it lends a young-at-heart feeling.

This pretty pattern tugs at my heart strings every time I look at it. It is a glorious bouquet of pink roses and soft blue forget-me-nots on a creamy white background, captured under a glaze, to be preserved forever. 

This romantic pattern has charmed me ever since I was a little girl when my auntie set her dinner table with it. When I grew up, and we would visit Auntie, she would always serve coffee in the evening on a big tray with her Rose Chintz coffee pot and mugs.

A lot of these pieces now belong to me as she has so graciously passed them on to me. Thank you, Auntie! It is such a girly pattern and brings such lovely memories to mind. It just makes me happy to look at it!

So, today, I have a little vignette set up on a table in a corner of the living room.

I love pink tulips in my Rose Chintz  jug. Two demi-tasses are stacked beneath a small cloche....

 ...and two bunnies have hopped up on the table.

Tea is a beverage one can enjoy any time of day but in the mid-afternoon when one's strength wanes a bit, a cup of tea is a real pick-me-upper.

 Cup of tea anyone?

"Our friendship is like a pot of tea...a special blend of you and me." ~ Author unknown

"For flowers that bloom about our feet;
For tender grass so fresh and sweet;
For song of bird and hum of bee;
For all things fair we hear and see,
Father in heaven, we thank Thee!" ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

I am delighted when you stop by and if you have a teacup, a coffee mug, or teapot to share, please link up below and I will be happy to visit you.
I welcome all your tea wares. Perhaps you have a small collection of creamers or vintage tea spoons. Tablescapes and teascapes, a visit to a tea shop, or a new tea you may have discovered is always welcome too.

Thank you for visiting today and I hope your day is filled with loveliness.

Note: I will be taking a blogging break for a few days so there will not be any Tea Time Tuesday next week. 

I am joining the following parties as well~

A Return to Loveliness ~ http://www.adelightsomelife.com/
Tea Cup Tuesday~ http://artfulaffirmations.blogspot.com/
Tea Cup Tuesday ~ http://www.marthasfavorites.com/
Tuesday Cuppa Tea~ http://www.antiquesandteacups.info/
Friends Sharing Tea~ http://blog.bernideens.com/
Share Your Cup Thursday~ http://jannolson.blogspot.com/
Home Sweet Home~ http://thecharmofhome.blogspot.com/

An InLinkz Link-up

Sharing from my heart~ Sandi