A Cottage Tea for Tea Time

"I don't know how anyone can live without some small place of enchantment to turn to." ~ Marjorie Rawlings

Welcome to Tea Time, dear friends! 

It has been for Hubby and me, a very busy summer. We have had a lot of company and excitement here at our home and today we have three of our little grandsons here for the day. 

How about you? What has your summer been like? I hope it has been a joyful one. 

While I was on my blogging break I visited a shop I hadn't been to in a couple of years. They had some new inventory and I spied this little cottagey teapot. 

I hadn't planned on purchasing another teapot but I couldn't resist this one. I liked the shape with the roses on it and it is different from what I usually collect. A rose on the spout....

And roses on the cover....

The price was right and it is just perfect for a cup of tea or two. Isn't it cute? It will most likely sit out on a tray on my coffee table accompanied by a cup and saucer or two; an invitation to tea. 

A guest never forgets the host who had treated him kindly. ~ Homer

I mostly favour a "cottage" look in my home, and I like to surround myself with pretty things but they have to be comfortable, not stuffy or untouchable. I love pretty pillows, painted furniture, and books. There is always a Victoria or Tea Time magazine sitting out on the coffee table. 

This is why I was drawn to this little teapot. It just says cottage to me.

"The very sight of a teapot puts a smile on the face of most people. One cannot help but think of more serene and genteel times....They are a subtle reminder of all that is good in the world." ~ Barbara Roberts 

I like my home to be decorated with some of my favourite things displayed here and there; like ivy, old china, and lace. 

Speaking of lace, I just have to share the doily my niece crocheted and entered at Old Home Week last week. Hers won first place and a red ribbon. Isn't it lovely! I know some of you will appreciate her fine work.

Doesn't this doily remind you of those lovely pieces the women folk created years ago?

Now time for some tea....My teacup today is Royal Albert. I do love the little roses adorning it and the brushed on gold. I have my tea set out on the little green cabinet in the dining room.

The little teapot holds a nice Island Raspberry tea and for my treat, I have mixed berry shortcake. Fresh raspberries and strawberries; a real down home dessert!

Hubby likes his shortcake in the form of cake but I like the old fashioned biscuits with just a hint of sugar and nutmeg. We take turns, Hubby and me. I will make him his cake and then next time, it's shortcake biscuits for me. 

Compromise is important in a marriage, don't you think? So today, it's biscuits and berries with a dollop of whipped cream and a sprinkle of nutmeg on top. Yum!

Would you like to join me?

Happiness is sharing tea with a friend.

I am so happy you have visited my Cottage today! I would love it if you linked up with Tea Time Tuesday and shared your pretties with us. You are welcome to do a tablescape or a visit to a tea shop as well as share your teacups, coffee cups, or teapots. Maybe you have a collection of creamers or a recipe which would go splendidly with tea. All of these are welcome. Have a beautiful and blessed day everyone! 


 I am joining the following parties as well~

 A Return to Loveliness
Tea Cup Tuesday
Tea Cup Tuesday
 Tuesday Cuppa Tea
 Tea in the Garden
 Share Your Cup Thursday
 Home Sweet Home

An InLinkz Link-up

 Sharing from my heart~ Sandi

Welcome Back to Tea Time Tuesday!

I believe I could be a model child if I was invited out to tea every day. ~ Anne Shirley, Anne of Green Gables - L M Montgomery

Hello my lovely friends and welcome back to Tea Time! I hope you are all enjoying your Summer. 

Excitement hung around Anne like a garment, shone in her eyes, kindled in every feature. She had come dancing up the lane, like a wind-blown sprite, through the mellow sunshine and lazy shadows of the August evening. ~ Anne of Green Gables - L M Montgomery

Excitement has been hanging about my home like a garment for the past three weeks. I have had my whole family home and I took a much needed blogging break during that time.

Family fun and making memories is what the last three weeks were all about. It was my little three year old granddaughter's first visit to the Island and we had such a good time. I will share some pictures at a later date but this is a peek of her with her BFF. My little lambie is the one on the left. 

Her best friend is the daughter of my son's best friend. Unfortunately, the friends live on opposite sides of the country. For now. My son is hoping to move his family back here to PEI in a few years. After this last visit he is most anxious to get here!

I had planned to have a wee tea party with my granddaughter but alas, it simply didn't work out. We were much too busy and didn't have too many quiet times. I will have to wait for their next visit.

While my boys were home they worked on my computer which made an incredible difference. Hopefully it will last me a little longer now without all the hiccups.

Time for tea.....

The Queen Anne's Lace is plentiful this time of year and growing everywhere. I love its graceful poufs of white.




My roses are looking sweet in a Skye McGhie vase called Nostalgia which I found at a garden centre. This time of year I love bringing the posies indoors and after they have finished, I dry their petals in a pretty dish. The scent from the rose petals waft a lovely fragrance throughout the room. 

I am excited to share my new teacup with you today! Royal Albert Blossom Time is one of the teacups I have had on my Acquisition List for some time. 

Just think what a lovely place to live- in an apple blossom! Fancy going to sleep in it when the wind was rocking it. If I wasn't a human girl I think I'd like to be a bee and live among the flowers.~ Anne of Green Gables- LM Montgomery 

This beautiful teacup was gifted to me by my wonderful aunt and uncle when they came to the Island to visit a few weeks ago. They had stopped in at Replacements Ltd. in North Carolina on their way down to Florida and they got this teacup for me. It will always be special, having come from them. Aren't they a beautiful couple? 

My uncle, who is my mother's youngest sibling, was diagnosed with lung cancer a few months ago and he is fighting the illness with everything he's got!

This is the same couple whose love story I shared a while ago. They are avid world travellers who enjoy taking hiking trips as well as sight seeing but their trips have been put on hold for several months now because of his condition. I would very much appreciate your prayers for him and his lovely wife. They are one of the nicest couples you will ever meet.

Thanks to my aunt and uncle, I now have a trio in this pretty pattern. The plate I had found for six dollars while thrifting in a second hand store in New Brunswick last summer.

I know several of you already have Blossom Time but do you know where the actual pattern came from? 

I have shared its story once before but here it is again in case you missed it. Personally, I find the history of teacup/china patterns fascinating. 

"On a spring morning in 1933, G. R. Palmeter left a meeting of the Apple Blossom Committee at the Cornwallis Inn to purchase china from a representative of the Royal Albert China of England. While there, he asked the salesman about creating a pattern called "Blossom Time," to tie in with the Apple Blossom Festival. A design was submitted and the factory got to work on it.

The design is an actual picture of the Ralph Eaton farm, in the Annapolis Valley. {Nova Scotia, Canada} The apple trees were at the height of bloom, and this worked out ideally, from the factory standpoint.

The result was "BLOSSOM TIME CHINA" which is still in great demand all over the world, even as far as Japan – this over a period of sixty years. ~  Info borrowed from the Internet

I am enjoying tea in my new teacup and having a wee nosh too. Chasing after little ones works up an appetite! Pound cake spread with strawberry jam, banana bread with cream cheese, and part of a billet log make a sweet treat with tea.

Won't you join me?

I am so happy to have you join me for tea today and if you have something tea or coffee related, I invite you to link up with me. You are welcome to also share lemonade, iced tea or coffee, hot chocolate, hot apple cider, or punch in a pretty bowl if you wish. I look forward to visiting you.

Have a beautiful day everyone! 

I am joining the following parties as well~

A Return to Loveliness
Tea Cup Tuesday
Tea Cup Tuesday
Tuesday Cuppa Tea
Tea in the Garden
Share Your Cup Thursday
Home Sweet Home

An InLinkz Link-up

Sharing from my heart~ Sandi