Tea Time Tuesday

"Autumn seemed to arrive suddenly that year. The morning of the first of September was crisp and golden as an apple..." ~ JK Rowling


Hello dear friends and welcome to my last Tea Time of Summer 2013.

Today's tea is brought to you in shades of blue and yellow. A jug of gorgeous sunflowers lends a bright spot of colour to my blue and white table today.

A field full of sunflowers is a sight to see, isn't it? Their bright heads always turn to face the sun.  

The teacup below as well as the teapot and creamer are called Botanic Blue made by Port Meirion.

Some of the flowers on the tea set appear to be sunflowers. We will pretend they are!

Seeds from sunflowers are very benefical to one's health as we all know. I always fill our feeders with sunflower seeds as the songbirds seem to prefer them. And I am happy to oblige them!

Blue and yellow are such complimentary colours and they make a pretty tea table as we say Good-bye to Summer for another year.

 The teacup above is Royal Homes of Britain made by Enoch Wedgwood of England.

It's a Cream Tea today.

Flaky tea biscuits are fresh out of the oven, homemade strawberry preserves, and clotted cream, or in this case, whipped cream, make for a wonderful tea time.

So please make yourself at home and enjoy a tea break!

For your interest~ I'm sure most of you know that there are two ways to have a Cream Tea.
Devonshire cream is not made here in Canada so we make do with clotted cream or plain whipped cream.
The Devonshire tea is applying your clotted cream first, followed by the jam.
The Cornish tea is applying the jam first, then the cream. As you can see by my photo I have used the Devonshire way of doing it. This eliminates the need for butter, so less calories.

I hope you all had a wonderful Summer and are gearing up for Autumn. Join me next week as I share a new teacup.

"There is an appointed time for everything. And there is a time for every event under heaven-
A time to plant, and a time to uproot what is planted." ~ Ecclesiastes 3:1-2


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/
Tea In The Garden ~ http://blog.bernideens.com/
What's It Wednesday ~ http://ivyandelephants.blogspot.com/
Share Your Cup Thursday~ http://jannolson.blogspot.com/
Home Sweet Home~ http://thecharmofhome.blogspot.com/


Sharing from my heart~ Sandi

HOME

"A real home is a shelter from the storms of life, a place in which to relax, a place of peace and rest." ~ Dr. Clifford R. Anderson

Welcome to my HOME everyone! Hope you're all having a wonderful week.

This week I set a tea out on the lawn beneath our maple tree. I used my treasured Johnson Bros. Rose Chintz china and it was a perfect day filled with birdsong!

As most of you know, one of my very favourite places to be in the summertime is at the beach. Alas, our beach days are behind us for another year but I thought I would take you on a little tour of some of the beautiful shores on PEI.

We are blessed with so many lovely beaches here on Prince Edward Island because, you see, we are surrounded by water.

This past Summer Hubby and I spent time at several beaches; Basin Head, Brackley beach, Dalvay, and Stanhope. Brackley, Dalvay, and Stanhope are all on the north shore.

                                  Dalvay

                                   Stanhope

Brackley

"Sit in reverie and watch the changing colour of the waves that break upon the idle seashore of the mind." ~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Basin Head has been named the number one beach in Canada.

 Basin Head

This beautiful beach is on the south shore where  the ferry runs from the Island to the Magdalen Islands or Iles de la Madeleine.

The sand here is a beautiful shade and appears to be pink and white. 

But the most unique characteristic about this  beach at Basin Head is that the sand "sings" underfoot when you walk on it. Because of this extraordinary sand, Basin Head has been dubbed the 'Singing Sands.'

I will miss our beaches, and this winter as I snuggle into our home, I will dream about it, until once again, I can wiggle my toes in the soft warm sand.

"Our memories of the ocean will linger on, long after our footprints in the sand are gone." ~ Anonymous


Here are some features from last week.

Penny @ Penny's Vintage Home shared her beautiful dining room complete with antlers, lace and roses, burlap and pumpkins, and a deer head.

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Michele @ The Nest at Finch Rest shared her wonderful aviary themed guest room.

Creatively Sam's shared an elegant tablescape in celery green.



Bernideen @ Bernideen's Tea Time Blog shared how she incorporated her new shabby chic decor into an Autumn theme.



Thank you ladies for your wonderful posts. And a big thank you to all of you who open up your homes to us week after week.

If you would like to have your post featured you must include a link back to my HOME party. 

I would love it if you linked up your home related post to my HOME party. Arts, crafts, collections, DIYs, recipes, tablescapes, etc, anything and everything which is HOME related is welcome!


We remember, 9-11!

"Lord, this humble house we'd keep
Sweet with play and calm with sleep.
Help us so that we may give
Beauty to the lives we live.
Let thy bounty and Thy grace
Shine upon our dwelling place." ~ Edgar A. Guest

I will be sharing my HOME with these parties ~

What's It Wednesday ~ http://ivyandelephants.blogspot.com/
Home and Garden Thursday ~ http://www.adelightsomelife.com/
Share Your Cup Thursday~ http://jannolson.blogspot.com/
Home Sweet Home~ http://thecharmofhome.blogspot.com/


Sharing from my heart~ Sandi