Pink and White Tea Time

Hello everyone,

Hope you are having a pleasant week. I have been busy working in the garden. My Camellia tree is blooming like crazy...To see my tree go HERE.

The Camellia is called "Pink Perfection" my tree is over 40 years old and still growing beautifully. 

On Monday afternoon the UPS delivered my Churchill tea pot, sugar and creamer. I set a tea time on the bed in the guest bedroom, I took some photos of the entire room and I will share them with soon.  But for now Tea Time.

I have dreamed of this tea pot for about five years.  I finally bought it on ebay. I love ebay.

I'm using my silver tray and a vintage crochet doily and my great-grandma's teaspoon and my mom's crystal vase.  

After working in my garden planting the rose bushes I bought in February. I would love to take some time and enjoy a cup of tea and then take a long nap,

This flower is Perfection...♥

Have a wonderful weekend. 

Thanks for visiting. 

Joyously,

Betty

Linking:

Between Naps on the Porch for Tablescape Thursday

French Country Cottage for Feathered Nest Friday

Rattlebridge Farm for Foodie Friday and Everything Else 
 The Charm of Home for Home Sweet Home Friday 
My Romantic Home for Show and Tell Friday 

How Sweet the Sound for Pink Saturday
The ROSEGARDEN for Showoff Saturday

Rustic and Refined for Table It Link Party - Sunday 
Amaze Me Monday at Dwellings-The Heart of Your Home

Tea Time Tuesday at Rose Chintz Cottage 

The Scoop at Cedar Hill Farmhouse 

A Return to Loveliness  at A Delightsome Life 

Tuesday Cuppa Tea at Antiques and Teacups

The Scoop at Cedar Hill Farmhouse 

Tweak it Tuesday at Cozy Little House

A Stroll Thru Life for Inspire Me Tuesday

A Valentine Cookie for You♥

Hello everyone, 

I baked some Valentine cookies for you and I would love if you would sit awhile and enjoy some tea, cookies and the pleasure of a camellia bouquet from my garden. 

I love to bake.  The valentine cookies are sugar cookies with a powdered sugar glaze and sprinkled with red and white candy decorations.  

February is the month I have the most beautiful camellias blooming. 

Debutante and Pink Perfection...

Tea and cookies under glass.

The napkins are in the shape of hearts and vintage loose tea spoons are ready to steep in hot water. 

The weather is warm this week. We had a week of rain and now it's feels like spring outside. I have a post next week with some fun garden things to show you. But today, tomorrow and Saturday it's all about the romantic day. 

Valentine's Day

I think the cupids on the vase are reminiscent of the romantic day. 

Happy Valentine's Day

Have a wonderful weekend.

Joyously, 

Betty 

Between Naps on the Porch for Tablescape Thursday

French Country Cottage for Feathered Nest Friday

Rattlebridge Farm for Foodie Friday and Everything Else 
 The Charm of Home for Home Sweet Home Friday 
My Romantic Home for Show and Tell Friday 

How Sweet the Sound for Pink Saturday
The ROSEGARDEN for Showoff Saturday

Valentine Inspiration

Hello everyone, 

Last week I showed you my Winter wreath on the front porch. Today we are coming into the warm house to check out my Valentine tables from the past. I hope you will get some inspiration. Each year sweetheart and I celebrate Valentine's Day with a special dinner at home. The photos are from my blog archives.  

I truly love Valentine's Day because it's the day Sweetheart asked me to marry him.

We met in the Spring of 1959. I was a senior in high school  and my future husband was a junior.  We sang in the high school choir and one day we were practicing a song from "My Fair Lady" I looked up to the top row of bass singers and I saw this darling face smiling at me.  I was smitten and amazed.  He was so cute.  We dated and fell in love and on February 14th 1960  we drove to San Francisco to have dinner and see a movie to celebrate Valentine's Day. While we were having dessert  Sweetheart gave me an engagement ring and proposed to me. We were married on July 17th 1960. 

Our Wedding photo HERE

I love chocolate and sitting in the living room in front of the fireplace is so romantic.

I set a tea time table with my pink and white Church Hill dishes and baked some Valentine cupcakes to have for dessert.

Romance is the theme for a Valentine's Day dinner. Candlelight and Red Tulips are pretty romantic. I am a romantic and I will always love Valentine's Day...

This year my husband and I are celebrating our 55th Valentine's Day dinner together. We will stay at home and cook a delicious meal remembering that  wonderful night in San Francisco so many years ago.

I hope you enjoyed my story and hopefully you will or already living a long and happy married life. I'm happy to say my husband and I are in fairly good health and enjoy our retirement years. We are blessed to have a home, garden and hobbies to keep us busy and happy. My joy is blogging and sharing with you my experience, strength and hope for the future.

Thank you followers and fellow bloggers for featuring my blog during the month of January. Thank you all for visiting My Cozy Corner.

Joyously,

Betty 

Linking to:

Between Naps on the Porch for Tablescape Thursday

French Country Cottage for Feathered Nest Friday

Rattlebridge Farm for Foodie Friday and Everything Else 
 The Charm of Home for Home Sweet Home Friday 
My Romantic Home for Show and Tell Friday 

How Sweet the Sound for Pink Saturday
The ROSEGARDEN for Showoff Saturday

Rustic and Refined for Table It Link Party - Sunday 
Amaze Me Monday at Dwellings-The Heart of Your Home

Mosaic Monday at Lavender Cottage

Tea Time Tuesday at Rose Chintz Cottage 

The Scoop at Cedar Hill Farmhouse 

A Return to Loveliness  at A Delightsome Life 

Tuesday Cuppa Tea at Antiques and Teacups

Tweak it Tuesday at Cozy Little House

A Stroll Thru Life for Inspire Me Tuesday
Cedar Hill Ranch for The Scoop!
Savvy Southern Style for Wow Us Wednesday

Sharing My 54th Wedding Anniversary

Hello everyone,

Today, July 17th 2014 I'm sharing my 54th Wedding Anniversary with you.

My Sweetheart was 18 years old and I was 19 years old. We were married on Sunday at two o'clock in the afternoon in Santa Clara, California. 

Today, Sweetheart played golf and I took these photos to share with you and place on my pinterest memory board. 

Tonight we went to the Outback restaurant for dinner.

~KISS~ 

(Keep it simple Sweetie)

Yesterday I bought two cupcakes for dessert tonight.

Tiramisu 

The beautiful bouquet is from my garden. 

"Secret" 

Check out 53rd, 52nd, 51st, 50th.
One more year of bliss!

Thanks for visiting My Cozy Corner

Joyously,

Betty 

I'm sharing @ the following parties. 

Tablescape Thursday

Foodie Friday

Show and Tell

Pink Saturday 

Tool Caddy for Patio Table

Hello everyone,

The weather has been so hot! In a couple of weeks we're having our annual visit from our granddaughters and son from Southern California. I've been getting the patio ready for our evening get-togethers.  We do a lot of snacks and desserts in the evening when the sun has gone down. To make life a little easier for me, I decided to put some essentials in a tool caddy on the patio table. Our new table has a lazy susan in the center and we can spin it around and help ourselves to anything we need in the caddy. I've put flatware, salt and pepper and napkins and a small lighter in the caddy to light the candles for our evening enjoyment. 

A little french bucket is holding some of my roses. Even with the heat my poor roses are blooming. I have a new pink hydrangea bush  and I picked a bloom for my flower centerpiece.  The tool caddy has been around  awhile and it works beautifully on the patio table.

I found a set of flour sack towels with red stripes at the grocery store. I wanted to cover the caddy with something frenchy. The  letter transfer with my initials was ironed on the towel. A french country look in the patio. 

I can carry the caddy into the house and add anything extra I need for entertaining during the evening. 

I bought an eight piece set of flatware in white at Walmart for under $5.00 dollars. It works great for outdoor dining or desserts.

Salt and Pepper and some napkins. Today I bought some small paper plates to put in the caddy too.

A little Double Delight

My sweet Secret

After I finished photographing the outside patio table, I brought the roses and hydrangea blossom into the house and photographed the  centerpiece on my little table in front of the dining room windows.

One more look at my Tool Caddy and the beauty of Summer.

Thanks for visiting My Cozy Corner
I'm looking forward to a relaxing weekend.
Joyously,
Betty
Linking to:
Natasha in Oz for Say G'day Saturday
How Sweet the Sound for Pink Saturday 

Under The Table and Dreaming for Sunday Showcase Party
 Little Red House for Mosaic Monday  

Make It Pretty Monday at The Dedicated House
Amaze Me Monday at Dwellings-The Heart of Your Home

A Stroll Thru Life for Inspire Me Tuesday
Cedar Hill Ranch for The Scoop!
Savvy Southern Style for Wow Us Wednesday

A Delightsome Life for Home and Garden
Between Naps on the Porch for Tablescape Thursday
My Romantic Home for Show and Tell
French Country Cottage for Feathered Nest Friday
The Charm of Home for Home Sweet Home

~Gardening in July~

Hello everyone,

How does your garden grow in July? 

My garden is burning up. Water, water, water.

I have missed blogging so much these past few weeks, but I'm getting back in the swing of things.  The roses are blooming , but they are burned to a crisp by late afternoon. The temperatures are going to be creeping up into the triple digits this weekend. Forecast is 110 degrees during the day and 90 all night long. 

Hope you have a cool and restful weekend.
Linking to:
How Sweet the Sound for Pink Saturday
On Sutton Place for Blitzed On Pinterest 
The Tablescaper for Seasonal Sunday
Little Red House for Mosaic Monday
Boogieboard Cottage for Masterpiece Monday 
Betty