Pink Peony Tea Time

Hi everyone,

Peony season is over now. The season lasts three weeks in May. While I

was on vacation, my peonies bloomed profusely. On May 15th I found this

bouquet in my garden. I wanted to have a photo of the pink peonies for my

2018 calendar and one of these pictures I will have on the calendar.

I found ants all over the flowers and needed to retouch the ant problem.

The gloves are from a garage sale. I don't have small hands, and this pair would just not fit.

The little pearls on the wrist are so precious.

Do you love Tea? I do. When I found this tea tin. I knew it would be

perfect for my Pink Peony Tea Time post.

I read a post awhile back, that peony blooms look like ballerina dresses

I think the description is accurate. Thank you Rattlebridge Farm.

Three of my favorite tea cups. The cross-stitch cup is my VERY favorite.

The vintage tea tin is a little treasure I will cherish for a long time.

I think I might use it again when the Black-eyed Susan's bloom.

I left the ants in this photo because I just saw them while typing this line.

I needed to know why ants like peonies the answer is here. 

This is a natural and temporary activity. It is believed that peonies produce small amounts of nectar and other ant attractants to encourage ants to help in opening the dense double flower buds found in many peonies. The ants may be found covering certain varieties and avoiding others, this is totally normal.

Today it's cool, and I am working on my posts about my trip

to the Biltmore Estate, North Carolina and Charleston, South Carolina.

I ordered a bucket-list map, and it is being framed this week.

I love to make mosaics for my Pinterest board.

Enjoy!!!

See you soon.

Joyously,

Betty

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Apple Tea Time

Hello everyone,

I shared some beautiful apples in my Produce stand post HERE. I was inspired to make some Apple Crisp and serve tea. I found these adorable apple napkin rings at Tuesday Morning on the clearance shelf a couple of weeks ago...and I was off to the tea table.

While working at Tuesday Morning in 2011, I would have a great time finding so many cute dishes and table linens. The glass apple plates and clear button salad plates were brought home to make a sweet tea time tablescape. To see the apple dishes in last year's tablescape GO HERE 

I have a passion for green depression glass. I found these tea cups and saucers at an antique shop.  

My silverware is 'First Love' a gift to myself many years ago.

Red Apple Napkin Ring

I picked a few hydrangeas blooms and I'm hoping they will dry naturally. 

The light is so beautiful shining on the glassware.

Of course some delicious apple flavored tea steeping in my vintage yellow tea pot.

The hydrangeas are drying as I write this post.

A Mosaic to Pin

I'm off to serve the warm apple crisp with some delicious whipped cream. 

Come back soon and pick up the recipe.

Joyously,

Betty

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Nap Time

Hello everyone,

Summer is off to a wonderful start.  June has been a fun month for Sweetheart and I. We have been resting more now that our update is complete. I'm still adding some details to the master bedroom and blogging about my garden.

But I needed a day to retreat from the daily duties and I fixed myself a tray and some tea and toast for my nap time. I slipped into my guest room for some 

SELF CARE. 

I picked a rose from each of my favorite rose bushes and put them in my angel vase.  I found a new tea cup at the antique store and couldn't resist the beautiful green inside the tea cup and saucer.

While at the antique store I found a vintage toast holder. I couldn't resist this sweet tea time toast holder.

My grandma's vintage silver butter knife and tea spoon.

I lathered the cinnamon raisin toast with butter and it's so delicious.

The sweet cup has a beautiful green trim inside the cup and little flowers on the outside.

The sweet flower pattern is also on the inside of the tea cup. 

The name of the tea cup is new to me.

Sampson Smith Old Royal China Made in England

A little mosaic to remember my favorite nap time. 

Hope you have a great week and thanks for visiting today.

Joyously,

Betty 

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*Tea by the Sea*

Hello everyone,

How's was your 4th of July weekend. We had a marvelous holiday weekend... Friday evening we went a friend's home to see the fireworks. She has a perfect view of the fireworks over the Sacramento River.

The weather has been in the triple digits for a couple of weeks now and I would love to take a trip to a white, sandy beach resort for a couple of days to cool off for awhile. Walking along a beach with my toes in the sand.  Picking up sea shells and pieces of drift wood. Looking for beach glass would be fun too.

Under the pergola is great place to have a tea scape...Oh, I mean a Sea scape... My Thompson seedless grapes are almost ready to pick and the Garden Party roses are blooming beautifully.

My gladiolus are blooming and I thought they would look wonderful with my sea scape. 

When I started to think about the sea I knew I would like to find some shell napkin rings. While my granddaughter and I were in Orchard Supply looking for small lights to hang on the pergola we spotted these sea shell napkin rings.  Bingo! Now I wanted to find some sea shell napkins. Then I remembered I had these napkins that I found at my favorite thrift shop a couple of years ago. I've been waiting for the perfect time to use them. The colors work great.

Now to the seashore to find some colored glass that has washed up on the shore. I lived on the coast of the Pacific Ocean in the early years of my marriage. We lived in Fort Bragg, California a little coastal town next  to Mendocino. In the late 60's Mendocino county was not as famous as it is today. Here

While we lived in Fort Bragg we would go to the beach and search for colored glass...There was one spot where an old dump had been and the beach was covered with the most beautiful different colored pieces of colored glass.  What a wonderful experience it was. I needed to find some colored glass. While shopping in World Market I found a bag of colored glass and couldn't resist putting it in my tea  cups. The tea cups came from Tuesday Morning when I worked there. I have a set of 6 for $3.99. They were on clearance and I do love my thrifty finds.

While in World Market I found a bag of drift wood and shells. Of course I wanted to put them in my cloche. 

A view into the garden.

The place mats are from the Dollar Tree. I love orange and blue together. 

The sea shell dish was the inspiration for this 'Tea by the Sea' table.

I found four shell dishes at the thrift store for $4.00. They were $8.00 dollars, but it was their ½ off sale. They are vintage Dansk International Designs LTD France.  The blue dinnerware is from the Dollar Tree and the flatware is from Walmart.

Sea shells and a warm sunny day...

Thanks for visiting,
Joyously,
Betty
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