A Casual Tea Time

Hello everyone,

It's Tea Time again. 

I am putting the final touches on my 2018 Tea Time Calendar.

A decorative white teapot from Tuesday Morning and I am going 

to try and keep this new African Violet alive for more than a week. LOL!  

When I retired from work in 2007, I decided to collect tea sets. 

I wanted to have my lady friends over for tea and wanted to

set the table with matching tea sets. Now after all these years my love is

collecting a single teacup and saucer made in England.

But this tea set is one of my favorites, and I love

anything lavender. 

I have posted this tea set before. HERE and HERE

The tea set is discontinued  'Lavender' Archive Collectable Teas, Royal Albert, Bone China.

The milk glass vase is a candy dish given to me as a gift from 

a dear friend. She had many pieces of milk glass from her

father's estate. I am the proud recipient of the fabulous milk glass.

Lavender, lavender galore.

A mosaic to pin

Thank you for visiting My Cozy Corner.

Joyously,

Betty 

Linking to:

Rustic and Refined for Dishing It and Dishing It

Love of Home for Sunday at Home 

Normandy Life for Mosaic Monday

 The Dedicated House for Make it Pretty Monday 

Amaze Me Monday at Dwellings-The Heart of Your Home
Between Naps on the Porch for Met Monday
Tuesday Cuppa at Antiques and Tea Cups

Friends Sharing Tea at Bernideen's Tea Time Blog 

The Scoop at Cedar Hill Farmhouse 

Our Home Away from Home for Tuesdays at our Home

A Stroll Thru Life for Inspire Me Tuesday 

The Dedicated House for Before and After Wednesday

Savvy Southern Style for Wow Us Wednesday 

Katherines Corner for Thursday Favorite Things Blog Hop

Home and Garden Thursday at A Delightsome Life 

Between Naps on the Porch for Tablescape Thursday
Thoughts of Home at Poofing the Pillows

The Essence of Home for  Show Your Style 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

Ms. Toody Goo Shoes for Best of the Weekend

How Sweet the Sound for Pink Saturday~Anything Goes

Zinnia Tea Time

Hello everyone,

I have been MIA for a couple of weeks.

I had cataract surgery on my left eye, and 

it's difficult to see small print. My husband

has been so wonderful about putting drops in

my eyes, and on Thursday I will have the

 right eye done. 

Today I have a beautiful set of teacups, saucers, and dessert dishes
on my tea table for the August page of my calendar. 

My daughter-in-law inherited this lovely set when

her mother passed away. My DIL's grandmother vacationed in Norway

and brought this set home as a souvenir. I am blessed to be

the lucky custodian of the beautiful Norwegian dishes.   

My Zinnias are blooming in the garden and 

I wanted to have a bouquet for tea time.

The yellow zinnia is just outstanding.

The dog days of Summer are over, and now I am looking forward to 

Autumn.  The temps have been over 100° for weeks, and I am
so ready to play in the garden and not get scorching hot before noon.

Hopefully, I will get back into the swing of things after Thursday's eye surgery.

Thanks for visiting.

Joyously,

Betty

Linking to:

Rustic and Refined for Dishing It and Dishing It

Love of Home for Sunday at Home 

Normandy Life for Mosaic Monday

 The Dedicated House for Make it Pretty Monday 

Amaze Me Monday at Dwellings-The Heart of Your Home
Between Naps on the Porch for Met Monday
Tuesday Cuppa at Antiques and Tea Cups

Friends Sharing Tea at Bernideen's Tea Time Blog 

The Scoop at Cedar Hill Farmhouse 

Our Home Away from Home for Tuesdays at our Home

A Stroll Thru Life for Inspire Me Tuesday 

The Dedicated House for Before and After Wednesday

Savvy Southern Style for Wow Us Wednesday 

Katherines Corner for Thursday Favorite Things Blog Hop

Home and Garden Thursday at A Delightsome Life 

Between Naps on the Porch for Tablescape Thursday
Thoughts of Home at Poofing the Pillows

The Essence of Home for  Show Your Style 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

Ms. Toody Goo Shoes for Best of the Weekend

How Sweet the Sound for Pink Saturday~Anything Goes 

Cozy's Guest Bedroom

Hi everyone,
It's overcast today. We've had some beautiful weather for February, but since it's going to be Spring on Friday...now the weather will turn cold. How's your weekend going? Last week Sweetheart and I took a mini vacation to celebrate ♥ a birthday. ( He turned 73 on March 10, 2015.)

Before we left on our trip I took some photos of our guest bedroom. I posted a close-up of my new tea set. HERE and now I want to share with you my cozy guest bedroom. A little bit of vintage and a little bit of cozy and comfy.

The queen size bed has the best mattress and a heated mattress pad. The lace edged sheets and pillow cases are snowy white. The patchwork quilt and shams I bought at Tuesday Morning.  I have a small vintage tea cart I use as the night stand.  A little glass lamp to read a favorite book. Soft towels and guest soaps in my mama's vintage basket. I have my mink hat in the round box. I think I bought the hat in the early 60's to wear to church on Sunday. Nobody wears hats to church much anymore. I sometimes wear it in the winter when the wind is blowing. I love my MINK HAT.

Slippers to put on after a day of seeing the sights. 

My mama's statue of Our Lady of Fatima and my daddy's rosary in the glass dish sitting on top of the tea cart. 

My vintage hats to wear to tea rooms. 

A little vintage dress I found at the thrift store.

Remember this tea set from HERE?

I was surprised when I saw this photo of my tea set on my guest bed. Two tea sets. Gosh! I just love this. 

My vintage dresser with the teddy bear my mom and dad gave me for my first Christmas on December 25,1941. 

My mama's rosary and the dressing table mirror, brush, comb and jewelry box were a gift from my Sweetheart on our first married Christmas, December 25, 1960.

Hope you've enjoyed your visit to my Cozy Guest Bedroom. 

This week I will be editing my vacation photos to share with you. See you soon.
Joyously,
Betty
Linking to:

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!

Saturday Roses

Greetings everyone,

It's a wonderful weekend here with sunshine and warm weather I'm sharing some beautiful roses I received as part of my Valentine gift.  Tea is served and I have some sweet verses from my Valentine Card to share with you.

Our LOVE Has Been a Journey

I couldn't have known when we first met that everything in my life before then had been leading me to you...

But looking back, I realize that every decision led me to just the right turn, and that every road, taken or not, brought me one step closer to you and the love we share...

Today, I know for sure that when our paths came together and we found one another, it was really only the beginning of the most beautiful journey of all... the journey of two hearts that beat as one.

My old favorite Tea Set...'Winrose Collection'

The most beautiful roses with a hint of pink on the edges.

I love to have a mosaic in my collection.  

Bless you all for joining me today and during this week. I do have some garden photos to share with you, but my income tax preparation is taking precedence over blogging. I know everyone understands what I'm taking about. 

Have a wonderful week

Joyously,

Betty 

Linking to:

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!

*Winter* Blue and White

Hello Everyone,
Welcome to My Cozy Corner *2013* edition.
 The weather here in the far northern end of California has been bitter cold.  We had some snow and I took a few photos of the scenery in the garden. Go Here. Then the temps dropped down to the low 20's for a few days. I have a very sunny window in the dining room, so I decided to photograph a few vignettes of my new tea set I received as a gift before Christmas.
I think it's incredibly beautiful.
 Lomonosov Russian Porcelain made in Russia and I have an idea what the pattern is. But not sure enough to go public. If any of you know the pattern, please make a comment or e-mail me. I keep a binder on my china for future reference. You never know when you might have to liquidate a collection.
Hopefully I have six granddaughters and they will be interested in collecting china also.

 The little cherubs are sunning themselves in the window.

 During January, 2013 I'm going to dedicate my posts to all things Blue and White. I love Blue and White. In the fall of 2012, I collected a couple of new Blue and White tea cups and saucers. I will be sharing them with you during my January Winter Blue and White.
This Blue and White tea set was a bonus and a complete surprise to me. ENJOY!

 I'm  also going to try and improve my camera skills.

 The garden is bare this time of year and I needed a little something floral. I added baby's breath from the grocery store to this rather amazing Vintage Viking Cobalt Blue Swung Art glass vase from my mother's estate.  It  added just the right amount of flower power to my vignette.

 Food? Yes! Always food...

 Lemon Squares Supreme Go Here for recipe.

I gave the cuties a new coat of white paint.
They were a little dingy hanging in my mother's bedroom for so many years.

How many ways to display tea cups? I don't know, but I love every way possible.
Need a romantic touch? Add a burning candle.

Thank you for visiting My Cozy Corner.
Hope you enjoyed the Winter Blue and White.
I'm joining
The Tablescaper for Seasonal Sunday
Smiling Sally for Blue Monday
The Little Red House for Mosaic Monday
A Stroll Thru Life for Table Top Tuesday

A Rose Chintz Cottage for Tea Cup Tuesday
A Delightsome Life for A Return to Loveliness
Savvy Southern Style for Wow Us Wednesday
No Minimalist Here for Open House Party
Katherine's  Corner for Thursday Favorite Things
My Romantic Home for Show and Tell Friday

Please come over for tea soon. The kettle is always ready and I have a great selection of teas.
xo
Betty