Tea Time

Welcome to My Cozy Corner.
It's time for tea and some garden flowers. I found this wonderful tea cup at the thrift store awhile ago. I love being a grandmother soooo much and this 'Grandmother' tea cup is perfect for a hot cup of tea while enjoying a few of my garden flowers bloom. 

I ironed my mom's hankie and placed a yellow rose bud from my valentine's bouquet on my tea cup.

The hyacinths are blooming and favored for their intense color and heady fragrance. They are a staple in my spring garden along with my daffodils...

I planted about a 100 daffodil bulbs this past fall and when I picked the first six to bring in the house, I was thinking about the beautiful photo the other 94 blooms will make in a couple of weeks. It's kind of funny counting every bloom. LOL!

The low vase is an old crystal ash tray with a vintage round metal flower frog holding the hyacinths and some floral moss to cover my frog.

My grandma's little tea spoon with a decorative ear of corn...

I love my lace curtains hanging at the window. I found the curtains help defuse the light and soften the look of my tablescape.  The little table has a vintage dolly covering a white linen tablecloth. 

I have clear florist marbles to support my precious daffodils in the vase.

The weather is wet today, but is a few days it's going to clear up and I'll be outside with bells on and a camera. Everything is growing a few inches everyday.

How about a cup of tea before you go?

As you know I have a few more tea cups and you can pick any tea cup you like. 

Please stop and smell the roses or rose.

I love having my yellow tea pot out to contrast with the beautiful color of my

 hyacinths.
Thanks for dropping by and I'll be seeing you in a couple of days with some photos of my February garden. 

Linking To:

Make It Pretty Monday at The Dedicated House

Your Gonna Love It Tuesday at Kathe with an E   

Tea Time Tuesday at Rose Chintz Cottage 

The Scoop at Cedar Hill Farmhouse 

A Return to Loveliness  at A Delightsome Life 

Tea Cup Tuesday at Martha's Favorites

Tea Cup Tuesday at Artful Affirmations

Tuesday Cuppa Tea at Antiques and Teacups

Tea In The Garden at Bernideen's Tea Time Blog 

Inspire Me Tuesday at A Stroll Thru Life

From the Farm Blog Hop at Sunny Simple Life 

Be Inspired Friday at Common Ground    

Feathered Nest Friday at French Country Cottage

Show and Tell at A Romantic Home

Friday's Unfolded at Nancherrow  

Fresh Cut Friday at Rose Vignettes

Seasonal Sunday at The Tablescaper 

Inspired Sunday at Sunday View  

Joyously,

Betty   

New Angel for the Garden

Hello everyone,
More excitement and shopping. I should be buying new carpeting and paint for my living room, but this garden is a living room too, it's just outside...
I found this beauty at Orchard Supply last month. 

I placed this beauty in the tulip bed next to my fairy rose. I love the way she has her hands placed. I'm going to put a vase of flowers in her hands for my garden tour. 

She has a very sweet angelic face and lovely wings.

Her tender feet are an under statement.

An amazing statue placed as a centerpiece in the pergola garden.

The wings are grand and her robe is draped over one of her shoulders and then gently falls softly down off her other shoulder. Perfection.

Now I have two new angels for my cottage garden...

Thank you for visiting My Cozy Corner...
And I hope you have enjoyed your visit.
I'm linking to:
Outdoor Wednesday
Wow Us Wednesday

Home and Garden

Be Inspired

Feathered Nest Friday

Show and Tell Friday

Home Sweet Home

Thrifty Things Friday

Flaunt It Friday

Saturday Show and Tell 

Sunday Showcase

Seasonal Sunday
Mosaic Monday

Joyously,
Betty

Boxwood Wreath Addition

Hello everyone,

Where did February go?  I finished decorating the Winter Mantel and I'm GREEN with envy when I see a preserved Boxwood wreath hanging in a beautiful place on the beautiful blogs. I looked on-line, but they were expensive. And I found one at a local department store.  I really wanted a square preserved boxwood wreath, but all I found were round wreaths, and they had a funny odor☺

Then I was shopping in Tuesday Morning a couple of weeks ago and found this faux SQUARE Boxwood wreath. Yay!!!♥

I love the way it looks on the fireplace...The little sprigs of real boxwood I stole from our neighbor in my four little vases is just perfect. 

*Pinecones and Boxwood*

Before and After

Happy Mantel

Happy Betty LOL...

Thanks for visiting My Cozy Corner.
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Seasonal Sunday
Mosaic Monday
Amaze Me Monday
Make It Pretty
Met Monday
Return to Loveliness
Inspire Me
Tweak It Tuesday
The Scoop
Joyously,
Betty ♥

My Little Cherubs

Hello Everyone, 

The weather has been wonderful here lately. And last Sunday afternoon I took a few photos of my new cherubs. I found these darling cherubs for $9.99 and  please don't faint. I'm telling you the truth. I was so excited I just about knocked everything off  the display table behind me. I was jumping up and down banging everything around me. Oh my goodness what a day!

I think the statue is suppose to be used as a fountain, but I'm planning to put ferns in the bird bath and cover the hole you can see on their little rock resting place. 

The daylilies are growing up behind the birdbath and the lambs ear and primroses will be filling in the flower bed in a few weeks. 

We have so much to do in NINE Weeks Yikes!!!

I'm obsessed.

They are so darn cute

The roses and grape vine will be budding out soon, along with the daffodil planted under the bird bath. Pretty~Pretty

These photos are going to be part of a binder I'll have on display the day of the garden tour. Statues everywhere. Oh my gosh I just saw something I will need to paint.  Yikes!

St. Francis of Assisi is keeping a watch over all the birds coming into our yard. And
I'm keeping watch over the flowers and shrubs blooming.
Hope you have a wonderful weekend
Joyously,
Betty
Linking to:
 Pink Saturday
Say G'Day Saturday
Seasonal Sunday
Amaze Me Monday
Make It Pretty
Return to Loveliness
Inspire Me
Tweak It Tuesday
The Scoop  

Little Details~Winter

Hi everyone, 

I finally finished putting up my Winter decor in the living room. My cloche is decorated with a bird's nest and a little mercury glass bird. I went outside and clipped a twig and inserted it in my bird nest.

I've put my bird candles on the tea table. The pastel colors are so warm and cozy. I bought them a pottery barn years ago. 

Last year my daughter gave me this delightful little rustic wagon. I decorated it last Autumn with pumpkins, gourds and other Autumnal decor HERE.  Now the wagon is decked out with a boxwood bush, some colorful eggs and a little bird on a branch and some bird seed on a bed of green grass.

Under our flat screen television I've added a cloche with some grape vine balls and a precious cup and another pastel bird candle.

Wow! We had a very nice Valentine dinner and dessert.
HERE
The beautiful flowers were a gift from my wonderful husband. I added the red tulips from our dessert table. Such a thoughtful gift to celebrate our 54th anniversary of our engagement...July 17th 2014 we will be married 54 years.

Two small tables sit in front of a love seat and I have the flowers on one and this tray on the other. I have some deer sheds, an old book, a vintage magnifying glass and an old key.

 I saw this idea over at  Kim's house. (Savvy Southern Style)

My cute little wagon...♥ behind the love seat.

The birds are tweeting in My Cozy Corner.

I'm hopeful I will be going to get outside and play in the garden this weekend.
The weather is going to be warm and I have some new garden statutes to show you next week.
Thanks for visiting.
Linking to:
Savvy Southern Style for Wow Us Wednesday
A Delightsome Life for Home and Garden
Common Ground for Be Inspired
French Country Cottage for Feathered Nest Friday
My Romantic Home for Show and Tell Friday

The Charm of Home for Home Sweet Home

♥♥♥♥♥

An Idea of Spring

Hi everyone, 

Yesterday I was ready to link to my party list, and our Internet service from Sacramento to the Oregon border went down. It was down until this morning. Wow!!! Did miss my blogging and Candy Crush Saga. LOL. We've finally had some rain in Northern California. I'm so happy I finished pruning my roses and grapevines before it started to rain. The daffodils bulbs are about in inch out of the ground now and the roses have little leaves sprouting on the branches. 

Today, I received a letter from the Rose Society asking for a description of my garden. I've been thinking about how to describe a labor of love for over 45 years in a couple of paragraphs. I'm so excited about the whole adventure of a Garden tour in our yard. 

I found this Amaryllis bulb on sale in the nursery for $1.50 after Christmas. It was already sprouting and just needed to be planted and watered.  

The other day when I was taking photos of my Angel Tea Time HERE

I snapped a few photos of the Amaryllis with all four blooms at their peak beautiness. Sometimes; I don't get my camera out and wait too long before photographing something beautiful. But I think I got it today.

After the bulb is finished blooming I trim it down and plant it in the garden. 

HERE

I bought another Amaryllis the other day and it's red. Hopefully it will beautiful in a week or so.
I'm linking to:
Seasonal Sunday
Mosaic Monday
Amaze Me Monday
Make It Pretty
Return to Loveliness
Inspire Me
Tweak It Tuesday
The Scoop
Joyously,
Betty