Springy Rooms

With the  onset of  these fabulouss  bright, cool, radiant, verdant days   it is  just  pure pleasure and delight to   walk from room   to room   enjoying    the touches of  springtime!  

 A new  teapot...

fresh flowers 

a  new arrangement

springy  tablescapes

 hutches and mantels

and freshly painted rooms.  
I am also  sharing on  The Tablescaper

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Springtime Hutch

The  hope of  spring is finally being realized...   there is no snow in the forecast and the  air is   crisp, but clear!.   Delicate  fresh flowers adorn    the room, their  sweet  scent  permeates  the   air!

 Hyacinths   are one of my  favorite  spring scents.....

This   sweet   and  handsome  fellow was  hand made and painted by my mother  and given to  me   probably 25 years ago...  He looks right at home  hiding  behind the    luscious  foliage!

One of the   treasures  I found  at  my favorite  Consignment shop last week...

 this dainty tea pot  was only  $10.00...  I  dont know the  manufacturer,  but I loved the   shape  and the size and  the color  is  just right for early spring.

When the world is all at odds

And the mind is all at sea

Then cease the useless tedium

And brew a pot of tea.

There is magic in its fragrance,

There is solace in its taste;

And the laden moments vanish

Somehow into space.

The world becomes a lovely thing!

There’s beauty as you’ll see;

All because you briefly stopped

To brew a pot of tea.

- Anonymous

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A Mantel for Holy Week

I love to   decorate the   mantel   seasonally....  and    Resurrection  season   is   a favorite  time...

 The glory of   this  celebration is   the resurrection of   our   Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ....

so  to me it is  important to   incorporate    worship  in my life in everyway...   I   love  to sing this song  each  Resurrection Sunday

Christ the Lord is risen today, Alleluia!

 Earth and heaven in chorus say, Alleluia!

 Raise your joys and triumphs high, Alleluia!

 Sing, ye heavens, and earth reply, Alleluia!  

Love's redeeming work is done, Alleluia! 

 Fought the fight, the battle won, Alleluia! 

 Death in vain forbids him rise, Alleluia!

 Christ has opened paradise, Alleluia! 

Or   just in case     the book  seems to  want to topple, which   it  may  in the night and I wouldnt be too happy.....

 I still   can focus of   the  cross

Jesus, keep me near the Cross;
There a precious fountain,
Free to all -- a healing stream --
Flows from Calvary's mountain.
In the cross, in the cross,
Be my glory ever,
Till my raptured soul shall find
Rest beyond the river.

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Garden Fresh

How delightful to   go marketing and return with a dozen  fresh stems of   springy tulips!

Have you noticed the behavior of fresh tulips  in a vase...   this poet stated it so   wondrously...

"They grace my table sweetly as they stand so straight and tall
And then with time they curtsey and they take a humble fall

It’s like their bowing over to give their quiet nod
To their talented creator,…to the Great Almighty God"~ Linda Hogeland

source

Each one so alike,  yet  behaves so differently,   even in the manner in which   their  tender  petals capture the  light....

 It's no wonder  bunnies gather  around their  draping  beauty  in springtime  to deposit  their   seasonal treasures....brightly  colored  eggs  eager to be   plucked up   by  a  precious   little hand!

 No question about it,  Easter will soon be here....

 and I can  hardly, wait!!!

"All that is sweet, delightful, and amiable in this world, in the serenity of the air, the fineness of seasons, the joy of light, the melody of sounds, the beauty of colors, the fragrance of smells, the splendor our precious stones, is nothing else but Heaven breaking through the veil of this world, manifesting itself in such a degree and darting forth in such variety so much of its own nature."- William Law

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This week Marty is  partnering with The Scoop!

Garden Inspired

So many things  are   touching my  heart,  my soul,  my inner  desire to   create  beauty around me.....   while  the   world seems to be  spiraling out of control,  I  am seeking   the  face of God,  and  He  fills me with  desire for more of His  handiwork..

I  am   compelled to plant and   see His  mighty hand  bring  forth   an abundant harvest..

Whether  I   am enjoying   my  Victoria  Bliss magazine,, and  revel in   gardens  in  the  parlor,

or   perusing    Southern Living    and  admiring   outer spaces...

 Or my   fanciful       books on tea,   these all  enliven my   yen  for   gardens,  gardens,  gardens  everywhere!!!!!

This ulitmately  brings on   my reverie  of being a child at home  and  enjoying  my mother telling me  that the  Easter  bunny lived  in the   old  pine tree  around which she had   designed  a lovely  rock garden....  she  incorporated  roses,   violas,  tulips,  jonquils, and    crosuses   in this  space and   it was where  she hid all the easter eggs  each spring...

So I started to accumulate   items from around  the house

The colors to me see just right!

 The worker  bunnies have  colored the eggs

while Easter bunny    is preparing for    the  big day!

That takes care of that!

  But  the reverie continues over   a nice  cup of Lady Earl Grey

 If  you   know me   even a  little  you know I love to plan....  and  now I am consumed with planning   a raised  garden.... over   a nice cup of  tea  in my  lovely  Syracuse ,Portland,  china  we inherited  from Lynn' s Mother....   

The tea pot is   made in  England, Windsor Rose.

 Planning  a  raised  garden is rather straightforward...

 Keeping  a journal of this, my first experience  with it,   will be  very  pertinent and  important to me personally..

So the coming days have a refreshed,  exciting  new purpose,    a time for   growing in my  personal  life, a spiritual and soul edifying experience,  and   a  wonderful   endeavor to  actually reap  a tangible harvest as well...I  am hugely  ecstatic! 

For it is written   about the last days...

Amos 9:14

I will restore the fortunes of my people Israel, and they shall rebuild the ruined cities and inhabit them; they shall plant vineyards and drink their wine, and they shall make gardens and eat their fruit.

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Open House @ Bernideen's Tea Time Blog

Spring is on its Way!

Even though the   rain is  pelting down  in frozen pellets,    new life is springing forth from the  garden,  the  jonquils are  attempting to bloom today!

Of course, then, it's time to  bring out  the  bunnies and   begin  celebrating   the season of  new birth!!!!

Tabletops  throughout the house are  enlivened by the promise of  spring....  it  puts me in such a  cheery mood,  a tea break is  in the offing...

To quote, C.S. Lewis, 

Tea should be taken in solitude.

 Time to   enjoy    Royal Albert's   Provincial  Floral Series,  Alberta Rose,    with  a  bit  of  cinnamon  tea to chase away  the chill!

Peeking out from  under  an arbor of roses    the tea  offers  up its  savory sweetness to  co-mingle with their  marvelous scent!

 With the fresh  fruit  at hand,  my  cup of  spicy  warmth,   I take up  my  book,    Wings of Silver,

a lovely  compilation of  words  taken from    Jo Petty's  Introduction ...  "All the  wise  thoughts

have been thought already, thousands of times, but to make them truly ours,  we must think them over and over  again honestly until  they  take place in our personal experience." 

 This lovely book , a gift to my mother  many years ago,  sat on her  coffee table  over the decades,  seldom opened  in recent time,  but now savored  for its  wisdom and  glory,  for much of its text  originates  from  God's Word!

A  wondrous  book to  mull over  with tea!

One  truth  in the section  entitled, "Joy"...

 "The flower that follows the sun  does so even on cloudy days"

... such   a word of wisdom  that even  the   flowers of the field  understand yet,  man  can not seem to  hold on to...  we may grasp it for a time,  then  it  falters  when  cloudy days  come....

We truly may remember the  lilies  of the field...   

Luke 12:27

 Consider the lilies how they grow: they toil not, they spin not; and yet I say unto you, that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.

All   they   do is keep  looking  up....   all they need  is provided  by    the  Father!

 A  bit of time carved out of an afternoon  to  cherish  a cup a tea  over  some  wonderful  words of life and joy!...  these words  really spoke to the  wanderlust in  my  heart...

"To be happy at home is the ultimate   aim of all ambition.... he is happiest who finds his peace   in his home.....A man travels the world over   in search of   what he needs, and returns home to find it"....

  and    a    really   wonderful one to live by..

  "activity and sadness  are incompatible"....

 Well,  back to  my teatime,  before the  chill robs me of its  grandeur!

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Open House @ Bernideen's Tea Time Blog