On Wings of Eagles: Tea Time Tuesday

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Wednesday, November 4, 2015

Pumpkin Pie Dilemmas

Ok, I do have a fresh baked pumpkin pie

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and can't decide on the proper cup for my pumpkin spice tea!
I do like this Staffordshire Bouquet cup from Johnson Brother's.

Or I could use my Fransican apple cup

or my Syracuse, Portland, teacup from our heirloom china from Lynn's mother...Ah, Portland it is..... I think I will use this china for my harvest dinner I am planning.
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Tuesday, September 29, 2015

Time for Some Warming Refreshment

The rain just keeps coming down... the ground is completely saturated from days of a steady drizzle and the creeks are a risin'!

When I went to Bible Study this morning I got rather drenched running back to the car and it chilled me to the bone....

Rain Model

Even though the colors of autumn are spreading across the map, it really makes one feel much more cosy to see the autumn colors warming the rooms of your home on these kind of days!

The gold and russets are like feather comforters to the senses...

And as I approach the kitchen I am overwhelmed with the need for some pumpkin spice tea

and pumpkin roll cake which I just happen to have a bit of that left in the fridge!

As I spy my comfy chair in the parlor, I know exactly where I will take my repose..

Oh, btw, I have been working on my desk top trying to make everything fit in an organized manner....

and so here we go...

today I am choosing one of my Bed and Breakfast collection mugs.... They are perfect for a warming afternoon refreshment... this one I bought last year at the Woolverton Inn in New Hope, PA. My plate is Royal Stafford... my autumn go to pottery!
And I just happen to have a stack of lovely fall catalogues and my Victoria Bliss to while away with as I enjoy my afternoon reverie!

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Tuesday, August 18, 2015

A Perfect Day for Tea and Thoughts of Something Yummy!

Today has been a lovely drear day... oh, you know the kind that brings a sweet respite in the August temps ..a drop from 94- 74 degrees.... and then around 1:30 it actually started to rain... a soft, constant rain that promises to continue into the evening.... just what I've been longing for... and that makes me thing of a nice cup of tea....so today I chose Enoch Wedgewood, Countryside in Blue... but I also need a tea pot...

So to match my lovely french country plate,,, I chose my single cup teapot I picked up last summer at the Bed and Breakfast at Lititz, PA.

here you can see the delicate painting on the side.... I may have to keep it on the counter for a while it goes so well ...

So then I happened to watch Barefoot Contessa and she prepared the most awesome dessert I would love to have with my teal If you missed it today here is her recipe. This is definitely a keeper!

Recipe courtesy of Ina Garten

Easy Cranberry and Apple Cake
Total Time:
1 hr 12 min
Prep:
15 min
Cook:
57 min
Yield:6 to 8 servings
Level:Easy
Ingredients

12 ounces fresh cranberries, rinsed and picked over for stems
1 Granny Smith apple, peeled, cored, and diced
1/2 cup light brown sugar, lightly packed
1 tablespoon grated orange zest (2 oranges)
1/4 cup freshly squeezed orange juice
1 1/8 teaspoons ground cinnamon, divided
2 extra-large eggs, at room temperature
1 cup plus 1 tablespoon granulated sugar
1/4 pound (1 stick) unsalted butter, melted and slightly cooled
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1/4 cup sour cream
1 cup all-purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
Directions

Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F.

Combine the cranberries, apple, brown sugar, orange zest, orange juice, and 1 teaspoon of the cinnamon in a medium bowl. Set aside.

In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat the eggs on medium-high speed for 2 minutes. With the mixer on medium, add 1 cup of the granulated sugar, the butter, vanilla, and sour cream and beat just until combined. On low speed, slowly add the flour and salt.

Pour the fruit mixture evenly into a 10-inch glass pie plate. Pour the batter over the fruit, covering it completely. Combine the remaining 1 tablespoon of granulated sugar and 1/8 teaspoon of cinnamon and sprinkle it over the batter. Bake for 55 to 60 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in the middle of the cake comes out clean and the fruit is bubbling around the edges. Serve warm or at room temperature.

2010, Barefoot Contessa

I will definitely take this to the next event where food is shared!!!!

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Tuesday, May 26, 2015

waiting....

Hydrangeas!
Hydrangeas blooming everywhere
throughout the park
At each turn another
Different yet the same.
Pale snowballs dot
one verdant bush
While another thrusts
her gaudy pink
pom-poms in my path.
A third holds blue globes aloft,
like a celestial clown
juggling earths.
Flat topped soldiers in
variegated uniforms
line one walkway
their soft blue flowers
intricate and lacy
undermining their authority,
while at the gate
spiky red giants
stand guard.source

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I missed spring here on the home place for a great reason in deed.. I was in Ireland, but now I am awaiting with all the hope within me on my blue hydrangeas.... they didnt bloom last year, and the blooms seem very slow this year... So I am cheering them on with posts from the past that highlighted their happy presence in our lives.

My lovely bush from a few years ago.. I love them no matter what color they choose to be... but blue is my favorite!

Loaded with blooms.. begging to be picked!

This was last year's single bloom...

Other years the blooms were so heavy and radiantly blue!

I love when they beckon me through to window and come play in their shadow!

last year I resorted to silk ones to get through the season.... sigh

When previous years they were invited guests to our morning soiree's on the porch

or noontime luncheons ... they set such a happy mood for us both!

It would be grand to hang them from the doors

But last year the silk ones saw me through my teatimes

TEACUP~ Monthly Botanicals by Royal Albert Teapot~ Purchased at a gift shop in Gatlinburg over 25 years ago.... no label
when I would sit and think happy plans for the coming get togethers

remembering happier times when the true blooms fought for prominence with the tea itself!

Was it the tea pot that spoke loudest,,, "don't you just love my delicate lines!"

Or were the blooms stealing the entire show!

And then sometimes the blooms surprise me.... a lovely green

I loved them so much!

But this year... not much showing even yet.... So I wait.
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Monday, June 16, 2014

Steeped in Charm

Life gets so hectic, doesnt it... sometimes, I hardly have time to get it all done and find time to rest and just replenish my own soul... but then again, sometimes, while in the midst of all the flurrying, a simple, wonderful pleasure comes along.... I call them God's special gifts to me. For example, a month ago, Lynn and I were on a trip for a wedding and we certainly didnt have time to take in the shops, but while we were out and about just casing the area for goodies, there was a little Home Goods store tucked in between some stores in a strip mall... I had just enough time to run and and there it was

The gorgeous New Country Roses cup and saucer by Royal Albert... Such a sweet and delicate pink with bouquets of lovely roses.... who could resist?

Then I worked a charity yard sale Saturday... I mean a huge sale that brought in thousands of dollars.. and when I returned at the end with my husband who was helping with the packing away to take the residuals to Good Will there it was ....

Crying out to me from the leftovers.."Please, take me home!"

The most perfect ceramic sign, how could a verified tea lover like me turn that down... so what a happy little vignette these items make on my side board.. even when life is hectic, my thoughts of tea are soothed by the very sight of my happy arrangement...

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Monday, April 7, 2014

Springy Get Together and Plan

Last week I posted about an Easter party I, along with a group of friends from church, are planning for the Friendship House that serves the inner city, including many displaced refugee families in our city.... I am looking so forward to this... our church has come along side this ministry for several years and being on the Benevolent Committee of my church has shown me the great need to get involved more personally.

So I am hosting a ladie's luncheon this week to go over the plans and prepare some of the items we will need. So I springifying the house.....

I shopped around each room looking for bunnies who find new homes other seasons of the year!It is so cold and rainy out today, I am just using a small arrangement I found on the hutch from last week, but hopefully, I will have fresh flowers on lunch-eon day!