Time for Me

First, of all  may I say I am delighted to be featured on Sandi's   

No Place Like Home

 this week.  Today I  want to share a special time I  celebrated  last week.... following our  breakfast out at  Our Daily Bread I  picked up  these  delectable Macarons to try...  I was particularly interested in the  texture and  the  various fillings...  since I am very interested in trying my hand at baking these marvels myself.

 So I brewed myself a  lovely   Rooibos  tea  and  took  a  respite from  the  troubles of the week and enjoyed a  quite hour of contemplation.. I haven't used my heirloom  cups for some time,,, I inherited this pattern from  Hub's mother...  it is  Syracuse, the Portland pattern...  I just love them!

So then I set myself a lovely  simple tea table

 Opened my latest edition of Victoria BlissTea

 And  entered into a  teatime reverie  for an hour... a much needed  time to myself!

Amaze Me Monday Make It Pretty  Bernideen's Tea Time, Cottage and Garden Blog Party

 Grace at Home

No Place Like Home

Friends Sharing Tea 

Teacup Tuesday

 Thursday Favorite Things

Home and Garden Thursday   

Thinking of My Daughter on Her Birthday

Birthdays are  wonderful mileposts,  especially  when 
celebrated  together,   but  when  your daughter  has a birthday  and she lives 12 hours away,   it is  bittersweet.... So many  birthday memories in July....  mine,,,  my dad's and  Amanda's  all in one month...  this was the first birthday  dad celebrated in heaven...  and now  Amanda is  5 states away...
So I created a  small vignette  to commemorate her  not only  as daughter but ,also,  as mother  to our  precious Birdie! 

My color theme is     cool effects of blue and green... but also,  it is inspired by Amanda's  birthday cup...

Pictured here  not only     our   sweet  little Puddin'n Pie 
Birdie,  but  the  July cup from the

Royal Albert Collection of   Months and   flowers....  and I  can surely tell you,   the Forget-Me-Nots  are  very  apropo!

  As  the  basis of the  vignette I started with   a vase of sweet daisies...I  utilized    the celadon vase I found at the consignment shop last month... the one with  birdies  embossed on it.

Here you can readily see   to  whom I am paying  my most heart  felt affections.... 

As I studied the room  after   arranging this   tablescape,  I realized  my  tribute to  the cooling   blues and greens  all around  the  living room...

Blue adornments on the sofa...

 my favorite blue flowers of all  scattered  here and there

As well as,   a living green in a blue and white planter...I must say,  my green thumb  has been     better   of late!

Bluebirds and    nests

nestling on the mantel! 

it all just makes me feel a bit closer to my  sweethearts who live so far away  at times like these.  But praise the Lord,   the countdown is   activated til  we will   give them both
  great  big hugs!

Until then I   have our  weekly facetimes!   AW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 Happy  Birthday, Amanda!!!



Also,  it  is my  great honor to be featured  here this week!

Make it Pretty 

A Return to Loveliness

Martha’s Favorites 

Tea Time Tuesday 

 Tuesday Cuppa Tea
Teacup Tuesday 

Friends Sharing Tea 

Share Your Cup Thursday

Pass the Pot O' Tea Please

Nothing  speaks  to the   inner  soul   like  a  calming    afternoon break over a  cup of   lovely tea...  Teatime around here  is  an essential  part of  the day.... No matter  what I am doing,   taking a tea break makes everything  seem more  peaceful and  less dreadful...  and  let's face it, life can become somewhat dreadful..  Just having  the tea components   readily available is  part of the experience....

One doesnt   want to spend   undue  time trying to locate the  implements!
How about tea  in the morning,    by the bedside!Why, I think tea for one, as long as it is for me, is a lovely  thing!
 

“You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me.” 

― C.S. Lewis

Tea on the sideboard  in preparation for  a  luncheon  gathering is   an absolute!

On   a miserably hot and humid day like today,   an iced tea  break is called for....

Kate Greenaway  wrote....

"With a cool breeze blowing, and not too much heat -

And doesn't the tea-tray look charmingly neat?"

Or,   sometime,  an iced tea  break on the porch with my sweetie,   makes the day   special!

One of my favorite   teatimes is when I steal  away  with   my  cuppa tea  and   enjoy  my   new magazine of fresh ideas and   lovely  inspirations!
Or if it is   extremely pleasant in  the garden,   an afternoon  soiree' is   simply sublime!

"Bread and water can so easily be toast and tea."  ~Unknown

An afternoon of bird watching and  drawing,  is much more   festive with a bit of tea and  a sweet!

“There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea.” 

― Henry James, The Portrait of a Lady

The Tea Party 

I had a little tea party 

This afternoon at three. 

'Twas very small-

Three guest in all-

Just I, myself and me. 

Myself ate all the sandwiches, 

While I drank up the tea;

'Twas also I who ate the pie

And passed the cake to me. 

~Jessica Nelson North 

Sometimes  we just cant wait and  must have  tea with our   breakfast...  

I always  enjoy so much  everyone's   lovely  sentiments about tea and  their   beautiful teatime settings....    Please  check out these  sites for   more !

Tea Time Tuesday at Rose Chintz CottageTea Cup Tuesday~ Artful Affirmations
Tea Cup Tuesday ~Martha’s Favorites
Tuesday Cuppa Tea~ Antiques and Teacups
Friends Sharing Tea ~ Open House @Bernideen’s Teatime Blog
Inspire Me Tuesday at A Stroll Thru Life on Tuesday
Cottage Style Party @ Lavender Garden Cottage
Open House Party at No Minimalist Here
Home and Garden @ A Delightsome Life
Favorite Things Thursday at Katherine’s Corner
Home Sweet Home at The Charm of Home on Thursday