Hope you all had a good week. We continue to have beautiful weather and recently got a nice rain. My Shasta daisies are doing wonderful this year with all the warm weather we are having. For tea this week at home I thought I'd share tea with you in my hen house retreat (formerly a chicken coop) court yard.
I made some cream scones with Devonshire cream for the tea today. The teapot holds Taylors of Harrogate Yorkshire Gold tea, a strong black tea.
My plates are a bit unusual. I got them at a senior citizen apartment sale years ago. They are tin with the marking of "made in Holland" on the back. I love the birds and the chintz like pattern.
Thank you for coming to tea today and leaving such lovely comments. Have a great week!
I will be joining the following blog parties: Make it Pretty Monday, Color Connection, Tea Time Tuesday, Teacup Tuesday, Tabletop Tuesday, Tuesday Cuppa Tea, Tea in the Garden, A Return to Loveliness, Cottage Garden Party, Share Your Cup Thursday, Teacup Thursday, Feathered Nest Friday, Sweet and Simple Fridays, Home Sweet Home, Show and Tell Friday. Saturday Showoff, and Wow us Wednesdays.
What a beautiful garden tea you have shared with us! Lovely!!
ReplyDeleteI especially drool for those bird plates- they are gorgeous.
You should pop on over to Smiling Sally's BLUE MONDAY - your tea is so pretty with all its gorgeous blue colour!
Wonderful! I have always loved Shasta Daisies, and they do do so well in warm weather. Your cottage garden is just beautiful and I love your table setting!
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If there is anything I could say I'd like at our cottage, it's a white picket fence. A lovely area for your tea with your garden hat draped on the fence and those lovely bird plates.
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What a beautiful place for tea, and there's a lot I like about it: the white picket fence, the hollyhocks, the shastas, the hat hanging on the fence, and your china! Simply lovely!
ReplyDeleteTea-lightful! I love daisies.
ReplyDeleteHow lovely,I would love to join you for tea.
ReplyDeleteI think the sweet fairy on the fence looks on just waiting for her cup too.
The tin plates are lovely,I thought they would look nice grouped together on a wall. Lovely setting. xx
Your tea is so lovely and your pictures should be published in a magazine. I loved them all. Pretty tin plates.
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Your daisies are the BEST I have ever seen! They are my very favorite flower. I gasped when I saw your fabulous photo of your table setting in the courtyard. Your photos are just bringing me to tears. You have done a BEAUTIFUL job setting up for tea today!! CLAP, CLAP, CLAP! That's me cheering you on! Your table setting is wonderful. Your tea set and lovely plates are to die for.
ReplyDeleteI so enjoyed tea with you today!
HUGS,
Brenda
That's quite a cozy little hen house you have ( ha Ha) ... and I love the daisies...It's a perfect teatime setting ..SO CHARMING.... Thank You for sharing ...Hugs
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ReplyDeleteI love your charming tea; such a cozy spot! Love the daisies and the blue and white tea you have set out for us. Those plates are just too cute! Would love to join you! Thank you for coming by to have tea with me and enjoy your day.
Blessings,
Sandi
Oh what a refreshing table by the fence. Love your dishes and how you displayed the hat on the fence. Area those rasberry bushes growing by the table? You garden is lovely. Bet you have lots of birds and butterflies.
ReplyDeleteLinda
Such a wonderful garden and so inviting with the table set up with tea. Love it! Wish I was there.
ReplyDeleteJody
What a darling plate with the bluebirds - just lovely!
ReplyDeleteLove your tea in the garden setting. I've been blogging about blue and white transferware, so my eyes were immediately drawn to the teacups and teapot. Love the colorful bird dishes too - so perfect for a garden tea!
ReplyDeleteWhat a gorgeous garden setting to sit and have tea! Your daisies are so lovely. The blue and white china is charming, but I love those bird plates. They're perfect for the garden!
ReplyDeleteVery very pretty! I have the same tin plate! Our yard is all dry and the grass is brown, so it's lovely to see all your green. (:
ReplyDeleteOh how I love your tea settings in the garden. The cream scones sound so yummy. Those bird plates are fabulous. I absolutely love them! My daisies were gorgeous but just had to cut them all down this week. Yours are still looking lovely. Thanks for sharing with Share Your Cup.
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Jann
Stopping by from Fishtail garden party! Can I reserve a seat for the tea in the garden. so very pretty, and loving the blue/white dishes. I also want that gorgeous bird plate, what beautiful colors! I'm waiting for an invite!
ReplyDeleteWhat a pretty china plate!~ Thanks for joining me at Home Sweet Home!
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I've never seen such beautiful tin plates!! I love your garden area, great place for a cup of tea! I also looked at your I'm in the garden post, what a field of flowers! Hugs, Penny
ReplyDeleteWhat a pretty garden you have! Your table setting is really lovely and displayed quite beautiful.
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Lisa
What a gorgeous blog post. I've enjoyed it so. Your garden tea is lovely!
ReplyDeleteYour garden is lovely and a beautiful setting for you tea party. The dishes are great.
ReplyDeleteThanks for visiting and your nice comments on my blog today.
Just beautiful!
ReplyDeleteLove the blue and white tea set and those dishes are to die for!!
Hugs,
Deb
What a nice spot to sit and have a cuppa. I'm in love with your plates what a find.
ReplyDeleteSuch a lovely secluded spot for a lovely tea party for two! You didn't mention your fairy sitting on the fence. I quickly spot sweet little faces -- she whispered "look at me".
ReplyDeleteSo nice to meet a fellow Michigan blogger -- I am now following you as well.
Debra
I love your tea parties :)
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness, your garden is filled with cottage goodness! I just love it! And it's not to big either. Something that looks quite manageable. Thank you for having us all over for tea : )
ReplyDeleteSharon
Oh my gosh... I don't drink tea but I'd be there in a moment! What a lovely little spot you have! The plates are amazing too... I've never seen any like it and I love them. You'd have to check my purse when I left... they may have slipped in! :)
ReplyDeleteLove those pretty bird plates. What a delightful setting for tea!
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely garden! Love those plates and of course, you know I adore blue and white!
ReplyDeletewoow...that is a lovley tea place :)
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Håkan ( The Roseman)
Daisies are so very appealing - I think they bring out the child in us! I love your tea in your hen house! Quite Delightsome. The scones and Devonshire cream sound absolutely scrumptious! Your lovely teapot and beautiful dishes set off this marvelous tea! I appreciate you sharing with A Return to Loveliness,
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love this post....love those blue bird plates, the blue chairs, the picket fence, the shasta daisy's - just a gorgeous gorgeous setting! love it all! thanks for linking up to Fishtail Cottage's garden party! xoxo, tracie
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing this beautiful tea party on Simple & Sweet Fridays! So pretty!
ReplyDeleteJody
Oh, what a magical place! Your flowers, teaser, sweet blue chair.....Everything is so inviting...so delightful, my friend!
ReplyDeleteHave a sunny day,
Carolynn
Oh my what a beautiful garden setting you have created. I am so taken with the tin plates - delightful for sure! Thank you for such visual inspiration for tea.
ReplyDeleteBlessings from Arizona,
Dorothy
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