Wheelbarrow Fairy Garden

Hi everyone and hope your week was great!

Today I thought I'd share with you my fairy garden I made in a old wheelbarrow.  Last May I posted a picture of the wheelbarrow when I first made the garden.  That was before the last freeze date so no plants were in it.

You can see what wonderful warm weather does for flowers.  The fairies have been busy gardening!

Here the fairies are enjoying teatime!

Thank you so much for visiting me all through the summer months and now that autumn will soon be here hope you'll continue to stop by for outdoor tea when the weather permits!

I'll be joining the following weekly parties:  A Return to Loveliness, Cottage Garden Party, Share Your Cup Thursday, Bernideen's Open House, Simple and Sweet Fridays,  Home Sweet Home,  Show and Tell Friday, and Pink Saturday.

A Sunny Day Tea

Hello everyone.  Happy September to you!  Hope you all had a good holiday!.  Its another sunny day so decided to have tea in the garden again this week.  Many of my flowers are looking a bit tired but my Heliopsis (perennial sunflowers) are giving a late summer show.

I'm using my vintage yellow rose tablecloth I had for years.  The unmarked teacup was only 49 cents, and I think matches the tablecloth pretty good!  I found the unmarked teapot a few years ago at a thrift store.  I just love the size and shape.  Its filled with American Classic tea from the Charleston Tea Plantation.   I made a cream puff dessert for today, perfect for a warm sunny day!  Here's the recipe if you want to try it.

Boil together one stick oleo with one cup water.  Take off stove.  Add one cup flour and mix together.  Add four eggs (one at a time) and beat in.  Spread on greased cookie sheet.  Bake 375 degrees  for 20 minutes or until golden brown.  Cool.
Filling:  one large package instant vanilla pudding, 8 oz. package cream cheese softened, two and one half cups milk.  Beat with mixer.  Spread on top of cooled crust.  Spread  a small tub of Coolwhip on top.  Squeeze Turtle Shell Chocolate syrup on top.  Refrigerate.

Well, I'm going to sit awhile in the sun and browse through an old Victoria magazine.  They are all keepers,  I     think I have most of the past issues!

Thank you for visiting me a have a great week!

I'll be joining the following parties this week:  Teatime Tuesday, Tea in the Garden, A Return to Loveliness, Cottage Garden Party, and Show and Tell Friday.

A Woodland Tea

Hello everyone,

I'm so glad you can join me for tea this week!  It has been very warm so decided to have tea in my woodland garden where there is lots of cool shade.  We have company today for tea.  Lil Elfie , Mr. Pots, Teensie and Tiny Elf twins have come to join us.

If you look behind the tea table you will see the fairy village and if lucky a fairy or two!

Looks like Big Boy Elfie has come to tea and of course wants to sit on the table with Mr. Pots and the twins!

Look who I caught on camera!  A fairy hiding behind a toadstool!  I bet he's interested in the tea party!

Hope you enjoyed a bit of whimsy today with our tea!  Thank you so much for stopping by!

I'll be joining the following parties this week:  Teatime Tuesday, Tabletop Tuesday, Tea in the Garden, Cottage Garden Party, Share Your Cup Thursday, Simple and Sweet Fridays, Home Sweet Home, and Show and Tell Friday.

A Victorian Tea

Hello everyone.  Hope you all are enjoying the last weeks of summer!

A couple of weeks ago I had my granddaughter over for the night at the farm cottage.  Of course we had a tea party (actually two!).

We decided to have tea in the garden as it was a beautiful late afternoon.  Aubrey choose to wear her favorite tea party hat and a vintage dress I bought at a antique mall last winter, along with long white gloves and a sparkling necklace.  Such a lovely Victorian maiden!

Aubrey choose her paternal Great Grandmothers silver tea set and her maternal Great Grandmothers teacup for the tea table.  I think she made a beautiful choice!

Aubrey enjoying the garden after our tea.

Thank you for letting me show off my only Granddaughter.  She is such a blessing to me!

I'll be joining these lovely parties:  Teatime Tuesday, Teacup Tuesday, Tuesday Cuppa Tea, Tea in the Garden, Return to Loveliness, Cottage Garden Party, Share Your Cup Thursday, Teacup Thursday, and Pink Saturday.

A Simple August Tea

Hello, and happy August to all of you!

Tea this week is near my Daylily  patch.  They are just the plain old farm variety that you see everywhere, but I thought they would make a nice backdrop for a relaxing tea break.

I am using a teacup and dessert plate from a set of six different fruit patterns.  The markings say "Old Nuremberg, Bavaria Germany".  I got the set from my dear Mom when she downsized a few years ago.  Now that its August and fruits are ripening I thought it would be fun to use.

You can see part of my four square garden behind my potting shed.  This garden is full of the late summer colors.

Thank you for stopping by and and leaving your lovely comments.  They mean so much to me and make my day!  Hope you all have a wonderful week.

I'll be linking up to these fun parties:  Tea Time Tuesday, Teacup Tuesday, Tabletop Tuesday, Tuesday Cuppa Tea, Tea in the Garden, A Return to Loveliness, Cottage Garden Party, Share You Cup Thursday, Teacup Thursday, Simple and Sweet Fridays, Home Sweet Home, Show and Tell Friday, and Saturday Showoff.

Tea With Daisy

Hello and welcome,

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.