TEA COZIES FOR SALE ON ETSY

I hope you will check out my 

tea cozies:

A DAY OUT WITH THE GIRLS

Today was a lovely sunny fall day and

perfect to go with friends Janice and

Gina to see some shops "up the road".

It was fun visiting the Randolph Mercantile

in Moberly, Missouri and the Weathervane

Antique mall in Macon.

We had a little foretaste of Thanksgiving

as we shared a piece of Pumpkin Cheesecake

after a lovely lunch in Macon.

This was a darling little

 house we passed by

on our way out of Macon:

There were two Heritage Lace older mantle
scarfs and Gina was buying one in a small
antique shop so I took the other and
now I put it on the mantle in the tea
room downstairs.  We thought 
they were a bargain at $10.00 each.

Hope you have a lovely weekend too!

ON A WARM DAY BEYOND SUMMER

One day last week we had what

ended up being a tail end of the season

warm day.  I was out picking up some

first of the season fallen leaves that had

landed around our koi/goldfish pond.
There are just a few 
impatients blooming now

The other assignment I gave myself was

to catch one last frog and get him out

of the pond and relocate him down 

the road a ways.  I finally got him.

As I walked near the pond in front of

the water feature I nearly fainted.  Yes,

a snake came slithering out in front of me

and crossed the pond.  

Obviously I don't have a photo of that

moment but I do have one in my head

because I felt like Indiana Jones in the

"Raiders of The Lost Ark".  You see, I

don't like snakes.  I am sorry but I am

horrified.  Needless to say,  he immediately

went down between some rocks to hide 

from my unfriendly face.

The water in the pond has since turned

pretty cold and the fish have gone down

lower but continue to slowly swim around.

Someone reading this may not know

 that the fish hardly move at all when it

gets colder and remain totally still at

the bottom in a comatose position when 

the top freezes over later this winter.

So as we prepare for winter we are

putting our gardening tools away.

 I have looked at the projected weather

forecast and see this week we might still

 have a couple of 60 degree days.  Time to

 take everything out around my potting

table in the garage and clean it all

out.  I will be making up ziplock

bags with garden seeds I have saved

to use as gifts and to sell in my booth

 at Midway.

And I shall be drinking
lots of hot tea and finishing
up on rereading all the older
issues of October Victoria's. 

 How are your fall
 preparations going?

PUMPKIN PIE AND CALICO

Today was such a busy day but late in

the afternoon my thoughts turned

toward baking a pumpkin pie.

I found a moment to just enjoy a cup of hot

tea and eat some yummy pie.  It was

pouring buckets of rain outside so this

was the perfect time for hot tea.

We had to drive to Kansas City this morning 

and noticed the first indication of

 the leaves

beginning to turn.

With tremendous rain today,  I 

expect we will see some flooding

from the Missouri River.

I never get everything done - do you?  

I so wanted to make some Strawberry

Preserves this summer but that didn't

happen.

Yesterday we pruned many things in our

yard but not everything got done.

The book I'm showing here is:
Tasha Tudor's Garden.

We gathered a small harvest

of some tomatoes that were

ready to be picked.  They

sure tasted better than the ones

from the market!

I am linking at:
Home Sweet Home
Tuesday Cuppa Tea

BROWN TOILE TEA COZIES AND OTHERS

I just listed some new

brown toile tea cozies

on my Etsy page:

And some lovely large lace ones:

Hope you can take a peek!

MY BITTERSWEET TEASET for "Tea In The Garden"

The garden is almost deplete of flowers this

week.  I pulled up the zinnias and cosmos and

many other annuals.  I could have enjoyed

them yet for a few weeks but somehow

 that work would still be looming.

It seemed like a lovely day to take a

break and enjoy a cup of tea after

making one last bouquet.

No matter where you live - summers are

always different.  We didn't have enough

rain in Missouri.  I felt sorry for the

farmers who needed rain for their corn.

Even last evening I still saw some 

hummingbirds zipping about.

Last year they were all gone by

this time.

You see some of the remaining flowers 

 from

 my garden by looking at this bouquet.

I have enjoyed this bittersweet teaset

now for quite a few years....

When a new month starts I love to

see the artwork for that month

done by Edith

Holden:

Please pour yourself a cup

of Cinnamon Spice tea.

 

This summer we got accustomed to

being hot so now that the weather

is a little cooler - we know, we will

be colder this winter.