LILACS FOR "TEA IN THE GARDEN"

My garden is mostly just green.  Green isn't bad though.  It is a whole lot prettier than brown which is what it was a few months ago.  So I will just be happy with green.

There are lots of comfortable

 pillows here for you a take a seat

under our Colorado

Blue Spruce.

 Some of the plants are still restoring themselves from the snow we had on Mother's Day.  The clematis are creating new blooms replacing the ones that were frozen off. 

I have made a bouquet of

 some lovely lilacs.

  Our lilacs have a lot of dead areas we will be pruning out.  I notice other people have this problem too.  I think a later blooming lilac would be wiser here.  I am just learning

about so many things!  Years ago I had a

vegetable garden but I don't think I have

realized there was so much diversity to

gardening.

There was a lot of hail and rain last week so Pikes Peak has a great deal of fresh snow on it.  Up at 14,000 feet

 the rain became snow.

Last year I found a lovely embroidered lilac rectangular tablecloth for $6.00 which I thought was an amazing price.  I have set up my table with that lilac tablecloth and another lilac topper and some old vintage lavender table cloths.

Please pour yourself a cup 

of Ginger Peach Tea. I hope

to enjoy lots of "Tea In

The Garden" times this summer.

VIOLET PICKIN TIME

I know that in some places violets

can become a nuisance in the garden

but not here in my yard.  I treasure

 each one I

find!

I also treasure violet cups and saucers,

teapots and any other items I come across.

Even these little violet ashtrays.

Violets were a common theme for

cups and saucers in the 50's.

They could be purchased at what

was called the "dime store" as gifts

for loved ones who collected them.

TEA IN THE GARDEN: "Victoria Day Tea"

Welcome to my first 

"Tea In The

 Garden" for

the season.

  It is a lovely day for Tea In The Garden and we are celebrating the exit of our snowy days!

The garden is still looking very sparse but we

are grateful for what we do have.

  We are honoring Queen Victoria today with my tea time celebration.  I am very fond of the memories of her and her reign and influence on tea time.

Please choose a teacup that catches your

eye and pour yourself some tea.

I brought out my Victorian

tipping teapot to enjoy

for this special occasion:

  Let's celebrate a favorite Queen

for served over 60 years.  It seems

she and her husband Prince Albert

 definitely contributed many positive

changes to

their era.

  I am also fond of vintage linens and crochet pieces.  It is no secret that I adore Beatrix Potter and that is why I have a small Beatrix Potter Cottage Garden.  Of course our season is really behind everyone else's since we just had snow May 11th!

We have a Mother's Day frost date in Colorado and it snowed on Mother's Day all day long and into Monday.   I think it is never too late to learn things but I seem to be relearning that "don't plant too early thing" again!   Perhaps later blooming lilacs and tulips would do better here as the snow gets them every time.

THE NAMES ON TEACUPS ARE THRILLING

Welcome to Friends Sharing Tea and a lovely spring time day.  You know that spring is finally arriving when you see some bugs flying about and some birds chasing them.  That seems to be happening today.

  I hope that by next week I can begin my weekly "Tea In The Garden" for the rest of the spring through fall. I keep thinking it must

be time and then we still have some snow.

For today we must be still inside the house so

I am sharing a new English bone china, Salisbury hand painted cup and saucer.

Lately I have been attracted to these figurines as well.  There are many kinds "out there",  but I am drawn to the glazed, Japanese whimsical ones.  These are occupied Japan which means 1945 to 1952.  

Do pour yourself a cup of tea from my Sadler Teapot and let's chat about some of the recipes in these wonderful tea books.

The words Salisbury, Rosina, Shelley, Royal Albert, Foley, Tuscan, Victoria, Royal Standard,  Royal Minister, Royal Vale, Roslyn, Royal Grafton, Staffordshire, Clarence, Queen Anne, Hammersley, Regency, Queen's, Jason, Aynsley,  Taylor & Kent, Paragon, Royal Chelsea, Royal Stafford, Royal Victoria,  Ardalt, Colclough,  etc are music to my ears!