YE DAINTEE LADY TEAPOT for "Tea In The Garden"

For the last few years I have looked and looked for a special teapot.  I had seen these teapots on ebay for huge prices and had researched them with interest.  I have been gone for 11 days on a trip to Virginia because of the passing of my step Father, Roger Ian Buchanan.  His funeral was a wonderful tribute and the Pastor did a lovely service. 

Of course, most of the time from this trip was spent driving.  On the way back we saw a sign about an antique mall in downtown South Charleston, West Virginia and we got off the 

interstate for about an hour where there were 2 malls side by side. I will tell you I thought West Virginia was so beautiful.

This is what I found at the Mound Antique Mall:

As we headed west, we stopped in Missouri again to see my son and his family overnight and we stayed a few days.  After we left Columbia, Missouri, we passed through Kansas City on the trip homeward and we stopped at the Brass Armadillo.  That is where I found these darling linens in a really sweet booth and also the little girl figurine and the rose cup and saucer.  If anyone collects Beatrix Potter Figurines - there is a whole shelf full there in one of the glass cases at really good prices.

 I bought none since I have some and don't need more.

 And now for the garden:
While I was gone, my wild asters began to bloom! 

 I dug these up years ago out in the Black Forest and I

 they have done well.

This is a darling pillowcase I found which I plan to

 use to make a purse with the cloth below it:

I am posting late because I just got home last night.