Welcome Spring!

                                                                   Welcome Spring!

                                                   I am always excited to welcome spring!

                                                   We had a milder winter with
                                                   hardly any snow this year so most Islanders
                                                   were happy with that...all but outdoor winter
                                                   sports fans anyway.

                                                   Soon, I will be making daily checks around the
                                                   garden to see what is starting to show signs of
                                                    life. Our spring here tends to drag out a bit and
                                                    we often get an early spring snowfall or two,
                                                    but still we know spring is on the way!

Little bouquets of tulips

brighten our dining table.

English Ironstone and tulips

are ready for an afternoon

tea time.

Displaying my red and white

tranferware tureen and covered

bowl.

                                                             I love bright and sunny days with
                                                             the sun streaming in.

                                               

Late spring garden

I am looking forward to lots of

spring color in our garden soon!

Happy Spring!

Carolyn

Coastal Style

I hope you had a great weekend....

the last one of winter!

A few weeks ago I found a large summer scarf

at a thrift store for a few dollars. I bought it, not

to wear but to make coastal style pillows

with for our summer cottage.

I was able to make 3 pillows and cover

an old lampshade with it.....not bad

for $3.

A cute coastal style style mug from

the Dollar Store.

Pretty teacups are more my style.

                       I have enjoyed adding touches of blue

                     and white to our little seaside cottage

            bit by bit!

                                                  Looking forward to relaxing spring/summer days
                                                             at the cottage .....coming soon!
                                                                 Someday, I will show the before and after
                                                                 shots but it is still a work in progress.

                                                                                   Thank you for stopping by,

                                                                                                     Carolyn

A Touch of Aqua

    It feels a little like spring here

       today and we escaped the snow

   storm that was predicted.

       Today for our afternoon tea time

 it is a touch of aqua.

      The china came from Winners

a few years ago.

It has a pretty spring time look.

Tea with lemon

Maybe you would rather a mug

for your tea?

                                            I have been adding touches of aqua to
                                                       our home and spent some time making
                                                       some new aqua pillows for our home so
                                                       I am getting ready for spring.....what about
                                                       you?

                                                                      Thank you for joining me for
                                                                       tea today!

                                                                                     Carolyn

A Snow Day

On Saturday we woke up to one of our

biggest snowfalls of the winter.

Even though spring is just around the

corner and I wasn't really looking for 

snow I did enjoy the beauty.

I took a walk around our property

and captured some of the beauty.

                                                                  The Gardener's Cottage

                                                                    Another look at the Boathouse

I love when the trees are laden

with snow.

                                                            The Boathouse from across the pond

                                                               The shrubs are laden with snow as well.

                                                   We didn't get much snow this winter
                                                              and this will likely melt soon so it
                                                              will be good for the land as we had
                                                              a dry summer and fall.
                                                                  Believe it or not but there are tulips
                                                               and daffodils already poking up under
                                                              this snow so spring will be here soon!

                                                                                   Have a good week!

                                                                                                   Carolyn

Let's Have a Tea Party !

Hi Everyone,

I am dreaming of  a tea party today,

so maybe you would like to dream 

along with me!

Above, my friend Janice is doing

a little fluffing to the summer bouquets

on our porch.

                    Tea parties mean using lots of pretty

              teacups.

 And of course pretty teapots too.

                                                                                   

 Bouquets are also a pretty addition

to any tea party.

And we can't forget the

food, sandwiches,scones

and desserts.

Raspberry coconut coffee cake.

Strawberry shortcakes are

always hard to resist!

Peach shortcake

Muffins

Time to pick an afternoon

tea dress ~ hope you love

lace!

                                             Although we are having a stormy weekend
                                                        here this weekend, we know that spring
                                                         is on it's way.

                                                                     Hope you enjoyed our tea party
                                                                      and have a wonderful weekend!

                                                                                      Carolyn