Winter White

Happy New Year!

Well another year is over and

a new year about to begin

I am sure I am not alone

in hoping the pandemic

will soon be behind

us and we will feel

safe once again.

We have not had much snow yet so

I was happy to see a nice dusting

of white on the trees and lawn

a couple of days ago.

You can see how pretty it

is through the window.

I have tea ready and it

is time to enjoy a

little downtime.

I love this English ironstone teapot that

was a gift from a friend.

I found a couple of teacups to

match it.

I took the Christmas tree

down that was in the

middle but still have

the rest of my Christmas

decor up. It seems just as

I hang on to summer as

long as I can I also want

to enjoy Christmas as

long as possible.

Soon, I will edit it down

to just winter stuff.

I would like to wish you all

 a happy and healthy New Year 

filled with  love ,joy and

beauty!

Take good care,

Carolyn

For the Love of Transferware

                   As many of you know I love

            transferware dishes in all

        colors so I thought you

       might like to see a few

     vignettes some of my

collections.

Friendly Village

                           I do have some green/teal and white transferware

    but it is harder to find around here.

Blue and white transferware is one

of my biggest collections.

Teal green on display

I love this teacup but I

have never seen any

other pieces of it around

here.

Red and white transferware is probably

my largest collection. I gather them

over time and often one piece at

a time.

The above teapot is made in Japan

and is very old.

                                                                      Blue and white always
                                                                      looks so fresh.

And it would be hard not to love

this soft brown and white teapot.

I have a couple of cupboards with

brown and white transferware but

you would be here all day if I

shared all of my collections!

I have a small collection of

black and white transferware.

I love this soft mauve and white teacup

with the old teapot.

          Do you  collect transferware too? It 

seems hard for me to pass on it

when I see it at thrift  shops.

             Hope you are enjoying these January

days.

Thank you for visiting!

Carolyn

Romantic Valentine Roses

      Happy Weekend!

        How quickly another week has gone

       by and the weekend is already here!

        Today, I got some beautiful roses for

an early Valentine's Day gift.

I love roses so although my favorite

are roses from our own garden

in winter these do make me happy!

               Beautiful roses in a vintage

         vase.

You will notice I had fun taking

pictures of them.

                  Love this teapot!

                                                                            Romantic roses

Well, it will soon be Valentine's Day

so treat yourself to something

special....you deserve it!

 I hope you have a lovely weekend!

Thank you for visiting,

Carolyn

Dahlia Bouquets from the Garden

Hello!

    I hope your week is going well.

We have had a touch of frost here

so I know that summer is over for

another year.

I don't grow a lot of dahlias here

in our garden because they are rather

labor intensive and have to be dug in

the fall and stored in the basement for

winter.

However, I do love having them for 

bouquets so I do plant a few.

Nice to have a small bouquet of them

on my writing desk. 

                                                                    I like how these two dahlias
                                                                     look together.

                                                                         Snippets for my windowsill.

                                                                     A pretty bouquet from our
                                                                     cottage garden.

                                                                           Tea Time

                                                       Bouquets big or small  make me happy!

                                                       We were laying a new floor at our cottage
                                                        today and I am very happy with it ~ more
                                                        on that later though.

                                                                           Thank you for visiting me!

                                                                                           Carolyn

Happy Weekend

Happy Weekend!

I know we are moving into October tomorrow but

the weather has been lovely here this month so we

are enjoying some rest and relaxation at our little

seaside cottage this weekend.

White wicker chairs to relax in

and enjoy a cup of tea.

                               

                                                                I got this shelf at the thrift store and
                                                                painted it white. It fits perfectly between
                                                                two windows and holds some blue and
                                                                white tea things.

         I got this enamalware tea set

        at the 70 mile yard sale last

weekend.

                                                                You can never have too
                                                                 many teapots.....can you?

                                                                       As you probably noticed the color
                                                                       theme for our cottage is blue & white.

                                               I hope you don't mind that I seem to be
                                                          behind the times here with my summery
                                                          post but I couldn't resist sharing these
                                                          photos that I took today.

                                                           I actually enjoyed doing some Fall decorating
                                                          at home and should have some more seasonal
                                                          shots to share soon.

                                                                          I hope you have a Happy Weekend!

                                                                                                  Carolyn