turning leaves

In need of a bracing cup of tea and a cinnamon bun today.


Doulton plate, Crafton cup and saucer, Foley cream and sugar, coin silver spoon, thrifted silverplate tongs. Cobalt pot isn't marked.

In anticipation of late summer and fall, I thought this afternoon we'd celebrate in browns.


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The cloth is a dresser scarf with fancy french knots, satin stich, chain stitch, etc. embroidered by my mom, and edged with lace tatted by my grandmother.

I love the English Burslem pot, hand painted with foxgloves and tulips. The cups, Colclough, Sutherland's "Chiang," and Rosina "4951" all have brown details, and look cheerful gathered with the pot. One spoon is coin silver, the other spoons, the lemon fork and tongs are vintage silverplate. Nibbles are raspberry jam bar cookies, and oatmeal bites.

It's been a while. I hope the flist is doing well. I thought I'd share some pictures.

Morning light in the garden. I love the delicate salal flowers.


And this afternoon's tea. Black Typhoo in the pot I found for $2.00, thrifted, unmarked early 20th Century American redware. Restaurant creamer, thrifted teapot stand, coin silver spoon, silverplate tongs. Mt. Clemens “Mildred” pottery, gifted, thrifted, and found. The plate was under a flowerpot with a dead plant in our apartment in Germany. It cleaned up nicely.

I feel like hammered crap today, so I decided to pamper myself a little. I've had the tea cozy for years and years, a never-used gift. It actually fits pretty nifty on the brown betty pot with the downturned spout. The cup and saucer is Rosina, the pattern known only as "4951." The oak leaves and acorns, daisies, apples, and pears are personally symbolic. It took me years to track down this wily teacup, and I enjoy using it.