March 23 – March 29
Litera-TeaShare tea from the perspective of literature. Post a tea quote, a verse or poem, or story. Tell about a favorite tea book. This would be a good time to share how you use tea to encourage others. Do you minister to others by sending them tea themed cards to friends and shut-ins? Or another way you use ‘tea’ to share joy with others? I know some of you do — so tell your story!
March 16 – March 22
Teacup-a-StoryShare a picture of your favorite teacup and saucer; describe it and tell it’s history (or make up a story about it’s past). Why is it meaningful to you? This would be a good place to share about the details of your teacup collection if you have one.
Since I am a little behind on this blog-a-thon, this will be two posts in one to catch up!
I have a very eclectic teacup collection. This is one of my favorite “single” teacups. I found it at Goodwill and just love the flowers on it. It is bone china from England and it was screaming “buy me!”. So I did.
The Litera-Tea that I would like to share is my Tea at Glenbrooke – A Quiet Place Where Souls are Refreshed by Robin Jones Gunn. I enjoyed her Glenbrooke novel series and this was such a nice end to the series. It is filled with quotes, stories, recipes and tea trivia. A lovely read indeed!
Tea is very relaxing for me. I make sure I have plenty of different flavors and blends at work and at home. My husband even enjoys green tea at work in the late afternoon rather than coffee. I do enjoy my morning cup of coffee, but after that, I could have tea the rest of the day. I don’t drink tea out of that lovely teacup and saucer above though. This is what I drink my tea in at home…
That is my bone china mug made in England. I bought that lovely item at Butchart Gardens. Now that’s a cup of tea!
Head on over to Gracious Hospitality for more Hospital-i-Tea Blog-a-Thon posts.
Your teacup is dainty and pretty — I love the flowers and the colors. They just about look like they are embroidered on the cup! And the tea mug is very pretty as well. I think that foxgloves are some of my favorite flowers!
Tea at Glenbrooke looks like a very interesting book. . .I will see if I can find a copy to read.
I’m so glad you’ve joined the Gracious Hospital-i-Tea blog-a-thon! I look forward to your future posts as well.
LaTeaDah
Comment by LaTeaDah — March 23, 2008 @ 9:44 pm |
Beautiful and refreshing. I love the Browning quote.
Comment by Ellen — March 24, 2008 @ 7:47 am |
That is a beautiful mug, amply fitting for your tea.
Comment by Carrie Oak Rise Cottage — March 24, 2008 @ 6:05 pm |
Beautiful teacup and a beautiful tea mug! I’m like you…love my morning coffee, but after that, I prefer my tea.
I had not heard of this book series. Thank you for mentioning it.
Comment by Vee~A Haven for Vee — March 24, 2008 @ 7:04 pm |
i visited The Buchart Gardens over 20 years ago and still remember it fondly!
Comment by Melissa's Cozy Teacup — March 24, 2008 @ 9:23 pm |
Great post! And lovely pictures! Thanks for sharing!
Comment by Karla — March 24, 2008 @ 9:41 pm |
Very lovely mug and tea cup! I have coffee for breakfast but for the rest of the day, it is always tea. And,whenever there is trouble, it is Island custom to “put on the tea”. It’s comforting.
Comment by Islandsparrow — March 25, 2008 @ 10:35 am |
Thank you for your visit to my Making Memories blog. Lah-tea-dah’s blog may be a bit of a stretch but I’m going to do my best.
Comment by Shady Gardener — March 25, 2008 @ 11:52 am |
Beautiful bone china cup and a bargain to boot! I love Robin Jones Gunn but have not read the Glenbrooke series. I’ll see if they have it at the library!
Comment by Sandy — March 25, 2008 @ 2:25 pm |
I’ll have to look into Tea at Glenbrooke. Haven’t seen it before. You featured a very pretty cup.
Comment by fireflynights — March 25, 2008 @ 11:14 pm |
what a beau tea ful post!!
Comment by grace — March 26, 2008 @ 2:57 pm |
Your teacups are beautiful, the one you drink from is perfect! the Tea at Glenbrooke is awesome! Thank you for sharing, have a wonderful day!
Kathi
Comment by Kathi — March 26, 2008 @ 4:42 pm |
I love both your mug and your dainty tea cup! And Tea at Glenbrooke sounds lovely!
Comment by Karen — March 28, 2008 @ 7:08 pm |
What a lovely mug for a “hearty” cup of tea.
Comment by TopazTook — March 28, 2008 @ 9:20 pm |