A Look Back

While the clock ticks down the final hours 
of 2014, I thought it might be fun to look 
back over the past year at some of my
 activities and tea times. 

January - Tea at 221B

Ireland and England Weather Map teacup 

by Ali Miller of London

Moriarty carves a somewhat sinister message into an apple when he comes to see Sherlock at 221B in The Reichenbach Fall. "I owe you a fall, Sherlock."

February - Cup And Pansies

Birthday cup by Kent Pottery- a present from a dear friend. She also baked teacup cookies for me!

March - Inspired by Violas 

This cup and saucer inspired me to create a Viola greeting card

March - Leprechaun Lane

home made Irish Soda Bread and tea. Slainte!

April -  Yellow Flowers, Yellow Birds

Daffodil Time by Shelley

May - Meteors, Mice and Memorial Day

Enesco musical teacup party with mice

June - Oak Canyon

Between every two pines is a doorway to a new world. 
 John Muir

July - Stars and Stripes

The Whistling Kettle's 1776 Blend

August - Queen's Seagull

Queen's Centenary Seagull Cup and Saucer

September - Kelos - It's Hot!

Fairy Garden in our old tiered fountain

October - Little Capotain Mug

Boo!

Halloween countdown

November - Autumn's Gold

December - On The Fourth Day of Christmas

I'm going to see how many more tea times I can squeeze into the remaining moments of 2014!

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Oak Canyon

I frequently tramped eight or ten miles ... to keep an appointment with a beech-tree, or a yellow birch, or an old acquaintance among the pines.  

Henry David Thoreau

Shady path at Oak Canyon

I have to admit I have a thing for trees!

I'm drawn to them and feel serene among them. I enjoy looking at the shape of the branches and notice the color of the bark and how the leaves move in the wind. Follow along with me and I'll show you what I saw there in the canyon~

Trees are your best antiques.  

Alexander Smith

bridge leading to the stream and walking paths 

There is always music amongst the trees in the Garden, 
but our hearts must be very quiet to hear it.

Minnie Aumonier

Gold mining display for elementary school children learning California history

And this, our life, exempt from public haunt, 
finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, sermons in stones, and good in everything. 

William Shakespeare

My Girl Scout Troop had their 

Brownie bridging here. See the ducks in the water? I'd love to have a picnic tea near this stream so we could hear the water gurgle and laugh.

It is not so much for its beauty that the forest makes a claim upon men's hearts, as for that subtle something, that quality of air that emanates from old trees, that so wonderfully changes and renews a weary spirit. 
Robert Louis Stevenson

Between every two pines is a doorway to a new world. 
 John Muir

 A cache of acorns

Happy summertime! 


“I couldn't live where there were no trees--something 

vital in me would starve.” 

L.M. Montgomery

Anne's House Of Dreams

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