Antiques And Teacups

SOMEHOW, THIS WASN'T POSTED... NO SURPRISE REALLY....   IT IS SO HARD TO BELIEVE SEPTEMBER IS HERE! BUT... HERE IT IS, AND FALL BEGINS. THE ILLUSTRATION IS FROM MY FAVORITE COUNTRY DIARY O...

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  AN AUGUST PAGE FROM MY FREQUENT COMPANION... THE COUNTRY DIARY OF AN EDWARDIAN LADY BY EDITH HOLDEN FROM 1906... WRITTEN BY SOMEONE FROM THE AREA WHERE MY HUSBAND WAS BORN AND LIVED HIS E...

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  THIS HAS DEFINITELY BEEN MY CONSTANT THOUGHT THE LAST MONTHS... NEARLY A YEAR... AS WE FACED THE PROGRESSION OF  THE DISEASE MY BELOVED HUSBAND OF 49 YEARS HAS FACED FOR NEARLY 30 YEARS....

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 SPRING IS HERE INDEED! AS MY ALLERGIES ATTEST... BUT SPRING IS ALWAYS A HOPEFUL SEASON. THE ABOVE IS A SHELLEY, ENGLAND TEACUP IN THE UNUSUAL ATHOLL SHAPE IN THE PRIMROSE PATTERN. THE SHAP...

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 WISHING YOU ALL A HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY ON SUNDAY MAY 8TH.....FOR EVERYONE WHO IS A MOTHER OR WHO HAS "MOTHERED". IE NURTURED AND MENTORED SOMEONE! AND THIS WEEKEND IS ALSO THE KENTUCKY DERBY ON ...

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I AM REMEMBERING TITANIC...THE UNSINKABLE OCEAN LINER THAT SUNK AFTER HITTING AN ICEBERG ON THE NIGHT OF APRIL 14TH THRU 15TH, 1912. THE FAMOUS WHITE STAR OCEAN LINER TITANIC SAILED WITH CU...

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WELCOME TO YOU INDEED!  DECEMBER CONTINUES, AND WHAT A DIFFERENT CHRISTMAS SEASON THIS IS! I have pulled our my seasonal cross stitches and this Welcome board I painted in the 1990s... ...

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WELCOME TO DECEMBER!  ISN'T THAT AMAZING?! A LOVELY THANKSGIVING, SPENT ON FACETIME WITH OUR OUT OF STATE KIDS WAS WONDERFUL. MAYBE NEXT YEAR IT WILL BE DIFFERENT... THE LAST 2 WEEKS HA...

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I FIRST POSTED THIS LAST YEAR AT THIS TIME... AS OUR DAUGHTER AND SON IN LAW HAD JUST CLOSED ESCROW ON A LOT FOR BUILDING A HOME HERE CLOSE TO US.  LITTLE DID WE KNOW THERE WAS A PANDEMIC IN...

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NOVEMBER CONTINUES... AND HAS ARRIVED HERE WITH COLD TEMPERATURES THAT HAVE HAD US PUTTING ON FLEECES AN ADDING ANOTHER BLANKET!  BUT FLOWERS AND BIRDS ON CHINTZ IMMEDIATELY LIFTS OUR SPIRITS ...

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  IT IS HARD TO BELIEVE NOVEMBER IS ACTUALLY HERE ALREADY... IN A WORLD SO CHANGED FROM LAST NOVEMBER! BUT...WHAT A MOSTLY GLORIOUS SUMMER WEEK IT HAS BEEN! SUNNY AND WARM DURING THE DAY B...

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  HELLO! IT'S HALF WAY THROUGH OCTOBER ALREADY, WHICH IS SO HARD TO BELIEVE! IT HAS BEEN A STRANGE NORMALLY NOT NORMAL MONTH SO FAR... YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN... INCLUDING A TROLL ATTACK O...

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  OCTOBER QUOTE FROM TEA TIME MAGAZINE FROM ANNE OF GREEN GABLES AS USUAL, MY OLD VICTORIA, TEA TIME AND COUNTRY HOME MAGAZINES AND COUNTRY DIARY OF AN EDWARDIAN LADY HAS BEEN A COMPANI...

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AUTUMN BLESSINGS TO YOU...AND WELCOME! THE LAST FEW DAYS HAVE BEEN DIFFICULT, WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE 80S... WHICH IS HOT FOR US HERE IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST... WITH THE ADDITION OF LOTS ...

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TO CLOSE OUT AUGUST, I AM SHARING A PERENNIAL FAVORITE TODAY...VARIOUS VERSIONS OF THE WILLOW PATTERN. WILLOW HAS ALWAYS BEEN POPULAR AND THEREFORE WAS FREQUENTLY MADE BY VARIOUS POTTERS. B...

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AUGUST I HAVE BEEN REMISS THE LAST MONTHS NOT STARTING OUT THE MONTH WITH MY FAVORITE COUNTRY DIARY OF AN EDWARDIAN LADY, BUT...LIFE HAPPENS! I HAD A BIRTHDAY LAST WEEK...SO I AM DEFINITE...

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STILL SUMMER HERE... AND IT IS AFTERNOON TEA WEEK! A BRIT THING REALLY, BUT... THAT APPLIES TO US ANYWAY... NOT THAT IT ISN'T AFTERNOON TEA WEEK EVERY WEEK OF THE YEAR AROUND HERE! SO...

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SUMMER! I HOPE YOU ARE ENJOYING IT, DESPITE EVERYTHING.WE ARE ENJOYING HAVING OUR KIDS CLOSE, ALTHOUGH NOT CLOSE ENOUGH FOR HUGS... BUT AT LEAST IN THE SAME COUNTY! THIS PRETTY PETUNIA AND L...

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SUCH A DIFFERENT SUMMER... WE CAN'T HAVE OUR USUAL EVERY-3-DAY BREAKFAST AT A FAV LOCAL RESTAURANT WITH OUR KIDS WHO ARE WORKING ON THEIR PROPERTY FROM OUT OF STATE... DOCTORS AND HUSBAND'S...

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I AM HAPPY TO FIND A FEW MINUTES TO POST A FEW THINGS FOR SUMMER... WHICH ARRIVED WITH SUMMER SOLSTICE ON SUNDAY, JUNE 21ST, WHICH WAS ALSO FATHER'S DAY. OUR OUT-OF-STATE-KIDS FINALLY M...

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HELLO DEAR FRIENDS. HOPING YOUR DAYS ARE RETAINING SOME ORDER AND PEACE.  WE KEEP SAYING... "WHEN THINGS GET BACK TO NORMAL..." BUT WE WONDER WHEN AND WHAT THAT WILL BE! A COMMON COMME...

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ARE YOU LOOKING FOR SOME COMFORT DURING THESE ASTOUNDING AND UNPRECIDENTED TIMES? I KNOW WE HAVE BEEN... AND TO ME THE COMBINATION OF BLUE AND WHITE IS EXTREMELY CALMING... I REALI...

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HELLO AND WELCOME! I AM CELEBRATING THE ANNIVERSARY OF QUEEN ELIZABETH'S CORONATION!  ON JUNE 2, 1953, QUEEN ELIZABETH WAS CROWNED QUEEN OF ENGLAND AND THE COMMONWEALTH IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY. ...

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LAST YEAR, 2019, WAS THE 200TH ANNIVERSARY OF QUEEN VICTORIA'S BIRTH ON MAY 24TH. SO THIS YEAR, ON THE 201ST ANNIVERSARY OF MAY 24, 1819 I AM REPEATING THE POST WITH SOME ADDITIONS. QUE...

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APRIL 21ST IS NATIONAL TEA DAY IN THE UK.... BUT TODAY, MAY 21ST IS INTERNATIONAL TEA DAY... SO I THOUGHT I WOULD RE-POST THIS... I LOVE THAT THERE ARE NATIONAL DAYS REVOLVING AROUND...

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