Tasha Tudor Day~2020

Today was Tasha Tudor's birthday. She would have been 105 years old. Our Tasha groups enjoy honoring her in some way on this day. Of course, 2020 has changed the way we celebrate everything. Our Pacific NW Tasha Tudor Chapter can't gather together due to this continuing virus. My friend Ann invited me to do a Zoom virtual tea party to celebrate and I agreed. We had a great time. It was a bit different but we managed to talk for 1 1/2 hours.

I used my Pink Luster Ware dishes for the tea. This is the first time I have used this tea pot. You have to be a bit careful with this china as it is very old. I make the tea in another pot and when it's a bit cooler, I pour it into this teapot.

I have several cup and saucers to use. It's always hard to pick one.

I had out out a few of my Tasha books. A Time to Keep was one of the first books I got and I still love it.

My assortment for tea time. I used almond flour and found ways to cut the carbs. Its hard but I'm learning. Of course I did treat myself to a little chocolate.

Chicken curry on apple slices and cheese bites.

Almond flour blackberry scone drops and almond flour brownies. The brownies were a big gooey.

Little tomatoes from our garden. I stuffed some with herb cream cheese.  The cucumbers are filled with an egg salad mixture. These were all very yummy.

Watermelon hearts...yummy.

This is a silly photo I snapped of Ann while she was saying "Tasha"! She lives in Mississippi and woke up to a tornado warning this morning! Thankfully, she didn't loose her power so we had our Zoom meeting.

I made this little banner last night for my wonderful dollhouse. I will have to do a post on this as I haven't been posting much. My Tasha doll and Lilly are having a little party and tea time too.

I love the little shawl she knitted for Lilly! Looks like fall is coming. Ann picks wonderful books for me.Isn't the little fabric teacup darling?

These are the gifts I sent to Ann and her Tasha doll. It was fun to make things too. I loved making the little apron out of a vintage little girl's slip. I made the tea wallet, the card and covered the little box with ephemera.

A Spot of Tea

It was just time to look at something pretty and springy and happy! I decided to have a little spot of tea but wanted to use some of my pretty tea things.

I love pink roses and this little bowl has been begging to be used.

Years ago, two of my sweet tea friends and I went to tea. When we were finished, we were browsing the gift shoppe. We all fell in love with the tea for one sets. Each of us bought one to remember our day together. I had to pick the pink rose one!

Here's my little tea, just for me today. How I miss sitting and chatting with my tea ladies! I had some fresh fruit and just a black tea with milk. Perfect. I love using my little strawberry forks for fruit. I bought back this one from MA years ago.

It was fun to reread this tea book and made me think of all my tea friends....oh, yes....Let's Have Tea Together. Maybe someday. 

Pretty Fall Days

It has been just a beautiful fall here in Oregon! The days have been warm and sunny and windy!

After days of strong east winds, the trees are getting a little more sparse.  Oh, but there are lots of leaves left to fall!

The wind piles the leaves up against Jim's cottage...they are piling up.!

I decided to do a bit of baking to enjoy a bit of tea today. Something for me and something for Jimmy.

I've been experimenting with almond flour. The tea bread is a pumpkin spice almond flour bread.
It's very moist and has a lot of flavor. It only has 2-3 T of honey, no sugar. I had a 1/2 can of pumpkin, so made Jim some soft drop pumpkin cookies with an old fashion butter cream frosting. YUMMY.

I have had these pumpkin mugs for over 40 years. I got them at the Oregon State fair when we were first married. I have used them every year.

My friend LaVonne gifted me with this darling acorn teapot. I brewed a chai tea by Stash-mild and delightful.

Our weatherman says we will have about 5 more days of this lovely weather. 

Tea Time Tuesday #169....Tea in Port Gamble WA

Yes, I am a day late with my tea time post. It's just been that kind of summer. The sink backed up Monday night, so handyman Duane was back out to fix it on Tuesday. Other things came my way, so I just never got post. Actually, this post is really late, as we went up to Port Townsend and Port Gamble WA for our anniversary....August 4th. Since the car was out, Gina let us borrow her car so we could still go away! We had to cut our trip short, but we still were able to celebrate out of town.

It was really hot, even up north, and the Canadian forest fires were sending a great deal of smoke into the area. Never the less, we still had a wonderful time. Jim LOVES Port Gamble.

It's such a beautiful town. It was a mill site and they are reclaiming the area and returning the shoreline back to it's normal lovely self! Pretty exciting.

We were happy to find that there was now a tea shoppe in the little town. The darling one went out of business a few years ago. Anyway. Mrs. Muir's House was nice...nothing super wonderful. The owner was so delightful and was able to fix me a chicken salad that I was able to eat. So kind and it was yummy.

Fun Harry Potter items were part of her shoppe!

The shoppe has a great selection of British, Irish and Scottish food products. We had to take home a few goodies. I was happy to find some paper tea bags for my loose tea.

This was their garden by the fence.

These next two photos were fun items for sale at a cool shoppe. Unfortunately, they were not open.

The yarn shoppe is unreal. It makes me want to take a class in knitting to improve my skills! It's a fun store to visit, even if you an not a knitter. It is beautiful and filled with such pretty offerings.

This is one of my favorite houses in the little village.

Of course, the quilt shoppe is a MUST whenever I visit. It has such a nice selection of fabrics and patterns and books. I did buy a book with a pattern that I hope to use this fall when I go to my next quilting retreat.

And one has to find a pretty cup and saucer on the adventure! This one is so pretty...no markings. I just love the colors and the pattern. It's so old fashioned.

Oh, we had such a nice time. I can't wait to return.