Fireside Tea

Hello dear ones,

  Our tea gathering for today will take place in our family room.  So please, come, and share a cup of tea with us!

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~ I love the shape of this teapot ~

~ Lefton ~

Hand painted

To my way of thinking,

there is not a more perfect day

for tea with a friend

than when it is cold

and rainy on the outside

and there is a hot, blazing

fire on the inside.

~ Teatime Anytime ~ A book collection

From The Clever Factory

Blest be that spot, where

cheerful guests retire

To pause from toil, and trim

their evening fire.

~ Oliver Goldsmith

Our curious Sir Rupert love to watch the candles burn.

Surely everyone is aware of the divine

pleasures which attend a wintry fireside; candles

at four o'clock, warm hearthrugs, tea, a fair

tea~maker, shutter closed, curtains flowing in

ample draperies to the floor, whilst the wind

and rain are raging audibly without.

~ Thomas De Quincey

May His peace and serenity be with you!

With love,

Join us for . . .

A Tea of Roses for Tea Time Tuesday

Show and Tell Friday

Seasons at Gardenside Rose Cottage

Hello dear ones,

This post is about our little cottage/shed in different seasons.  I thought it's interesting how things change from season to season.  

 Enjoy!

"There is no season such delight can bring,

As Summer, Autumn, Winter and the Spring."

~ William Browne, 1630

~ Winter ~

Winter is the time of promise because there is so little to do - or because you can now and then permit yourself the luxury of thinking so.

~ Stanley Crawford

February 2, 2013

~ A rainy winter day ~

1/14/2013

Winter dies into Spring, to be born again in the Autumn.

~ Marche Blumenberg

~ Spring ~

Spring is nature's way of saying, "Let's Party!"

~ Robin Williams

White-throated Sparrow hand carved by my dear husband.

When my DH finished carving the birds I like to take them out, and take photos of them with flowers and things.

Click  HERE  to see sparrow post.

Spring arrives and with it comes . . . cute little creatures.

Can you see the cuties?

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~ Summer ~

These photos below were taken last summer after a heavy rain, you can see the flooded ditch.  We are planning, later on, to add a little bridge.

Nature gave us our own stream :)

Rain drops . . .

"Green was the silence, wet was the light,

the month of June trembled like a butterfly."

~ Pablo Neruda

~ At night time ~

~ Pretty sunset ~

"Let us dance in the sun, wearing wild flowers in our hair . . ."

~ Susan Polis Schutz

El Jardin

The best place to seek God is in a garden . . .

~ George Bernard

" Reborn Bird Bath "

To see post click HERE

I love to seat in the swing and look at the beautiful mountains any season of the year!

I also love to contemplate my flowers, specially when you find one so unique and with this kind of shape.

~ A lovely heart shape  ~

Tea anyone?

May you be seated . . . I hope you enjoy your visit!

"There ought to be Gardens for all

Month in the year, in which, severally,

things of Beauty may be then its Season."

~ Sir Francis Bacon

  

This beautiful Cardinal was hand carved by my dear husband and gifted to my beloved mother.

Click HERE to see post about the Cardinal.

~ A misty summer day ~

"Why is summer mist romantic and autumn mist just sad?

~ Dodie Smith

~ A beautiful summer day ~

 I'm looking forward for those days . . .

~ Autumn ~

"Walk on a rainbow trail; walk on a trail of song, and all about you will be beauty.  There is a way out of every dark mist, over a rainbow trail."

~ Robert Motherwell

"You ought to know that October is the

first Spring month."

~ Karen Copk

~ A foggy autumn day ~

As you leave this place may His blessings and protection be with you!

With love,

I'm joining . . .

Cindy for Show and Tell

Sandi for Tea Time Tuesday

Tuesday Cuppa Tea