Tea Cup Tuesday, Gifts from Wales

January moves along with cold, snow and dark days just like a January is supposed to do. Right before last week’s snow storm, the mail brought a Christmas box from John and Gay in Wales. Wow, what great timing…a wonderful package right before the storm because it held numerous boxes of tea. Note the assortment and what looks like a year’s worth of drinking!



Also in the box was little lovely Royal Daulton creamer. I have nothing like it and am thinking of ways to use it. I think when spring comes (or maybe before by visiting a florist) this would be lovely with small blossoms, maybe even rose buds in it. Of course it could be used for cream or breakfast milk or syrup…so many ways.

 Although I have done “fairly well” to stay out of flea markets and thrift stores, I did have one day’s backsliding into my habit. I had visited stores all over town trying to replace my Rubbermaid drain mat and to find a suitable bathtub mat. Okay, why do they have to change what was working perfectly well and substitute a lesser item in my book? I was so frustrated at the last stop, I found myself walking in the flea market next to the hardware. I promised myself only three rows of looking—and fast.

But I saw this cup and saucer, bone china and slipped. I brought it home. I thought it looked familiar but I had nothing in this pattern. Then I remembered; I think I saw someone post a picture of it on Tea Cup Tuesday a few months ago. Well, it is pretty anyway! And with all the new teas from Wales, I did need a lot of different cups for a lot of different teas. Well, didn't I?