Llama themed tea tableau with a llama shaped mug, several llama figurines, a small decorative plate on a stand, and mint chocolate maté on a colorful woven cloth.
"Party Plan"
#Teableau 21Apr26
Wear your llama pajamas and join in.
#Tea #Llamas
Tea tableau in lavender and purple. There are a delicate, very old lavender handkerchief, and embroidered napkin,a teapot the color of eggplant, a swirly purple glass orb that looks like it has something elemental and powerful preserved inside it, an antique purple remedy bottle, and a handpainted cup and saucer in an abstract purple design. The tea is English Afternoon black tea from Twinings.
"Purple Power"
#Teableau 20Apr26
Getting this one in just under the wire!
#Tea #RunningLate
The story of that teableau is that the painting is called, "Moonlight Tulips." However, the rising moon, for a frog, is like the rising sun for a human, in that it's time for the frog to come AWAKE. As evidenced by its wide-open eyes. 😄
#Teableau
Vivid tea tableau anchored by a painting in brilliant colors of a vintage turquoise truck in a field of red and yellow tulips in front of an historic barn. The teapot is red, the cup and saucer are red and white, the mat is red and gold striped, andvthe cup rests on a napkin of swirled rainbow sherbet colors. There is a green frog figurine with wide awake eyes, and the tea is Constant Comment black tea from Bigelow.
"Awake"
#Teableau 19Apr26
The painting is of the tulip fields of Skagit Valley in NW Washington State; "Moonlight Tulips" by Jennifer McGill. It was chosen as the poster for the 2021 Tulip Festival.
#Tea #Skagit
Tea tableau on a white crocheted square with pink roses at the corners and an embroidered linen cozy. There is a vintage flowered MidCentury cup and saucer, and a vintage miniature vase encrusted with pink and blue flowers. There is a miniature green glass hen- on- basket. The tea is Strawberry Shortcake black tea from PinkyUp.
"For Jo"
#Teableau 18Apr26
For a friend.
#Tea #Friendship
Tea tableau with wildly floral fabrics, a variety of bright green and yellow crochet work, a vintage 70s style sugar shaker (actually an old Avon powder bottle), a vintage cup and saucer with a green and yellow daisy design, a ceramic garden snail with a daisy on its back, and Grapefruit Chill black tea from Tess Teas.
"Wild"
#Teableau 17Apr26
Far out!
#Tea #Psychedelic
*the bartender near the airport, not at the resort.
BTW, the bartender is the same actor who purchased a diner from the Ricardos & Mertzes.
#HisKindOfWoman
#TCMParty
#NoirAlley
This movie has EVERYTHING.
#HisKindOfWoman
#TCMParty
#NoirAlley
Tea tableau with a white ceramic tray decorated with blue flowers, a tea cozy covered in a Forget-Me-Nots pattern, a greeting card showing a butterfly meadow of blue flowers and a pair of wrens, a milk glass cup and saucer with a blue flower detail, a porcelain brooch with handpainted Forget-Me-Nots, and Cardamom black tea from Ahmad, all on a blue and yellow plaid tea towel.
"Wrenaissance"
#Teableau 16Apr26
My favorite Cardamom black tea is from Sadaf, but Ahmad's, seen here, is also very good.
#Tea #Cardamom
I love, love, love king snakes!
Love her! I discovered her on I Love Lucy long before I knew who her more- famous sister was.
Nautical tea tableau in cheerful primary colors. Upon a deep blue tea towel there is a hotpad shaped like a sailboat, positioned erect on a stand. The tea cozy has a pattern of bright sailboats. There is a red Fiestaware ring mug. There is a pair of Wade Pottery figurines, one a white sailboat, the other a blue ship's wheel. There is a handmade clay teabag holder with a halibut or flounder painted on it. It holds a packet of Decaf Earl Grey black tea from Stash.
"Breeze"
#Teableau 15Apr26
My dad's lifelong dream was to own a sailboat. He finally realized his dream.... Eventually, he admitted that having a boat is like opening a hole in the water that you just constantly throw money into. 🤣
#Tea #Boats
To keep the rattlesnakes out of your yard?
Springtime tea tableau with a beautiful handpainted serving tray on a stand as a backdrop. Inside borders of ecru, periwinkle, aqua, and rose, it has three yellow daffodils at center. The tea towel underneath is mint green with several serious white rabbits gazing outward. The tea cozy is a yellow and blue daffodil fabric. The tea service is powder blue, and there is a terra cotta bunny in the midst. The tea is a yellow packet of Asian Pear Harmony white tea from Stash.
"Garden Visit"
#Teableau 14Apr26
Bunnies visit my yards, but not nearly as abundantly as they did before the neighbor next door got an outdoor cat.
#Tea #Bunnies
Oh, ewe!
Country life tea tableau. The tea towel is light blue checkered with a bright red border and a yellow sheep applique. The cozy is black and white checkered with pale blue ribbons. The cup and saucer are white with a small black check border. The sugar bowl is white and black like a cow hide. There are a vintage porcelain cow figurine and a Sandicast pig figurine. The tea is a red and dark green packet of Raspberry Indulgence black tea from Ahmad.
"Country Day"
#Teableau 13Apr26
This display happened because I acquired a sugar bowl patterned like a cow.
#Tea #Cows
Tea tableau in aqua and black. At the center of an aqua paisley tea towel there is a square of black cotton with large white polkadots and a smaller offset white square with small dark blue polkadots. Upon those rests a vintage cup and saucer that is white and turquoise with a shiny ornate gold pattern. There is a coordinating cream pitcher beside it. Behind is a tea cozy in the black fabric with large white polkadots. To the other side is an ornament hanger holding a porcelain heart with a painting of a Wren in wild grasses. Next to that is a large blue tin of Blueberry green tea from Harney and Sons.
"Jenny Wren"
#Teableau 12Apr26
The design on the dangling heart is called Jenny Wren. The bird on the cream pitcher is a bluebird.
#Tea #Birds
High five to everyone who has suffered from anxiety, burnout, and depression without even once stealing 0-days from their employer and selling them to the Russians. www.zetter-zeroday.com/trenchant-ex...
P.S. His second wife was also named Barbara!
+ JOHN PAYTON JR LT COL US AIR FORCE WWII KO VN JAN 291922 MAY 29 2006 PURPLE HEART PRISONER OF WAR DEVOTED HUSBAND LOVING FATHER
Headstone of Barbara Payton's 2nd husband, to whom she was married for 5 years and was the father of her only child, John Lee Payton.
#TCMParty #NoirAlley #BadBlonde
Black and white drawing of Dick Tracy comic character Flattop, whose hair is slicked down flat and parted widely in the center with a little flip at each side.
Tea tableau on a white and violet striped towel with blue iris appliques. The tea cozy is blue with garlands of violet and lavender flowers. At center is a birthday card shaped like a richly hued blue morpho butterfly. There are two mugs patterned in Van Gogh's Irises. In front of one is a linked pair of white alabaster hearts; in front of the other are two dark purple packets of Elderberry Echinacea tea.
"Doubleday"
11Apr26
When a daughter is born on her mother's own birthday.
#Tea #Coincidence
It's the same haircut as FlatTop from Dick Tracy.
For real. I'm cringing, it's so hideous.
Bright tropical tea tableau in front of a bold original painting of tropical fruits, and a tea cozy of brilliant tropical flowers. There is a vintage cup and saucer in matching colors, and a bright green packet of passionfruit black tea.
"Tropicana"
#Teableau 10Apr26
This passionfruit tea is delightful. Everything I've tried from Hawaiian Islands Tea Company is wonderful.
#Tea #Tropical
Yellow and white tea tableau with a tea for one set that looks like a beehive with bees. It is surrounded by spring flowers and there is a bird figurine in front. There is a handkerchief with an embroidered daisy, and a yellow and white packet of Honeybush Banana Nut tea from Adagio. The tableau rests upon an embroidered white tea towel overlaid with a yellow crocheted doily.
"Bird and Bees"
#Teableau 09Apr26
Chirp chirp buzz buzz
#Tea #BirdsAndBees
Tea tableau in white and navy with polkadots, chintz, and calico patterns and a vintage porcelain cat figurine. There is also a vintage gold cat brooch and vintage white china with a blue flower. The tea is a dark grey box of blackberry black tea with deep pink and violet flowers from Lady Tally's Teas.
Springtime tea tableau on flower embroidered white cotton, with a floral tea cozy in peach, pink, and purple hues. There is a Waterford crystal vase holding a shocking pink camellia and white blossoms, and there's a white vintage cup and saucer with a spray of dainty deep pink flowers. The tea is a pale blue packet of Earl Grey from Harney and Sons.
"A Sense of Spring"
#Teableau 07Apr26
I'm a day late posting this one. 🤭
#Tea #Springtime