A Porch Tea

It was a warm afternoon and I needed something fun to do so I decided to try something new and join Rose Chintz Cottage for her Tea Time Tuesday blog party and A Stroll Thru Life for her Table Top Tuesday blog party.  One thing I love about our house is the porch and our porch swing, it's a great place to sit and eat watermelon in the afternoon, watch a thunderstorm, or visit about the day in the cooler evenings.

Fo this tea I set up my red transferware tea set for two out on our porch table. It was a little too warm for hot tea, so we're having iced tea instead. (You can have iced tea in tea cups, right?)  I found some zinnias in the flower bed to match our transferware, and the rose bush growing next to the porch matches too!  I love that the previous owner planted roses by the porch, it always smells so good when you walk up the steps.

I really like the shape of this teapot.  I was so pleased when I found it on ebay.  It is made by Burton and Burton.

This teacup is Old Britain Castles, by Johnson Brothers.  I love old castles and would love to visit England some day and see them for real!  Andy was there in college on a choir tour when we were dating so I might just have to be satisfied that at least one of us went and look at his pictures.

All my red transferware is different patterns, I like it that way!  The second teacup is Spode and the pattern is called Girl at Well. 

With all the boys around here, sometimes I just have to do something girly!