Things, Glorious Things- A Post of Objects

With new responsibilities this bookworm has had little time to read.  Yes, it's quite saddening, but I'm learning so much in my position that it's only a matter of time before I have things under control and can resume my regular reading schedule.  

So, I wanted to post this to prove that I'm very much still alive, and missing my community of blogging friends. I really wanted to share some recent finds that I've purchased to celebrate the new developments in my life...

First, tea parties.  Yes, I love tea parties.  

What bookworm doesn't like tea?  Well, I'm sure there are many, but to make this work we'll just pretend that everyone loves a good tea party as much as I do.  With recent discussion of hosting a tea party for my book club ladies, I decided to begin to assemble an assorted tea set.  Growing up, my grandmother frequently held tea parties for my brother and me, instilling manners, and the love of delicate porcelain beauties, such as the ones provided below. While searching on Etsy I found The Vintage Teacup, and fell in love.

Here are two that have been shipped and will soon join my collection:

Here are some other goodies for my tea/book loving friends:

via Designs by Annette

via honeystreasures 

via parada creations

via painted cottages

What are you reading?  I'd love to know! 

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Lovely Little Endeavors

The weekend offers me the chance to do all the things I dream about during the work week.  I like to visit my family.  Decorate my home.  Whip up new dishes.  And, occasionally, leave the homestead to sip warmth in pretty little tea cups.

When my nose isn't stuck in a book, I do things. Camera at my side. 

Here's a look at last weekend in anticipation of the coming break from the 8 to 5:

I. Tea Party

II. Trips to the Market and a Teeny, Tiny Kitchen

III. Nana and Papa and the Vast Space They Inhabit

Ah, fresh air. And flowers. And herbs for baking. And tea for drinking.

 "I was something that lay under the sun and felt it, like the pumpkins, and I did not want to be anything more.  I was entirely happy.  Perhaps we feel like that when we die and become a part of something entire, whether it is sun and air, or goodness and knowledge. At any rate, that is happiness; to be dissolved into something complete and great." - My Antonia

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