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Monday, March 30, 2020

Cocooning With Forget Me Nots and a Dessert Flop!

Life is interesting at the moment... it is not much of a change for us, both what is now termed elderly, and with the Parkinson's Disease my husband is enduring which has shrunk our world anyway in the last year...
but we do feel for the families with children in our neighborhood. 
As a mother and former kindergarten teacher, I remember how hard it was to keep them occupied and happy!
My heart and prayers go out to you!


We happily spend time with a book and a cup of tea... business as usual...
but for you it is ANYTHING but normal!


I did manage to remember to photograph an afternoon tea in the sunroom with some newly acquired Adderley, England Forget Me Not china this week on a sort of sunny day...


The tea tray is on my grandmother's Victorian rocker... a family treasure to me...


I have added one of my Edwardian hand made tray cloths... I do love them!



I was thrilled to recently find a partial teaset in the gorgeous blue and white Forget Me Not pattern by Royal Adderley, England from the 1960s...


The pretty swirl molded bone china is so pretty! This is a nice big teapot holding 44 ounces for lots of cups of tea!


Adderley in various formations started in 1885 as William Alasager Adderley... W.A.A. & Co., became Adderleys in 1906, and produced until the war stopped production. It was one of the first potteries to reopen after the war with government help, then went through several amalgamations with Myott, the Adderley Group, Lawley's and  in 1952 became a Ridgway & Adderley Ltd.
The marka above as well as Adderley were used between 1964-1971 when it was acquired by Royal Doulton and became part of what I call the slice and dice , and discontinued in the mid 1970s. 


I love these Wallace Silver, USA Baroque pattern silver plated napkin rings...


They havd a pretty floral repousse band and are silver plated. I love silver on the tea table!


You can just see the mark inside...


And of course we need a cream and sugar bowl, matching the teapot...


And of course, matching teacups...


slightly different mark, but still during the same time frame. Both marks were used at nearly the same time...


Lastly, one of the fun finds I have made in the recently is another sterling silver teapot spout drip catcher. 
They are quite difficult to find, and I always love when I do.
This is by Manchester Silver, USA from the 1890-1904. I have previously had Gorham and several English companies as well. So elegant!



And I had decided it was time to make us something, but was running short of eggs, so decided to use a powdered egg substitute... well, I had a flop!


e all love to share our successes, but... this is not one of them!!!

The Lemon Blueberry loaf cake rose up beautifully and tested done. But when I came back into the kitchen to turn it out onto a rack as directed in the recipe, it had shrunk to about 2 inches in height!



The only change I made was the usual with my almond milk instead of the regular and the egg replacer for 2 eggs...



Oh well... it did taste good, and we enjoyed it, but I think I will wait to make it again when some eggs are available!


Hoping your week goes well, and you can find some enjoyment with tea, books, and things to make you remember how blessed we really are!

1 comment:

  1. Your blog is always a inspiration...Amazing tea tray,gorgeous tea set,unique doilies and lots of interesting information!God bless you and your Family,as you say,we are in His hands.Hugs.

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