{"id":24882,"date":"2023-03-28T08:18:09","date_gmt":"2023-03-28T12:18:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thriftingwonderland.com\/?p=24882"},"modified":"2023-03-28T08:18:11","modified_gmt":"2023-03-28T12:18:11","slug":"tea-and-the-garden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thriftingwonderland.com\/?p=24882","title":{"rendered":"Tea and the Garden"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\u201cIf you are cold, tea will warm you;
if you are too heated, it will cool you;
If you are depressed, it will cheer you;
If you are excited, it will calm you.\u201d 
\u2015 William Ewart Gladstone<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We had a gorgeous day today. It was warm and sunny with flowers blooming and birds clustered around the feeders. I even saw a butterfly in the garden. Hard to believe it’s March. The weather is unusually warm but so pretty I had to spend a bit of time outside this afternoon. What better way to celebrate a beautiful day than taking a simple cup of tea in a garden setting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Welcome, I’m so glad you stopped by to share this very impromptu cup of tea with me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cThere is something in the nature of tea that leads us into a world of quiet contemplation of life.\u201d 
\u2015 Lin Yutang, <\/strong>The Importance of Living<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I started with this gorgeous embroidered tablecloth. The border shows bouquets of lavender with a beautiful scrolled border surrounding the bouquets. I was able to find this tablecloth at a local Thrift Store for about $2.50. Honestly, it’s one of the prettiest ones I’ve seen. It is also completely lined on the other side and hangs nicely because of the weight of the cloth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cTea! Bless ordinary everyday afternoon tea!\u201d 
\u2015 Agatha Christie<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A simple glass pitcher of multi-colored flowers picks up the flowers in the garden behind the table. I grouped roses, carnations and snowball viburnum in the bouquet. You can see a simple Lenox teapot on the table with Mikasa cups and saucers. A little bunny has come to share the tea. A pitcher from my English stoneware collection will hold the milk. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I love how the pink in the bouquet of flowers echoes the pink in the flowers in the rock garden behind the table. Such bounty in March should definitely be enjoyed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are like Tea, we don\u2019t know our own Strength until we\u2019re in Hot Water\u201d
-Sister Busche<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I hope you have an opportunity to relax this week with a lovely cup of tea in a charming setting. It is music for the soul.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cIf you are cold, tea will warm you;if you are too heated, it will cool you;If you are depressed, it will cheer you;If you are excited, it will calm you.\u201d \u2015 William Ewart Gladstone We had a gorgeous day today. It was warm and sunny with flowers blooming and birds clustered around the feeders. I even saw […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":70469586,"featured_media":24901,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"{title}\n\n{excerpt}\n\n{url}","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[731331051,1833,2146452],"tags":[48669,731331048,731331047,731331046,731331030,81369],"class_list":["post-24882","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-flowers","category-gardening","category-tablescapes","tag-decor","tag-flowers","tag-garden","tag-table-setting","tag-thrifted-tablesetting","tag-thrifting"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9ziaG-6tk","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thriftingwonderland.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_1448-rotated.jpg?fit=3024%2C4032&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thriftingwonderland.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24882","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thriftingwonderland.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thriftingwonderland.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thriftingwonderland.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/70469586"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thriftingwonderland.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24882"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/thriftingwonderland.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24882\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24910,"href":"https:\/\/thriftingwonderland.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24882\/revisions\/24910"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thriftingwonderland.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/24901"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thriftingwonderland.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24882"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thriftingwonderland.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24882"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thriftingwonderland.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24882"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}