I have a friend over for tea on Thursday.
I make Katy B’s fruit torte, recipe here. Katherine Burling was my maternal grandmother.
The friend worked with me for five years and is surviving lung cancer. She has one of the new treatments. She gets an infusion every three weeks. “For the rest of my life.” she says, but they may come up with something new eventually. She feels pretty terrible after the infusion for a few days.
I use this tea set. I love this set. It says Rose China, Japan, on the bottom. What I like best is that the lid of the teapot has the roof of the pagoda, to line up before I pour. There are six plates, but only three cups and saucers. The sugar bowl and creamer are intact.
For the Ragtag Daily Prompt: tea.
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Lovely tea set and tray.
Grandmother influence.
That tea set is stunning.
Thank you.
I have a collection of (mostly) English tea cups. I once went to an estate sale where they had dozens of cups. While I was trying to decide which to get, I had a horrible asthma attack (must have been home to multiple cats) and left empty-handed but still (barely) breathing. We also received a set of silver demitasse spoons as a wedding gift. Maybe a family heirloom? I think it came from an aunt on my wife’s side.
Yes, the little spoons and forks used to be so popular. I like the varied teacups.
The tray you have it on is really nice as well.
A grandmother tray. People don’t have them much any more.