Today I decided it was time for the Christmas dishes to go away for another year....

usually I have a mix of dishes but I decided to pull all the blue and white together which I do in the summer, I needed a taste of summer... 

This teapot and two creamers I got about 15 years and it is an old English pattern.....

Arden...Burleigh..

Stafford shire..England 

I have odds and ends of blue and white I have picked up over the years....I try on holidays to find something in blue to bring home to add to the mix...this small jelly mold I found in Halifax.

there are modern day potters that do a good job of patterns...in the background is a medium size platter by Skye McGhie...Rose Brocade..she has some lovely patterns that have a beautiful design ..

this little cup and saucer I bought at Winners several years ago when they first opened in Moncton...it is made by Spode..

these two have a little more of a purple shade to the blue, but I still think they are lovely...

 here is a closer look at the pattern of the mold...very dainty..

"These are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."-Henry James

I love the old quotes .....

"There is no trouble so great or grave that cannot be much diminished by a cup of tea."

 -Bernard-Paul Heroux

"You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me."  C.S.Lewis

Have a wonderful weekend all you lovely ladies...