I wanted something special this week since this will be my first Thanksgiving without my dad, so I borrowed this set from my mom.

This is one of my favorites from Dad’s collection.  His collection focused on sets with scenery on them.

He was always on the look out for a nice scene but of course, would surprise Mom with a delicate floral set when he found one.

I love the thistles framing the scene, the scalloped edge and the handle. Drinking tea from this cup makes me sit up a little straighter and cross my legs at my ankles. Granted, this is not my usual style..I’m more of a curl up in a chair and sip from a steamy mug kind of gal but it’s good to be “ladylike” every once in a while.

My parents have a very large tea cup and saucer collection. The funny thing was that they both had collections BEFORE they even met.  I’m sure you’ll be seeing more of their collection…

Stop by Kimmie’s blog to see what the rest of the Tea Tuesday gang is up to today.

For months now I’ve been enjoying the Tea Tuesday posts on some of my favorite blogs. I wanted to join in myself so I asked Kimmie, our hostess, if she’d mind if I joined the tea party. Being the gracious host that she is…she agreed.

I decided since this was my very first Tea Tuesday that I should celebrate and bring out the good china. In fact, I have NEVER drank out of on of these cups until today.

As a kid, this set of dishes was brought out for Thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter…that’s it. It was my Grandma’s and last year was handed down to me from my folks. I’ve actually only ever eaten off the dinner plates…and that wasn’t until I was a teenager that that privilege was allowed.
I must have been quite the clumsy child. :)

With my tea, I’m enjoying a special Norwegian treat called Krumkake. My mom bought it at a church Lutefisk supper over the weekend. I usually make some around Christmas so this is a real treat to have some now.

If you’d like to see my tea party companions hop on over to art in red wagons, Kimmies blog for the links.