Tea for two on Tuesday

Tea enjoyed with a friend is always fun.

Although we didn't use this tea pot, it really is very unique. I understand it is handmade, too, with such lovely and fine details. While I never got a good or clear photo of it, I still loved the rich beauty and superior detail of the piece.

If you had your choice, which one of these would you prefer to drink from?

I could have used this lovely cup and saucer with the lovely hand painted lilies, but since I'm not a pink gal,

I decided on the gorgeous blue cup with the scalloped handle, delicate design, and lovely matching saucer. I was almost afraid to pick this beauty up for fear of dropping it. Sorry these are so grainy, but the lighting was what I would call dark ambient.

As a weather update, when I got home yesterday evening, it was 108F and over 100F in my office, since I left the AC off. We broke the record, which was 106F in 1970. We may even break it again today.

In case you are wondering about this post(and rather poorly photographed tea cups, Kimmie and a bunch of us gals get together each Tuesday and drink tea. You can find the links on Kimmie's sidebar. I have been a proud member of this group of mostly mixed media artists for 20 weeks. I have made many new friends as a result and have become exposed to some really fascinating information about tea, along with some pretty awesome art. Although Kimmie has gone on vacation (holiday) this week, feel free to pop by none-the-less.

However, if you really love and collect tea cups (and saucers), but aren't into drinking tea at least once a week, then you might enjoy another recently formed group, called Tea Cup Tuesday, run by Martha and Terri. This group shows their tea breakables finery each week, along with stories of how they were acquired and information on the markings found on the cup and saucer bottoms. It didn't even occur to me to flip that lovely blue and gold saucer (or cup) over to learn its history or origin.

Now whether you're a "serial collector" or just enjoy photos from the 40s and 50s, today's blog of the day will make you smile. It is a diversion from tea blogs, but is very informative. Vintage Vending is chock full of collectible vending machines, vintage gasoline pumps, signs, cups and saucers, juke boxes, advertising and manufacturing photos, and other what generally appears to be distinctly American memorabilia. So if you want to take a trip down American vending machine memory lane, be sure to check out Vintage Vending today. And have an awesome Tea Tuesday.