Hello and welcome to Tuesday Cuppa Tea! A mixed bag today...teacups, glaciers and bears! The linky and the list of other blogs I am joining is at the bottom.
As this post is mostly Alaska, I chose an American made teacup today...Magnolia by Stangl, USA from the late 1950s.
I'm sure most of you know that I favor bone china, but this Stangl cup and saucer is so neat and colorful. The hand painted design is fun, and the pottery has a nice heft when you use it. Stangl is quite collectible, and is especially famous for their bird figurines. Stangl grew out of the Hill and Fulper potteries in New Jersey, and became Fulper/Stangl in 1926 when Martin Stangl, previously an artist with the firm, became president. He later bought out Fulper and changed the name to Stangl in 1955. In 1979, Pfaltzgraff bought them out and closed Stangl for good. I love their retro, mid century colorful hand painted designs! For more info on the Stangl teacup at Antiques And Teacups, click on the photos.
Well, I promised I'd share a bit more about my holiday last month which included an Alaska cruise. One of the days we visited Hubbard Glacier, and a lot of folks from the south and mid west came just to freeze for a few hours, and coll down from the heat they had been experiencing. One Texan announced as we stood at the face of the glacier at 28 degrees, that it was 103 in Dallas.
Although the face of the glacier doesn't look that big in the photos, it was 200 feet high. We were nearly a mile away. This is a tidewater glacier, so named because it dumps into the ocean. Hubbard Glacier is actually advancing, not retreating. As you can see, we actually had a sunny day. Which has drawbacks, as the deep gorgeous blue of the compressed ice is actually bluer in clouds, as the sunlight bleaches it out, so to speak, before it reaches our eyes.
We have a friend who grew up in the town of Hoonah, Alaska by the tribe owned and run cruise port of Icy Strait, by Icy Strait Point. He was there waiting for us when we got off the tender and took us bear watching.
We drove about 15 miles out of the small settlement on old logging roads to Game Creek, where Chris had seen a bear earlier in the day. We got out of the car and walked onto the bridge above the river. Chris had his 44 side arm. The bear was about 150 yards downstream fishing for salmon and we watched him as he came towards us. He'd catch a fish, take just a bite & throw it away, then look for another. Chritold us it was a large male, 700 to 800 pounds, and very well fed, which was why he was just taking the best bite and tossing the rest. Just before he passed under the bridge, he looked up and saw us, then kept right on fishing and walking. It was wonderful!
This is the Celebrity Millennium at anchor, and one of the tenders that brought us to shore. Because the tribe owns the port, they strictly regulate the cruiselines. Only one ship a day is allowed in, and the tribe does all the businesses on land....no Diamonds Internationsl! WooHoo! It's about the most natural Alaska port there is...but I heard folks say...what a waste of time...nothing there. How sad!!!
Tidelands Bait & Tackle, Chris' family's business. He also does stream fishing tours/guiding.
Well that's about it for today. I have a ship dining experience to tell you about next week. Have a wonderful time visiting the other blogs below and have a great week! Please join Sandi for What's In Your Cabinet on Oct. 1st. Click on the logo below for that!
As this post is mostly Alaska, I chose an American made teacup today...Magnolia by Stangl, USA from the late 1950s.
I'm sure most of you know that I favor bone china, but this Stangl cup and saucer is so neat and colorful. The hand painted design is fun, and the pottery has a nice heft when you use it. Stangl is quite collectible, and is especially famous for their bird figurines. Stangl grew out of the Hill and Fulper potteries in New Jersey, and became Fulper/Stangl in 1926 when Martin Stangl, previously an artist with the firm, became president. He later bought out Fulper and changed the name to Stangl in 1955. In 1979, Pfaltzgraff bought them out and closed Stangl for good. I love their retro, mid century colorful hand painted designs! For more info on the Stangl teacup at Antiques And Teacups, click on the photos.
Well, I promised I'd share a bit more about my holiday last month which included an Alaska cruise. One of the days we visited Hubbard Glacier, and a lot of folks from the south and mid west came just to freeze for a few hours, and coll down from the heat they had been experiencing. One Texan announced as we stood at the face of the glacier at 28 degrees, that it was 103 in Dallas.
Although the face of the glacier doesn't look that big in the photos, it was 200 feet high. We were nearly a mile away. This is a tidewater glacier, so named because it dumps into the ocean. Hubbard Glacier is actually advancing, not retreating. As you can see, we actually had a sunny day. Which has drawbacks, as the deep gorgeous blue of the compressed ice is actually bluer in clouds, as the sunlight bleaches it out, so to speak, before it reaches our eyes.
We have a friend who grew up in the town of Hoonah, Alaska by the tribe owned and run cruise port of Icy Strait, by Icy Strait Point. He was there waiting for us when we got off the tender and took us bear watching.
We drove about 15 miles out of the small settlement on old logging roads to Game Creek, where Chris had seen a bear earlier in the day. We got out of the car and walked onto the bridge above the river. Chris had his 44 side arm. The bear was about 150 yards downstream fishing for salmon and we watched him as he came towards us. He'd catch a fish, take just a bite & throw it away, then look for another. Chritold us it was a large male, 700 to 800 pounds, and very well fed, which was why he was just taking the best bite and tossing the rest. Just before he passed under the bridge, he looked up and saw us, then kept right on fishing and walking. It was wonderful!
This is the Celebrity Millennium at anchor, and one of the tenders that brought us to shore. Because the tribe owns the port, they strictly regulate the cruiselines. Only one ship a day is allowed in, and the tribe does all the businesses on land....no Diamonds Internationsl! WooHoo! It's about the most natural Alaska port there is...but I heard folks say...what a waste of time...nothing there. How sad!!!
Tidelands Bait & Tackle, Chris' family's business. He also does stream fishing tours/guiding.
Well that's about it for today. I have a ship dining experience to tell you about next week. Have a wonderful time visiting the other blogs below and have a great week! Please join Sandi for What's In Your Cabinet on Oct. 1st. Click on the logo below for that!
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