Tuesday Cuppa Tea, Pumpkin Choc Bread, Myott Bermuda Chintz

Hello and welcome to my Tuesday Cuppa Tea blog party meme. Please see the list at the bottom of some of the wonderful blogs I am joining, and connect to the linky if you have a tea realted post. Comments are so appreciated! 

First of all, I want to:

As it has been Veteran's Day weekend, I want to honor the many brave heroes who have selflessly served to preserve America's freedom.  Thank you.

This is a fall post again...it is the season...so this is a fall teacup...or teacup trio this week. A teacup trio is understood to be a cup and saucer with matching plate. I found this gorgeous ironstone beauty at a recent estate sale. The pattern was made by Myott, England between 1930 and 1944 and is called Bermuda Chintz. I love the hand colored on transfer fall colors. So rich!

Myott  and Johnson Brothers were contemporaries and competitors, if you will, in the transferware ironstone line, and both were influenced by the other.  Myott didn't make many chintzes, and this is their most popular. They also made it in several solid colors like red, green and blue, but I like this hand colored version best...amazing for me, the blue person! I have a cake plate in the same pattern.  For more info on the teacup trio at Antiques And Teacups, click on the photos.

Fall is a great time to peruse magazines during my afternoon tea relaxing time. This weekend, I had a fall Victoria, a 2008 Country Home...a sadly missed publication...and the recent Tea Time magazine. I found a recipe in Country Home for Pumpkin Cranberry bread...inspired by so many ladies' posts last week...and adapted it to our tastes by adding mini chocolate chips and chopped pecans. 

Then into the oven:

And finally...we ate it!

This is my Royal Doulton vintage Rosebud china, which I use during the holiday season. I am just getting it out. I must say it was a hit! There were so many great recipes shared last week of pumpkin bread, I thought I didn't need to share another. Basically I just added the 2 ingredients. With my husband, if the recipe doesn't have nuts, it will before it goes into the oven! And chocolate...well, what can I say???

I want to share a couple of photos of the area...

This is the John Wayne Marina  on Sequim Bay about 5 miles from us. The weather is often like this in the morning, with a marine layer rising to cover the peaks of the Olympic Mountains until later in the day.  

This photo is of the same Olympic Mountains from across the Strait of Juan de Fuca  from the Victoria, BC side, directly north across the strait from us. The photo was taken by Robert McIntyre of Victoria, BC. who has other great photos on his Facebook site HERE.

This photo was taken at Marmot Pass up in the same Olympics in Olympic National Park. It's our back yard, and we love it in the Park.  The photo was taken by Robin L Anderson and was on our local paper, The Peninsula Daily News' website. I guess you can see why we love it here! 

Well I hope you have a lovely week and, with cup of tea in hand, enjoy the other wonderful blogs below. Visit some that are new to you, and enjoy the creativity.

Common Ground ~ http://commonground-debrasvintagedesigns.blogspot.com

Monday Marketplace

Terri~  http://artfulaffirmations.blogspot.com/ 
Teacup Tuesday

Trisha~  http://sweetology101.blogspot.com/ 
Tea Party Tuesday

Sandi  ~  http://sandimyyellowdoor.blogspot.com

Teatime Tuesday

Kathy~  http://blissfulrhythm.blogspot.com
Victoria - A Return to Loveliness

Martha~  http://www.marthasfavorites.com/ 

Tea On Tuesday
Miss Kathy ~ http://thewritersreverie.blogspot.com/

Tuesday Tea       

Michelle ~ http://www.finchrest.com

Tea On Tuesday

Betty ~ http://teacoziecottage.blogspot.ca/

Tea Tuesday

Phyllis ~ http://www.relevanttealeaf.blogspot.com/

Tea On Tuesday

Shawn ~ http://poetryinapotoftea.blogspot.com/

Poetry In A Pot Of Tea

Bernideen’s ~ http://bernideensteatimeblog.blogspot.com/

Friends Sharing Tea Wednesday

 Ivy And Elephants ~http://ivyandelephants.blogspot.com/

What’s It Wednesday

Sandi  ~  http://sandimyyellowdoor.blogspot.com

Home On Wednesday

 A Tea Lover     ~http://the-teaist.blogspot.com/

Tea Talk Wednesday