Tuesday Cuppa Tea! It's Our 40th Anniversary!

Hello and welcome to a special edition of Tuesday Cuppa Tea, because today is our 40th wedding anniversary!

Besides being time for our weekly meme Tuesday Cuppa Tea!

The special day decided my choice of a teacup for today....

I found I had an anniversary cup and saucer, perfect for today!

This pretty bone china teacup was made from 1959 to 1966 by Princess Anne China, England...a subsidiary of Shore & Coggins. 

Shore And Coggins manufactured fine china in Staffordshire between 1911-1966, which was when many other potteries closed as well, including Shelley China.  I love the way the words are made of blossoms, petals and leaves. So pretty! The saucer also has lighted candles amid the flowers. Very romantic!
For more info on the teacup at Antiques And Teacups, click on the photos.

But...here is our vintage moment...40 years on....

Our big day, February 16th 1974. Soooo 1970s.....

I couldn't find my wedding album for more photos...things have been a bit bananas around here with the burst pipe in the garage just before as we came home from our family holiday, followed by insurance adjusters, ServPro, nights in a hotel, and then got home and found out our heat pump wasn't working. So we are a bit disrupted. We were to go out to dinner for our anniversary to a favorite restaurant today, but my honey caught a cold out supervising things in the cold garage, so that's postponed. No worries...after 40 years...for the best really, it's 5pm and pouring and windy and snow expected tonight....possibly 4 feet just out of door in the Olympic Mountains, so we are glad to stay home and watch the Olympics and Downton Abbey and go out when he's better.

We were married on the San Francisco peninsula...we worked in Menlo Park and Palo Alto, so we honeymooned in Carmel. The fun thing, was when we got out to my blue mustang (which was running better than John's car at the time) after the reception to leave for the honeymoon, the best man & friends had decorated the wrong car!  WooHoo!

Going to the Lone Pine was special, because my grandfather, who was a Listed Artist, painted it and we now have the painting in our living room...

Our favorite thing was breakfast or tea at the Tuck Box tea room. Tuck Box is an English boarding school term for the allotment of sweets you are allowed to have held and doled out to you each term, so for us Brits that was perfect. That was before everyone photographed food, so the next 2 photos are from TripAdvisor of a teapot and the Scottish scones they serve and served then....

I bought this kit to cross stitch when we visited Carmel last, about 6 years ago when John's sister and brother visited from England. The design is by painter Marty Bell, but I haven't gotten to it yet....

I hope the weather has cooperated for you wherever you are, and that you had a wonderful Valentine's Day...ours was with ServPro....Below is some of the blogs i will be visiting and a linky for you to link your tea related post. I'd love to hear from you. It's a honor to have you visit and share our special day with us!

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

Monday Marketplace

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

Sandi  ~  http://sandimyyellowdoor.blogspot.com

Teatime Tuesday

Celia ~ http://www.attitudeivlife.blogspot.com/

Tea With Celia

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

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

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

Tuesday Tea

Beth ~ http://agardenersart.blogspot.com/

Tea Cup Tuesday

 Just A Little Southern Hospitality ~ http://justalittlesouthernhospitality.blogspot.com/

Tea On Tuesday

Michelle ~ http://www.finchrest.com/

Tea On Tuesday

Lady B & Dame Ruthie ~ http://ladybstimefortea.blogspot.com/

Time For Tea

Two Cottage And Tea ~ http://twocottagesandtea.blogspot.com/

Tuesday Tea Time

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

Tea On Tuesday

Bernideen’s ~ http://blog.bernideens.com/

Tea In The Garden Tuesday

Judith ~ http://lavendercottagegardening.blogspot.ca/

Lavender Cottage  Tea Time

Our friend ~http://texas-tea-party.blogspot.com/

Tea In Texas

Pamela ~ http://playingwithmycamera.blogspot.ca/

Playing With My Camera Teatime           

Beverley ~ http://howsweetthesound.typepad.com/

Tuesday Blog Shop

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

Poetry In A Pot Of Tea

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

What’s It Wednesday                                           

Sandi  ~  http://sandimyyellowdoor.blogspot.com

Home On Wednesday

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