August
I have been remiss the last months not starting out the month with my favorite Country Diary Of An Edwardian Lady, but...life happens! I had a birthday last week...so I am definitely vintage +++! But here it is...
The reason I try to share the book, is that I get it out at the first of every month...and urge you to find a copy! It is such a window into a bygone era, and I love seeing familiar places...albeit changed...because aout families did and still do live in this area of Warwickshire, England, at the top of the Cotswolds. What an amazing observer and artist Edith Holden was!
The book is full of poems, mottos, quotes, Bible verses and folk wisdom...a joy to revisit often...
And this page is my focus this week, because it features Poppies, and they are the chosen flower of the August Flower Of The Month series teacup from Royal Albert, England...
Pretty ponk poppies and blut cornflowers which are also called batchelor buttons, which I love because they are blue...
Not especially for a month, but there are lots of poppy themed china... here are a few we have...
Ambleside teacup by Roslyn, England from the 1950s... with pink poppies, daisies and lavender flowers...
a matching cake serving plate....
And poppies in red or orange...
1880s Antique Staffordshire teacup...
Circa 1900 artist painted Haviland. Limoges poppies serving plate...
or even blue poppues... although this plate by Shelley from 1900 in a pattern called Sprays Of Poppies is almost turquoise blue...
And as a blue lover, this is a variety I found which is amazing! Called a Himalayan Blue poppy... I need some for my garden!
I hope you have enjoyed a lovely week and that the poppies bring a bit of cheer to your eyes.
The hot weather is difficult for my husband's disease, and our county is spiking with covid-19 at the moment with new cases so have been unable to spend time with our kids.
But we are content, cocooned and grateful for everything we do have!
Ending with the joy of a lovely poppy collage from Collages My Passion on Facebook
Pretty ponk poppies and blut cornflowers which are also called batchelor buttons, which I love because they are blue...
I always love finding a Flower of the Month teacups! So fun!
Poppies in the lavender fields at one of our local lavender farms we visited last year... didn't visit this year with all the isolating....
Not especially for a month, but there are lots of poppy themed china... here are a few we have...
a matching cake serving plate....
And poppies in red or orange...
1880s Antique Staffordshire teacup...
Circa 1900 artist painted Haviland. Limoges poppies serving plate...
And as a blue lover, this is a variety I found which is amazing! Called a Himalayan Blue poppy... I need some for my garden!
I hope you have enjoyed a lovely week and that the poppies bring a bit of cheer to your eyes.
The hot weather is difficult for my husband's disease, and our county is spiking with covid-19 at the moment with new cases so have been unable to spend time with our kids.
But we are content, cocooned and grateful for everything we do have!
Ending with the joy of a lovely poppy collage from Collages My Passion on Facebook
Lovely! Poppies remind me of Stonehenge as red ones grew along the road when we were there last May. Have a happy day!
ReplyDeleteI didn't know that poppies were the August flower for the RA flower of the month teacups. I've always associated poppies with November because we wear a poppy to honour veterans on Remembrance Day (Nov 11).
ReplyDeleteWonderful vignettes!!!Made me swoon!Blessings.
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