Tea with Crunchy Lemon Muffins

Today I thought I would share with you

my Hammersley tea set passed on to me

by my darling mother - she loved beautiful china

and I've inherited that trait!

I'm also

sharing

one of our family's favourite muffin recipes!

Crunchy Lemon Muffins

2 cups Self Raising flour

3/4 cup Sugar

75gms Butter

1 cup Milk

1 Egg

Grated rind of 1 large or 2 small Lemons

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Topping

1/4 cup Lemon Juice

1/4 cup Sugar

Measure the flour and sugar into a bowl - toss to mix.

Melt the butter, add milk, egg and lemon rind and beat

well with a fork to combine.

Add the liquids to the dry ingredients and combine

until the dry ingredients have been lightly dampened

but not thoroughly mixed.

Divide mixture evenly between 12 medium muffin pans

and bake at 200 degrees C (390F) for 10 minutes.

Stir together the lemon juice and sugar, 

without dissolving the sugar, and drizzle over

the hot muffins when they come out of the oven.

Leave to stand in pans only a few minutes

and place on a rack.

for my special touch

I slit the top of each muffin

and add a generous spoonful of Lemon Curd.

enjoy!

I'm joining 

Judith for Mosaic Monday

Stephanie for Roses of Inspiration

Bernideen's Friends Sharing Tea

Sandi's tea Time Tuesday

Ruth's Tuesday Cuppa Tea

Thank you dear ladies for hosting

Take care and

be kind to one another

Merci à bientôt

Shane

Afternoon Teas...

 Hello dear friends

 It's hard to believe we are now in the

last week of November!

My dear mother had a great fondness

for fine china and she passed on many

lovely pieces to me

including this Hammersley tea set.

 

Hammersley & Co, Longton, Stoke on Trent, England.

 I really feel privileged to be the custodian

of this precious china and

I will be passing it on to my daughter one day!

Each piece is hand painted so beautifully

and the colors are still bright

after all these years.

I treat it with great care

and hand wash each piece in

Softly. 

 From the middle photo above you can see

how fine the china is by the gtranslucence

you can almost see through it.

Walnut and parsnip cake

which I served at one of our

embroidery group Tuesdays.

(let me know if you would like the recipe)

 Mauve, purple, lilac shades are not my color choice

usually, but I have grown to love these.

I still remember my mother's

elegant afternoon tea parties

with her dear chatty friends.

Today I'm joining

Mary  for Mosaic Monday

and the following tea parties

Ruth for Tuesday Cuppa Tea

Sandi for Tea Time Tuesday
Terri for Tea Cup Tuesday
Kathe for You're Gonna Love it Tuesday 

Bernideen for Friends Sharing Tea

Nula, Rosie and Becca from here

Thank you dear friends for being here

WELCOME

to my new followers it's lovely to meet you.

 Merci à bientôt
be kind to one another!

 

♥ Shane ♥

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chinese Flower Tea

Every second Tuesday is our group's

Embroidery day.

It's a small group - just four of us now.

These photos are from one such day about a year

or so ago at Mary's.

The Chinese flowers before

they are added to the tea pot.

It is fascinating to watch the flower unfold.

Changing little by little to become an
amazing work of art!

It has a delicate taste - much like a soft green tea.

I love tea parties so today I'm joining

the following parties

Terri ~ Teacup Tuesday

Kathy ~ A Return to Loveliness

Martha ~ Teacup Tuesday

Bernideen ~ Friends Sharing Tea

Sandi ~ Tea Time Tuesday

  

Thank you for your visits and comments
WELCOME

 to my new followers
it's lovely to meet you!

À bientôt 

and be kind to one another

Shane ♥

MY BLUE TEA SET

I've loved this tea set forever

as it was part of every

family gathering as I grew up.

My darling mother treasured it

and she wouldn't trust anyone else

to bring it down safely from the

top shelf of the kitchen dresser.

It holds such happy memories

of many lovely coffee mornings

and afternoon tea parties.

Mother had several lovely

china tea sets

but this 'Spode Camilla' set

she loved the most.

This is the one she brought out

for special family occasions!

Being the only daughter in our family,

most of her lovely china

was passed on to me.

I in turn will pass it on

to my daughter.

It is used every day now and

I treasure it dearly - it never

goes in the dishwasher

but is carefully washed by hand!

Today I'm joining

 Mary for Thursday's Inspiration

Bernideen's Open House Thursday

Claudia's A Favorite Thing

Terri's Teacup Tuesday 

Martha's Tea Cup Tuesday

Sandi's  Tea Time Tuesday

Kathy's A Delightsome Life

Please make a cup of tea
and pop in to say hello!

Terri of Artful Affirmations blog
is having a beautiful Giveaway to
celebrate her new class
Soulful Adornments here
the winner will be chosen on 1st May!

À bientôt

be kind to one another

hugs

Shane ♥

...his mother put him to bed and made some chamomile tea.

AND she gave a dose of it to Peter!

'One table-spoon to be taken at bed-time'.