Crystal Grandeur

       Sharing a Tea scape here with the mix of aqua blue mugs and a white kettle.The weather is wonderful here to sip tea.... sitting by the bay window.Plucked the beautiful flowers on a chilly morning  from the garden and i loved putting the white and golden yellow blooms  inside a cute little bottle with a bow tied around that looked so pretty. Thanks for your visit and enjoy your tea....:):)                                           He created and we designed it   Please Visit Marthas Favorites Please Visit Nap On The Porch  Please Visit Coastal Charm  Please visit A stroll Thru Life

Pongal the harvest festival is the thanks giving festival celebrated at this time of the month every year. It is the celebration of prosperity and new beginnings. Farmers reap rewards for their job well done and cattle's (Cow, Ox, Bull) are acknowledged for their contribution. Pongal is observed as a day for special worship of the Sun. Everything sweet is supposed to please the Sun God & therefore several sweet dishes are prepared on this special day. It is a festival that bounds people together in one harmonious endeavor. The word Pongal in South Indian state Of Tamil Nadu literally means boiling. When the pot of milk is full and boils over, it symbolizes a good harvest, prosperity and happiness. As we celebrate the three day festival, we reach back into the granary of our past and revive the moments of a time, when rhythm of our lives was dictated by seasons.    I am pleased to present here a Pongal breakfast tablescape by spreading my coffee brown with red borde...

China teapots, sugar bowls and salvers are the beloved of the tea table that blossomed during late 17th century in England. Their popularity was accelerated by Queen Catherine of Braganza who brought the tea drinking habit from the Portuguese court. Tea drinking became an epidemic in polite society and tea shops were opened for ladies in London where women could meet and gossip as their husbands did in the exclusively male coffee houses. Love and scandals are the best sweeteners of tea commented the novelist Hendry Fielding. India is a tea drinking nation, where tea or "chai" drinking is enjoyed by the rich and the poor. Tea stalls and shops are a common sight in India. They are there everywhere, from Railway stations to Bus stations, Airports & even on a remote high way at the corner of  hairpin bend in a mountainous region would you get tea to pep you up, at any time of the day. Sipping tea from hand-enameled glasses or from a simple glass tea is undeniably refres...