Welcome back to the tales of The Traveling Teacup! This stop is in Humble TX, with Carol – a wonderful Mantel and Table reader with a lovely garden!
We have lots of lovely photos to see, and stories to hear, but first, let’s catch up on our teacup’s travels.
Back to the Beginning
Everything started with this post, The Exciting Beginnings of The Traveling Teacup.
Our teacup’s first stop was just down the freeway, and then she was off around the country and even some other countries! She acquired the name Tessa Rose, (and variations thereof,) and met so many wonderful people! Here’s the list of her visits so far:
- A beautiful Oregon farm belonging to my dear friend Martha
- The Bay Area with crafter and HomeTalk personality Cynthia Nessel
- The lovely home of Kansas City stylist Suzanne Zingg
- Teatime in Texas with Lifestyle blogger Candace McCoy
- The gorgeous Lakebay WA cottage garden of IG star Kim Robinson
- A cool So Cal family tea with small-space decorator Julie Briones
- A day of tea, art, and music with Michele at The Nest at Finch Rest
- Meeting interesting new people with Linda Defazio at Somerset Lodge
- A fun and busy detour to my dear SIL in Walla Walla
- Some VERY hot weather with Instagrammer SavvyCheri in N. Tustin CA
- A pink pumpkin party with Alicia, the talented creator of IG’s 13Tables
- The historic Phoenix estate of renovator & home blogger Mary Crozier
- Back to the NW and my neighbors’ home to meet their new puppy
- A Vermont snowfall with Ann, of the blog Dabbling and Decorating
- The Northwoods to see the Queen of Plaid, Kristin at White Arrows Home
- The mountains of Colorado with DIY guru Chas of Chas’ Crazy Creations
- Dallas TX visiting weekend-decorator extraordinaire Andrea Hundley
- And her first international stop – a lovely blogger and doctor in Canada
- High Tea with Master Gardener and New Jersey blogger Stacy Ling
- Tea in the Netherlands with consummate tea party host Martine
- A visit to EPCOT with the lovely, talented Chloe of Celebrate and Decorate
- The Beautiful Snowy Mountains of WA state with my dear friend Patty
- Back to Florida and the Gulf Coast with the amazing Kari of Me and My Captain
- A fascinating tour of historic Lancaster PA hosted by Linda of Bushel & a Pickle
- Back to Walla Walla for a springtime reunion with SIL in her beautiful home
Stop #26 ~ Carol’s Lovely Humble TX Garden
This leg of Tessa Rose’s journey was just over 2000 miles. I sure wish I could use her frequent flyer points!
Carol has written a wonderful account of their time together, so I’m going to let her tell the story.
Ms. Tessa Rose Traveling Tea Cup (TTC) Heads South
Mother Nature and the Post Office collaborated together to have the traveling tea cup arrive right before Easter with spring weather perfection for our outdoor holiday dinner in Humble (silent H), Texas.
We were fortunate to have a small family gathering of eight, with everyone either on their first or second covid vaccines. We felt blessed to have some of our pandemic anxiety reduced to be able to celebrate together. The splashing sounds of the pool fountains helped us feel in harmony with the festive occasion.
Hopefully it helped distract from all the landscaping damage from our unfortunate freeze in February. Many in Texas are still dealing with severe damage from burst water pipes, so we feel fortunate.
Ms. TTC fit right in like a natural with her charming personality and impeccable manners.
I’m just SO charmed by Carol’s darling Easter fruit tray – isn’t that the cutest thing? I can’t wait to try it next year!
In the Garden
Ms. Rosie graciously asked for a tour of the garden that burst forth in all its glory despite our four days of winter in February, and posed with many of the posies.
Dallying with Dianthus
Admiring Amaryllis
Tessa Rose with roses, verbena, sedum and pansies
Posing with pansies, sedum, and Black-eyed Susan
Amaryllis and primrose hope to distract from the freeze damaged Meyer lemon tree.
Oh my gosh those amaryllis are gorgeous aren’t they? Up here in Portland, you don’t see them growing in the ground like that very much. I’m really only used to seeing them in pots at the holidays, so this is pretty exciting!
A Visit to Another New Friend
Wrapping up Ms. Rosie’s stay, we made a trip to tea loving, fellow china aficionado’s home for a selfie, prior to packing up her sweet self and moving on to her next adventure.
Thank You Carol!
And what a lovely adventure you gave her Carol! Plus, the flowers in your garden were just what I needed to jump into spring! Thank you so much for being such a wonderful teacup host!
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Have a Lovely Teacup Tuesday!
Hello Barbara, such a lovely idea!! I have heard of your traveling teacup and it is a sweet idea to see where it goes. My son and his class sent their paper Flat Stanley’s all over and his ended up going overseas somewhere when my aunt sent it to a friend. Beautiful places to visit! I saved your post to my Tea Time board on P to come back and read all the connected posts.
Enjoy sending it onward,
Hugs,
Barb 🙂
Aren’t you sweet?! Thanks so much Barb! It IS so fun to follow her journey and I’m sure you’ll enjoy all the creative ideas and great photography of our wonderful hosts! 🙂 My kids were a little too old when Flat Stanley started, but it looks as much fun as we’ve been having with Tessa Rose! Thanks again for stopping by – Happy Tuesday!
What an absolutely fantastic idea! Sort of like a fabulous Flat Stanley for sophisticated tea drinkers. Have a wonderful day!
Hi Laura – it really is so fun! I’m sure Flat Stanley would approve! 😉 Thanks so much for stopping by!
What a beautiful post – Carol’s pictures were just beautiful. I know our Tessa Rose must’ve surely enjoyed spending time in the beautiful grounds and at that jaw-dropping fountain! WOW! What a lovely sight.
Hi Michele! Isn’t it fun how so many of you hosts are gardeners? I’m so glad you stopped by, and I hope you’re having a lovely spring so far!
The flowers in her garden are stunning! Also makes me anxious for some more sunny weather here in Portland so we can see a few more flowers showing their colors!
YES! More sun, more flowers! We have sun today though so that’s a start! 🙂 Hope things are going well for you over there!
Oh goodness. What a lovely space. The flowers are such a perfect backdrop for TR – what wouldn’t they be the perfect backdrop for lol? I heard about the snowmageddon there – such crazy weather. Glad to see their yard is getting back to normal. Longing for garden flowers up here…
Right? Carol’s backdrops are lovely for anything! 😉 I hope it won’t be long before your flowers start blooming too!
Such beautiful garden areas. Always enjoy traveling with Tessa.
I can’t wait to plant flowers.
I know Cindy – me too! We’ve actually started putting in some flowering plants from the nursery, so I’m feeling much more springy this week! 🙂 Hope you have a lovely day and weekend over there!
Always such a fun read. Humble Texas, we are neighbors. A very beautiful garden and I love the pineapple bunny.
Isn’t that the cutest? I’d almost hate to eat it if I didn’t love pineapple so much! 🙂 Too bad TR couldn’t just pop over and say hi while she was in your neighborhood. Thanks for continuing to follow along, Andrea – you hosts are the best!
Carol has such a gorgeous garden.
Hugs to you.
Hi – I love all her flowers. TX is such a different gardening region, and I really LOVE those amaryllis just growing outside! 🙂 Thanks so much for stopping by – see you soon!