Stop for Tea

I'm feeling a little overwhelmed this week,

perhaps some soothing tea would be nicely needed. 

but first I'll put on a hat,

Tea almost always goes better with a hat.

This is the one

I love the netting and when draped it is elegant

I'm having a fast cuppa this am as Ana is on her way over to stay with

grandma and we both are going to sit together and wait for baby.

Rory is finally going to make an appearance,

I can't wait to show you pictures of my new grand-son.

My tea party today is in this cup

I can imagine this rose flowering in my garden

I've chosen another rose for my tea pot

My tea today will be Lighthouse Lover's

wonderful rich bold, bright with a tart and tangy scur 

of cherry notes tempered with mild sweet banana finish.

While we are having tea and relaxing this afternoon I have something to share.

This is a video of the scrapbooking section of our gift shop done by Henry Dunsmore here on Prince Edward Island.  I was chosen by ArtisanPEI for the video this year and is demonstrates what we do for an experience here in the shop.  There were two videos made and I'll post the wire wrapping one another time. 

I hope you enjoy my camera shy :-)

These days I'm doing my best to try and stop for tea. Ana will be with me for two days as Rory my new grandson will arrive tomorrow.  We are so excited, and so is Ana, she hasn't stopped a bit. It took me all of the day up until now to get this post finished and I'm so tired I'm heading to my comfort zone. 

Before I do I'd like to visit the following for tea today.

Sandi ~ Rose Chintz Cottage

Martha ~ Martha's Favourites

Bernideen's ~ Tea Time Blog

Please forgive me if I don't respond to all your lovely comments over these next few months, know I am with you and visiting.  I may just leave a little short note to let you know I was by. Life does get in the way of time for me - however know I'm near,
~00~ Grandma (aka Cindy)

Bringing in the New Year

Another year has closed and it has been one to remember.
 I won't go through the 40 or so reasons, why but I'll share a couple.

One of the Best!

Our little tea room "Grandma's Afternoon Tea Room"  has been honoured 

by Chatelaine 

as one of the

 Best 7 Tea Rooms in Canada. 

Congratulations have been pouring in on Facebook, Twitter and my email.

Chatelaine did a wonderful job mentioning us.

CBC did a live stream radio and print interview.

 East Coast Kitchen Party did up a very nice live interview. 

Radio Canada International did a write up.

MSN News wrote up an article.

Joy of Organizing wrote us into their newsletter.

And if that wasn't enough for surprises I woke up yesterday and found out that

 Charlottetown, PEI 

has been chosen 

one of the Best Places in 2014 To Visit in Canada. 

Watch the video Tourism has on More Reasons to Visit PEI

Thank you, to all who have mentioned so many kind words, thank you to my family for their support, my blog world for their kindness and to the news world for their coverage. 

Grandma is hanging up her apron for a couple of months as she visits her grand-babies in North Carolina. We will be on route as of Jan 6th, living an RV life and hooking up to intermittent Wi-Fi along the way.  I hope to stay connected as much as possible.  

~oo~ oh and Grandma picks up her new glasses on Friday! wooohoooo 

~oo~ Grandma