Crank'n out the Summer Days

This summer has been like most summers I remember over the past 14 or so years. You wake early before the sun comes up, grab coffee from the pot left over from yesterday and heat it in the microwave and get on with your day by making fresh coffee for the next 6 hours.  I often wonder why summer passes me by each year without a memory of it, being so busy can't be a good thing - too bad I can't spread some of that busy over to the Winter months, lol.

Just a little catch me up

Last weekend was the Souris Seaglass Festival in Prince Edward Island and for the first time I operated a booth there.  I think there might have been 4000 people attend at different times throughout the two days.

I was over in Nova Scotia the week before and spent 5 days with my brother and sister-in-law and her and I went a a number of shops and I found some amazing props for the table.

This coral is one

This lamp was another (imitation) I love the colour of paint I found for it, good job it use to be red.

I saw this painting inside a frame in a museum somewhere and fell in love with it, so wish I could paint because I have a frame.

Lets see what else has been going on?  Oh, my last sale on Etsy has been 2 bags of sand.  Victoria rolled her eyes at me and said, "mom you could win the award for selling anything."

My little Braxton has been sick for 3 of those days I spent away.  He stayed close to me and didn't get up to do too much.  He is doing better now.

Our Nova Scotia Trip was a blast

We stopped at a fishing village and bought snow crab off the boat.

crab

That was about it, then we returned to the Island for a few days

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This little guy made himself happy out of Braxton's food dish.

Guy did the Downtown Charlottetown Farmer's Market himself on Sunday.  I was a vendor in Souris for the weekend at the Seaglass Festival.  It was a nice break from the everyday, the nights were cool and windy only because of where I parked up on top of a cliff.  The wind rocked the camper back and forth all night and I slept like a baby.

Good job I'm well rested this week as it has been a big one.

It is hard to believe it is Thursday already!

The summer is flying by

Well I have 8 in the Bed and Breakfast so I'd better start cooking, besides I hear the coffee pot is finished dripping so my day is about to begin.

I miss getting around to visiting you all and promise to be by soon as my life settles down a wee little bit.

Hugs, enjoy your days as they go by fast when you get older,

Cindy

~00~ Grandma (aka Cindy) or Crafting
http://scrapandwrap.ca

Over My Backyard Fence

Recent update

fairy garden party

Farmer's Market

new product.

Note:  I love to blog and follow... my summers are crazy busy and I don't always have time to do either.  I don't want to give it up and have come to a compressible effort I can live with.  I'll post pictures, not a lot of content, can't follow parties unless it is a slow week in Grandma's Tea Room, and will try and get around to all you lovelies as often as I can.  Please know I'm thinking of you even though I haven't commented after visiting your blog...it doesn't mean I've not been there.  Sometimes I wish there was a "Like" button on everyone's blog so I could press it.  Rushed today as we have a booth at the Farmer's Market downtown Charlottetown. Hugs to everyone and wishing your doing fantastic.

Cindy 

~00~ Grandma

Summer Time Tea ~ w/ Grandma

I have exciting news! 

Grandma's Tea Room made our local paper

and a full page advert

Guy and I are over the moon excited.

Here is the link for you to view, I know a couple of you already have seen this.
Article

http://www.theguardian.pe.ca/Living/2014-06-21/article-3771464/A-thirst-for-tea-on-P.E.I./1

Slideshow

http://www.theguardian.pe.ca/Slideshow/10628/Tearoom/1

Now onto my summer time tea

Garden Tea

A clutch for you, 

and a clutch for me, 

Thank you for joining my garden tea

An Anne of Green Gables trivet and a finger towel

along side a placemat

some jewellery for you

and Seaglass jewellery for me

 

a lovely hat for you, 

and one for me.

There's something special about a garden tea.

Could it be the tea cups?

Maybe it's the tea? 

Perhaps it is just the wee little things.

I'll be linking up with the following tea parties as long as time permits, I have 6 reservations for afternoon tea tomorrow.

Sandi ~ Rose Chintz Cottage

Martha ~ Martha's Favourites

Bernideen's ~ Tea Time Blog

Ruth ~ Antique's And Tea Cups

~00~ Grandma (aka Cindy) or Crafting - http://scrapandwrap.ca

Making of a Fairy Garden

Do you believe in Fairies?

If so walk my garden path,

You'll find 13 Fairy Gardens once you do the math,

I've created something lovely,

A place you'll want to be.

Fairies have been a wonder and fascination of mine since I was their size. Here I am full grown and I'm still playing, creating and doing a little day dreaming. Isn't that part of life though? living and laughing through play and imagination?

 So I've created a mystical and magical spot just outside the Tea Room doors,

 for children and young at heart, where they can explore.

Fairies often visit in the evening and at night,

so if you are building a garden keep in mind their bare feet and their tiny flight.

Today in the Guardian our local PEI paper you can read an article about the tea room and gardens.

Here you can watch a nervous me talk about the fairies in my garden.

http://www.theguardian.pe.ca/Video/33140/Grandmas-Tea-Room

Make a Fairy Garden

Ingredients for a fairy garden

pebbles

moss

sand

small plants

shells

fairy miniatures (dish, house, Tetley tea pots, little bird houses, mini Kinder surprises)

container for the garden (broken pot, bottom of a planter, wheel barrow, bird bath or box) 

~00~ Grandma (aka Cindy) or Crafting - http://scrapandwrap.ca

Good Fences - Make for Conversation

It's a wonder how a fence with a few ribbons tied to it keeps out livestock. So on my walk one morning when visiting my daughter in North Carolina this Ford driver had been out at the end of his lane collecting the mail and I asked him.  His response was, "no, hell the flags fur me so I don't go back'n my Ford into the live wire."  I got my answer. 

Joining The Run A Round Ranch Report in the blog party "Good Fences" - come and play!

Hoping your day is a good one,

~00~ Grandma (aka Cindy)

Rainy Days and Spicy Rhubarb

Welcome to my afternoon and some of the quirky things that happen at Grandma's Place. This week I'm taking a garden break from planting and letting mother nature take care of her plan for watering Anne's Land.

I'm excited to share that the Guardian came out to grandma's and did a write up and a video (over and over) but we gott'r done finally.  I can't share with you the quirky things you say behind a camera when it is turned on and I can only hope that Mary is a great editor and takes out all of my flubbers. It is scheduled for this Saturday's paper and I'll be sure to post a link to the on line version this weekend.

The Lilacs are in bloom about the Island and a short drive to Cavendish was a showy one for sure. You will have to imagine the colour that surrounds our little Island as I forgot my camera at home. 

The house smelled of spicy rhubarb this week after I made rhubarb chutney. 

Doesn't it look yummy?

We ventured over to Victoria's and had our Father's Day celebration with the four Fathers in our lives, Dewar Victoria's cowboy, his dad - Aubrey farmer papa smurf, my seaglassing French Gardener Guy, and our son saran wrap Matthew.  Each of the men got a gift bag with a bottle of spiced rhubarb and a little bit of their personality. Dewar got a maze puzzle that can't be completed, Aubrey got papa smurf, Guy got seaglass cuff-links and Matthew got a bottle of my new coffee meat rub. I baked a cake and the four men got to cut themselves a piece of cake first. I put money in the cake and it was fantastic to see Victoria and Matthew light up like they were a kid again. 

Well I'm to the bottom of the cup again.

Time to get back at it.

I hope to see you next week for tea on Tuesday.

Bye for now,

Cindy

This week I'm skipping over and having tea with the following parties, will you join me for tea?

Sandi ~ Rose Chintz Cottage

Martha ~ Martha's Favourites

Bernideen's ~ Tea Time Blog

Ruth ~ Antique's And Tea Cups

~00~ Grandma (aka Cindy)

Summer Garden Tea

Welcome to my June summer garden tea. I've been waiting for this month all year, it is simply my favourite time of the year.  The month of June not only brings about wonderful smells from all the Lily of the Valley but it is also the name of my mom and the month I was born in.

In the garden

A table for tea

A hat for you

and a hat for me,

Its late in the day,

so I'll choose the tea,
Clementine Clove,
perfect cup for you and me!

Today I'm having a garden tea with the following parties

Sandi ~ Rose Chintz Cottage

Martha ~ Martha's Favourites

Bernideen's ~ Tea Time Blog

Ruth ~ Antiques and Tea Cups

*note: I will make my way around to each and everyone who visits. Give me "time" I'll be there.
Cindy

~00~ Grandma (aka Cindy)