This week's tea blogathon theme is Litera-Tea (from Gracious Hospitality). I'm not at home, so I don't have access to my normal library of tea books, but thought I'd share two fun finds from my Tucson trip. At Bookman's, an awesome used bookstore, I found these two books.The first, A Perfect Cup of Tea, was written by journalist Arthur Gray in 1903. What I love most about this book is the lovely artwork (shown at bottom). The second book I nabbed is The Language of Flowers, by Kate Greenaway. This book was originally published in 1884, and also contains wonderful artwork. And I never knew that flowers could convey so many diverse sentiments. I've been somewhat surprised to find that not all of them are happy. In my world, flowers only bring happiness. :-) This book is fun, tho, because you can use it as a reference either by flower or by desired expression.
Images from A Perfect Cup of Tea
10 comments:
beautiful books, I have to some serious literary shopping!!!
I love the illustrations. Such nice tea books!
Lovely books and charming illustrations. I'm especially drawn to the little girl wearing glasses. She looks so much like a little girl I know.
The illustrations you shared are great. Enjoy...
I also have that tea book. It's a great little book.
What beautiful images! Thanks for sharing!
Looks like another book to add to my collection...Thanks for sharing this.
Ohhhh, two delightful new tea books ---- and neither are in my own collection. I will have to look them up. They look lovely! Thank you for sharing! I am in envy of you visiting Tucson. How are the flowers right now? We have family there and we love to visit --- it's a lovely place!
Thanks for sharing!
LaTeaDah
Tucson was in bloom! We took a walk through Suaro National Park and there were lots of yellows and purples. :-)
Ooh, Bookman's is my favorite. I save up all of my books and bring them with me when I visit my parents in Tucson. I'm glad you got to experience it! :-)
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