Wednesday, March 26, 2008

Litera-Tea

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






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10 comments:

  1. Grace12:38 PM

    beautiful books, I have to some serious literary shopping!!!

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  2. Mr Puffy's Knitting Blog:1:21 PM

    I love the illustrations. Such nice tea books!

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  3. Vee11:34 AM

    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.

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  4. Anonymous3:29 PM

    The illustrations you shared are great. Enjoy...

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  5. Anonymous6:24 PM

    I also have that tea book. It's a great little book.

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  6. Sweet Necessi-Teas4:37 AM

    What beautiful images! Thanks for sharing!

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  7. Anonymous6:51 PM

    Looks like another book to add to my collection...Thanks for sharing this.

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  8. La Tea Dah8:10 PM

    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

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  9. Steph1:23 PM

    Tucson was in bloom! We took a walk through Suaro National Park and there were lots of yellows and purples. :-)

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  10. Michele2:50 PM

    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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