" Welcoming Spring" WITH Bunnies & Chocolat sprinkled with Pink & Green

I have been drawn to the color combo of soft pink and pale greens since the first time I saw wire edged French Ribbon...It was back in the early 70s I received a gift from an inspirational friend Tied with this RIBBON! I hate to confess that I don't remember the contents of the gift, BUT I still have the RIBBON! 

Let's add some "CHOCOLAT" to our scheme too...We can NEVER have too much of this!

This pretty little plate is a Theodore Haviland Regents Park "Rose"! It was acquired while thrifting my days away last fall and thinking of "You All"...There were only two BUT for $1 for the set, "They literally JUMPED in my car"! ANYTHING with a rose "Is a MUST HAVE", don't you think???
The Pink bottom plate is also a thrifting treasure... Not my best buy but $5 each was more than fair for "Bordallo Pinneiro" deep rose pink plates made in Portugal... they remind me of Majolica with a timeless tone!

Look at that "CUTE" little pale green cloche! It's one of two and I have been VISITING it regularly at a local consignment shop! I was convinced that one day it would be mine!!! and after setting this vignette I called the shop and "Made an offer they DIDN'T refuse"...Then I trotted down to fetch my treasure and enhance my setting! "LOVE THEM"!!!
"Sherry" do you see your little green sherbets? I won those beautiful green sherbets from Sherry @ Back 2 Vintage...If you've never visited Her Land of Blog YOU MUST click here...AND if you live in her area YOU MUST visit her shop... "How fun is that"!!!

Reed & Barton "Harlequin" serving pieces...I only have "3" of the set of 5...BUT those of you who KNOW me "KNOW" that I look at "THREE" as a perfect set...

Oh My! More bunnies are Hopping in!!! He's going to need a BIG MUG!

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This beautiful serving bowl is "HUGE and STUNNING"!!! It is Mexican Pewter and every bit as intricate as Arthur Court(I have both)... I ALSO think that silver/pewter blends a table with pink...

What are we quenching our thirst with this morning??? "CHOCOLATE PU-ERH NuMi TEA"!!! I also have a pot of Artisan Coffee Roasters "Tiramisu Coffee"...Oh My it tastes like Heaven, the BEST I've ever tasted!!!What else would chocolate bunnies drink?
I stopped into TJmaxx today "AND" they had the Artisan Coffee Roasters "Tiramisu Coffee" for $4.99 a bag!!! OH MY GOODNESS...They also had Carmel, BUT the Tiramisu is the one that has WON My HEART!!! I'm going to go back and buy every bag they had! "YUMMMMMY"!

I Love to use tea towels as little table cloths... If you line them up down your table, they are PERFECT as a runner by covering over the seams with flowers and teatime goodies... This group  I've had FOREVER and they've been tucked away for a special occasion...Of Course a Tea COULD NEVER be more special than "Spent with You"!!! 
See that big beautiful rabbit, laying there, in the linen?
We can never have too many bunnies at our tea!

My big bargain joining us is the vintage"Daisy dot MARCREST"...I have LOVED this pattern since the 60s when Mom brought home a casserole and one large chop plate from "The First National Grocery Store"...Dad remarked on how she didn't NEED any more dishes AND that was the end of her MARCREST collection...I DO have the casserole that was used for EVERY picnic, road trip, etc we went on. It seemed to be ALWAYS full of sausage &peppers, meatballs, stuffed peppers, Boston baked beans, bread pudding OR various other goodies invented by Mom(Yum,Yum,Yummy)...OK, now for MY bargain Marcrest...I found a VERY LARGE stack of it in a local thrift shop. It was SO DIRTY that you couldn't even tell if it was chipped. I juggled the WHOLE pile to the guy in charge and told him I'd use them for my plants if they were unusable. He sold me ALL of them for $2. Which was even a bargain for plant saucers. When I got home and gave them all their hot bubble bath...THEY WERE MINT! not even a scratch! Can you picture me "Happy Dancing" at that point! Dishes and Cups&Saucers AND that wonderful "BEAN POT"!!! You ask...Is it full of BEANS? Is it full of MAYBE "Jelly Beans"? No, It's full of "Carrot Cake Scones"!!! AH, Isn't life wonderful! to give us the NET to find such things...I just typed in "I Want Carrot Cake Scones"...BINGO, there they were, HUNDREDS of them... I will add the recipe here Below...
Did you notice how Marcrest "Looks like Chocolat"? It's one of the things I LOVE about it(other than all the MEMORIES of Mom)...

Did I mention we can NEVER have too many roses? David Austin thought so too...One can ONLY dream to absorb all his knowledge...I faithfully DO READ all I can about him and his techniques...Did you know that you should feed each of your rosebushes a "banana peel" every year...I cut one WHOLE banana peel PER PLANT and work it into the soil around the plant making sure it's beneath the surface! Plants use lots of potassium, this is an easy way to replenish it!

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On St Patrick's Day I always adorn the table with Fern Leaf Anemone in my favorite pale greens, then after the Leprechauns have left the premises The TULIPS join the vase... My favorite for this display is Parrot tulips of pink & Green! The Fern leaves mingling with the Strap leaves are a perfect marriage...

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LOOK what happened!!! God graced me with "What's left of my cherry tree" In blossom!!! It's a whole month early. It opened March 22nd... 

Carrot cake Scones! 

Author: Karlynn Johnston

Serves: 18

Spicy carrot cake scones drizzled with tangy cream cheese icing.

Ingredients

• 1 cup of Greek yogurt
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 4 cups of flour
• 1 cup of white sugar
• 1 cup of raisins
• 3/4 cup shredded carrots
• 1 cup of cold margarine or butter
• 1 egg
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp salt
• 2 tsp cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp ginger
• sprinkle of nutmeg
• sprinkle of cloves

Instructions

1. Kick the tires & light the fires to 350 degrees.
2. Whisk together your flour, sugar, baking powder, salt and spices in a very large bowl. You need the space to cut in the butter and it is a rather large recipe.
3. Shred your carrots and then blot them with a paper towel to remove excess moisture.
4. Take your Greek yogurt – mine was honey sweetened but really you do not need the extra sweet- and mix in the baking soda.
5. Cut your cold butter into the dry mixture using two knives criss-cross or a pastry blender. Butter most definitely tastes the best in scones, but you can use margarine as a substitute, just make sure it’s cold!
6. Take your egg and beat it, then add the Greek Yogurt and egg to the dry ingredients at the same time. Mix them in well, then take the raisins and carrots and dump them into the bowl.
7. I used my hands at this point to work the dough. It may seem like there isn’t enough moisture, but trust me and keep kneading the dough. You will get a perfect non sticky scone dough like below!
8. Roll the dough into a stumpy log.
9. Cut that log into three equal pieces.
10. Once those three almost equal circles are flattened into one inch thick circles, which are about 6 inches wide, cut them into 6 pieces each.
11. Lay those 18 scones onto parchment lined baking sheets, you only need two. They will fit and they do not expand sideways as much as they bake upwards.
12. Bake them in a 350 degree oven for 20-24 minutes until the bottoms and tops are a delicious golden brown.

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