300 years of happy dreaming. So said Mary Kate Danaher in John Ford's "The Quiet Man" the inspiration for "Tea with Mary Kate". Mary Kate is passionate, fiery, & spirited. She has freckles & a temper & although she lives in poor rural Ireland, her possessions are a treasure to her. Not for their material [...]
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Inspiration For Tea and Living (via Tea With Mary Kate – Inspiration for Tea and Living)
Posted in Inspiring Days To Celebrate, Thoughtful and Provactive Musings, Uncategorized, tagged inspiration for tea and living, tea with mary kate on July 4, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
All Aboard the Luxurious Northern Belle! A Glamorous Vintage Train Journey for Mary Kate to the Chelsea Flower Show.
Posted in Inspiring Days To Celebrate, tagged 1930 train carriages, Agatha Christie Murder on the Orient Express, all abord, Bletchley Park Enigma machine, blissful bellini, brunch and bellinis, chelsea flower show, connecting experience, crewe staion, glamourous vintage train journey, harlech train carriage, http://wp.me/pLF99-tC, inspiration for tea and living, Luxury Northern belle, luxury train travel britain, magical journey, Northen Belle orient express charity dinner, tea with mary kate, west cost main line on May 29, 2010 | 7 Comments »
It’s very early on a cold misty morning in late May. Standing on the platform at Crewe station, there is an air of anticipation. We have an invitation to board the Northern Belle! I’ve hardly been able to sleep in a mixture of excitement and anxiety, not to mention deciding what to wear! And now [...]
Idylic Whitsun Afternoon Tea – Idea’s and Inspiration from Tea with Mary Kate wishing for a Vintage Tea complete with Bunting and Eton Mess
Posted in Enchanting Afternoon Tea, Inspiring Days To Celebrate, tagged connecting experience, eton mess strawberries cream, inspiration for tea and living, portmerion crockery, tea with mary kate, vintage garden tea with bunting, whitsun may day on May 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I so adore this time of year, drifting into summer, full of hope and optimism for a warm summer. A cloth for the table, naturally, although we’re outside, there are certain standards to maintain after all. A sturdy vase, filled with freshly picked wild flowers, not precious primulas but common or garden angelica and a [...]
Tea and Vintage Steam Trains – Tea with Mary Kate has a thrilling evening at The Baker Street Murder Mystery at Llangollen Steam Railway
Posted in Inspiring Days To Celebrate, tagged cottage tea rooms llangollen, enchanting and connecting experience, inspiration for tea and living, Interact (Wales), llangollen steam train, murder mystery evening, tea with mary kate, vintage train journey, wales, Welsh Brew tea on May 12, 2010 | 1 Comment »
A quite indifferent day turns into a beautiful but chilly May evening. Wisps of steam are visible in the distance, rising from the picturesque station at Llangollen, the very distinctive smell of coal in the air. Instantly transported back in time whilst being whisked through the glorious Welsh countryside, the journey on board the amazing [...]
Welsh Gardener’s Delight at the RHS Flower show in Cardiff – Mary Kate is inspired now Spring has Sprung
Posted in Inspiring Days To Celebrate, tagged afternoon tea, Cardiff Castle Bute Park, connecting experience, Enchanting Afternoon Tea, herbs in wales, inspiration for tea and living, love patisserie, pieminister, RHS flower show, spring has sprung, tea with mary kate, welsh daffodil delight on April 18, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Spring has sprung and it is nothing short of a perfect day for the RHS Flower show in Cardiff. The cherry blossom drifts across the soft blue sky above Bute Park, the splendid architecture of Cardiff Castle an appropriately magnificent background for the picture postcard weather. The cry of the seagulls, so familiar to those who [...]
Idea’s to Celebrate the Start of Summer – Inspiration for a Marvellous May Day
Posted in Inspiring Days To Celebrate, tagged afternoon tea, afternoon tea outdoors, afternoon tea outside, ideas for a mavellous may day, inspiration for tea and living, knowledge of the past, may day, may day picnic, may pole, Padstow may day obby oz, picnic, spring has sprung, start of summer, tea, tea with mary kate, welsh may day tradition on April 14, 2010 | 1 Comment »
The quintessential eccentricity of the British is never more marvellously illustrated than in what happens on May Day Now that spring has sprung, my thoughts are turning to May Day, and those traditions that herald the first official Day of summer, with Celebrations that take place up and down Britian. These can be described as [...]
Tea with Mary Kate’s Motivation for a Birthday High Tea
Posted in Enchanting Afternoon Tea, Inspiring Days To Celebrate, tagged autonomy mastery purpose, birthday afternoon high tea, birthday high tea, clifton cake cafe, connecting experience, daniel pink, drive, inspiration for tea and living, motivation, surprising truth about what motivates us, tea with mary kate, what's your sentence on April 2, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Celebrate! Rejoice! You’re just about to reach another birthday! Ok, yes, and another year older! It’s always a bit of a reflective time for me. On separate years, my darling grandparents died within a few days either side of the date of my birthday, so without too much sorrow, but with a joyous recollection of [...]
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