Paddington, Scout and Cousin Paddington Take Tea with Malachi
SCOUT: “Paddy? Paddy!”
PADDY: “Yes Scout?”
SCOUT: “Paddy, it’s raining outside! We can’t take tea in the garden today.” *Sulks.*
PADDY: “That’s alright Scout! We can take elevenses right here in the dining room instead! Won’t that be nice?”
COUSIN PADDINGTON: “What a capital idea, Paddy!”
PADDY: “Thank you Cousin Paddington. Scout, go and get your Red Riding Hood dolly, so she can take elevenses with us too.”
SCOUT: “Oh goody!” *Jumps up and down enthusiastically.* “Can we invite little Malachi? We haven’t had tea with Malachi since he came to live with us.”
PADDY: “What a lovely idea, Scout.”
PADDY, SCOUT, COUSIN PADDINGTON and MALACHI wait patiently whilst DADDY sets out the tea things and brings in a plate of jam fancies, shortbread and a bowl of chocolates.
SCOUT: “But what will Malachi eat Paddy?”
MALACHI: “Fear not dear Scout! I brought my own selection of tea, biscuits and chocolates for elevenses!”
PADDY: “Well, taking tea together is a very civil thing to do. Bon appetite everyone!”
This year the FFF+ Group have decided to have a weekly challenge called “Snap Happy”. A different theme chosen by a member of the group each week, and the image is to be posted on the Monday of the week.
This week the theme, “drinks” was chosen by Di,PhotosbyDi.
Paddy, Scout, Cousin Paddington and Malachi all wanted to take part, as they all enjoy taking tea and elevenses in style.
This beautiful faerie tale pantomime nursery dinner set was made in England by the Shell China Company in the 1930s. It features four cups, saucers and plates (not all the set is being used today) as well as a teapot, milk jug, sugar bowl, platter, sandwich plate, a lidded soup tureen on its own dish and a gravy or cream jug on its own dish. Each piece is gilt edged and decorated and feature different faerie tales including: "Cinderella", "Little Red Riding Hood", "Dick Whittington and his Cat", "Jack and the Beanstalk" and "Goldilocks and the Three Bears" amongst others. The set I acquired from England, and it is a sister set to a 1920s Shell China Company nursery rhyme tea set that I was given as a gift some years ago by a close friend who knows I collect nursery ware and children\'s tea sets. Paddy and Scout also have a tiny doll (bear) sized nursery napkin each which is hand embroidered with a donkey motif. There are also doll (bear) sized tea spoons which are sterling silver salt spoons, and the spoon in the "Goldilocks and the Three Bears" sugar bowl is an Eighteenth Century sterling silver mustard spoon.
Malachi is taking tea from a 1:12 white gilt miniature tea set. He has a fine selection of Huntley and Palmer’s biscuits in his tin. If you look closely on his plate there are two cream centres. He also has a box of Pierson Brothers chocolates. All the chocolates and the biscuits, like the tin and tea set are artisan made 1:12 miniatures from my own collection and are between two and three millimetres in diameter. The teapot is two and a half centimetres in height, the milk jug two centimetres in height, the sugar bowl one and half centimetres in height, the plate and saucer 2 centimetres in diameter, the teacup one a half centimetres in diameter, the teaspoon two centimetres in length and the biscuit tin two centimetres in diameter. Malachi has his elevenses set out on a placemat hand embroidered with a donkey motif which matches the napkins.
My Paddington Bear came to live with me in London when I was two years old (many, many years ago). He was hand made by my Great Aunt and he has a chocolate coloured felt hat, the brim of which had to be pinned up by a safety pin to stop it getting in his eyes. The collar of his mackintosh is made of the same felt. He wears wellington boots made from the same red leather used to make the toggles on his mackintosh.
He has travelled with me across the world and he and I have had many adventures together over the years. He is a very precious member of my small family.
Scout was a gift to Paddy from my friend. He is a Fair Trade Bear hand knitted in Africa. His name comes from the shop my friend found him in: Scout House. He tells me that life was very different where he came from, and Paddy is helping introduce him to many new experiences. Scout catches on quickly, and has proven to be a cheeky, but very lovable member of our closely knit family.
Cousin Paddington is a recent visitor to our family. Travelling all the way from London, he was caught in transit thanks to the Coronavirus pandemic, so it looks like he is stopping with us for a while. The more I look into his happy, smiling face, the more attached I am becoming to him.
Malachi is a recent, and unexpected, addition to my bear family. I acquired him in mid-March from a wonderful Melbourne stalwart toy shop: Dafel Dolls and Bears, when I went looking for a present for one of my goddaughters. Malachi is designed by Mary and hand-made by Wendy Joy in Australia. He has reticulated arms and legs, and an extremely sweet face. Malachi was the name he came with, written by hand on his little tag.
Paddington, Scout and Cousin Paddington Take Tea with Malachi
SCOUT: “Paddy? Paddy!”
PADDY: “Yes Scout?”
SCOUT: “Paddy, it’s raining outside! We can’t take tea in the garden today.” *Sulks.*
PADDY: “That’s alright Scout! We can take elevenses right here in the dining room instead! Won’t that be nice?”
COUSIN PADDINGTON: “What a capital idea, Paddy!”
PADDY: “Thank you Cousin Paddington. Scout, go and get your Red Riding Hood dolly, so she can take elevenses with us too.”
SCOUT: “Oh goody!” *Jumps up and down enthusiastically.* “Can we invite little Malachi? We haven’t had tea with Malachi since he came to live with us.”
PADDY: “What a lovely idea, Scout.”
PADDY, SCOUT, COUSIN PADDINGTON and MALACHI wait patiently whilst DADDY sets out the tea things and brings in a plate of jam fancies, shortbread and a bowl of chocolates.
SCOUT: “But what will Malachi eat Paddy?”
MALACHI: “Fear not dear Scout! I brought my own selection of tea, biscuits and chocolates for elevenses!”
PADDY: “Well, taking tea together is a very civil thing to do. Bon appetite everyone!”
This year the FFF+ Group have decided to have a weekly challenge called “Snap Happy”. A different theme chosen by a member of the group each week, and the image is to be posted on the Monday of the week.
This week the theme, “drinks” was chosen by Di,PhotosbyDi.
Paddy, Scout, Cousin Paddington and Malachi all wanted to take part, as they all enjoy taking tea and elevenses in style.
This beautiful faerie tale pantomime nursery dinner set was made in England by the Shell China Company in the 1930s. It features four cups, saucers and plates (not all the set is being used today) as well as a teapot, milk jug, sugar bowl, platter, sandwich plate, a lidded soup tureen on its own dish and a gravy or cream jug on its own dish. Each piece is gilt edged and decorated and feature different faerie tales including: "Cinderella", "Little Red Riding Hood", "Dick Whittington and his Cat", "Jack and the Beanstalk" and "Goldilocks and the Three Bears" amongst others. The set I acquired from England, and it is a sister set to a 1920s Shell China Company nursery rhyme tea set that I was given as a gift some years ago by a close friend who knows I collect nursery ware and children\'s tea sets. Paddy and Scout also have a tiny doll (bear) sized nursery napkin each which is hand embroidered with a donkey motif. There are also doll (bear) sized tea spoons which are sterling silver salt spoons, and the spoon in the "Goldilocks and the Three Bears" sugar bowl is an Eighteenth Century sterling silver mustard spoon.
Malachi is taking tea from a 1:12 white gilt miniature tea set. He has a fine selection of Huntley and Palmer’s biscuits in his tin. If you look closely on his plate there are two cream centres. He also has a box of Pierson Brothers chocolates. All the chocolates and the biscuits, like the tin and tea set are artisan made 1:12 miniatures from my own collection and are between two and three millimetres in diameter. The teapot is two and a half centimetres in height, the milk jug two centimetres in height, the sugar bowl one and half centimetres in height, the plate and saucer 2 centimetres in diameter, the teacup one a half centimetres in diameter, the teaspoon two centimetres in length and the biscuit tin two centimetres in diameter. Malachi has his elevenses set out on a placemat hand embroidered with a donkey motif which matches the napkins.
My Paddington Bear came to live with me in London when I was two years old (many, many years ago). He was hand made by my Great Aunt and he has a chocolate coloured felt hat, the brim of which had to be pinned up by a safety pin to stop it getting in his eyes. The collar of his mackintosh is made of the same felt. He wears wellington boots made from the same red leather used to make the toggles on his mackintosh.
He has travelled with me across the world and he and I have had many adventures together over the years. He is a very precious member of my small family.
Scout was a gift to Paddy from my friend. He is a Fair Trade Bear hand knitted in Africa. His name comes from the shop my friend found him in: Scout House. He tells me that life was very different where he came from, and Paddy is helping introduce him to many new experiences. Scout catches on quickly, and has proven to be a cheeky, but very lovable member of our closely knit family.
Cousin Paddington is a recent visitor to our family. Travelling all the way from London, he was caught in transit thanks to the Coronavirus pandemic, so it looks like he is stopping with us for a while. The more I look into his happy, smiling face, the more attached I am becoming to him.
Malachi is a recent, and unexpected, addition to my bear family. I acquired him in mid-March from a wonderful Melbourne stalwart toy shop: Dafel Dolls and Bears, when I went looking for a present for one of my goddaughters. Malachi is designed by Mary and hand-made by Wendy Joy in Australia. He has reticulated arms and legs, and an extremely sweet face. Malachi was the name he came with, written by hand on his little tag.