Is my town not cute...any minute you think you'll see Sheriff Taylor , Barney or Otis the town drunk coming down the street.... 
Don't you love the tea room sign with the tea pot on it..... Don't you think Aunt Bea would have loved this....
Oh!! and inside they have so many wonderful tea items to buy....Just look at this beautiful set, a wee bit out of my SS income ha ha!!
I love to take out of town guest here...always a treat for the ladies... 
I love this olden cupboard that they used for display....
Look at the front they put wall paper on it...is this not too fun....
Now these next pictures are just random shots of my kitchen....Some of my Blue stone ware 
These all sit in my Camel Cigarettes display case....I'll walk a mile for a Camel...do you remember that commerical probably not way before your time...ha ha!!
some of my Antique Coffee grinders.... One of my olden signs....
My kitchen window....
A door push from an old general store hangs above from my cupboard.... And being as Easter is almost here I wanted to show you my Bunny Bread sign....
And Yes I have a French Blue sink....I custom ordered this in 1996 and have yet to get tired of it...Hey I have always marched to the beat of a guitar with a few stings missing ha ha!! 
One of my Butter Churns in the window... 
My Sunshine Biscuit Boy from ca. 1940 is he not cute....and the little turtle sour dough bread my Grandson Josh and his wife Heather got me from Fisherman's wharf sits on it....I just thought it was so cute...Now I was suppose to eat it Josh said...but had I ate it I would not have it now...Just a reminder of my sweet visit with him and his wife sighs....
My "Elsie" cow.... Now Len gave this to me when he first met me...said it reminded him of me lol!! He almost got dinner on his head that night...But he really quick told me the big eyes on it reminded him of me...Now that's a fast thinking man for sure ha ha!! At least one that doesn't want to wear his dinner as a hat.... 
Just a little cupboard that I keep my Scissors in...That I cut out wall paper tea cups and put on the front of it....
The best thing since sliced Bread...why it's a antique Bread slicer with some of my olden tins in it...ha ha!! I love the Union Leader Tobacco tin...Kids use to use these for lunch pails after they were empty.... 
Bread shelf display from old store and I have an Golden Grain rolling pin sitting on it...behind it is a "Horlick Malted Milk Can" 
"Hires" syrup dispenser ca.1900 Now I know that most people don't care for the garden windows any more...but I had this put in just so I could add some of my Olden stuff in it to look at while I do dishes...I also love being able to change it out all the time ha ha!! 
I am linking up to Marty's " A Stroll Thru Life " Table top Tuesday....Don't you love her name...
Lady Katherine " Tea Time Tuesday"
And Smiling Sally's Blue Monday....
Thank you ladies for hostessing these fun events for us to enjoy....
Now that's allot of Parties for me and I don't know about you but I'm exhausted now...ha ha!! ( and no Justine this is not a fake cat good grief girl your starting to make me feel like Steven King here ) May all of you have a GREAT day...
Until next time from my mountain top to yours,
Hugs and smiles Gl♥ria
78 comments:
Gloria, what a thrill to turn on the computer and what do I see, just you and your wonderful little towen and some of your fabulous antiques. I love them all. The tea room is just so cute and that first tea set is indeed stunning. I can afford it, but what a dream. I love all of your collections and your garden window is done up just perfectly. I love looking at all the old things. I think that's because I am so old that I remember some of them. Anyway being 39 and some months does have it's advantage. lol Hope you have a super day. Hugs, Marty
OH MY ... Great photos. You know how much I love this kind of 'stuff.' And of course I remember the Camel commercial ~ and all the other ones too!
Hi Gloria,
I see a new look to your blog!!!!
The tea shop would be so much fun to go to and I LOVE your kitchen and the Blue sink is AWESOME!!! I so enjoy peeks into your home.
Warmly,
Deb :)
Hi Sis...
Girl, are you snowed in yet? Ohh my gosh, is this winter ever going to end? Well...at least you have a fabulous place to be "hold up in"! Girlfriend, I could spend a "month of Sundays" just going through all of your pretties! Ohh...I'm sure that I would really look snoopy! Hehe! Well Darlin', I loved the photos of your "Mayberry"! What a quaint little town...I just know that I would love it! Especially with all those great shops! Hehe! Thank you so much for taking us on a tour through that sweet Tea Shop! Ohhh my goodness, I would definitely be spending some time there! Hehe! I loved those tea sets...weren't they exquisite? Simply gorgeous!!! And you're right about that antique cupboard where the pretties were displayed! Wouldn't that look great at my place...especially with that pretty olive green frenchy wallpaper! Oooh!!!
Now Sis, you know that I just adore your beautiful blue kitchen! Ohhh...and that fabulous french blue sink!!! Shoot, I wouldn't mind washing dishes at all in that pretty sink! Hehe! And...I love, love, LOVE your bay window at the sink!!! I loved getting to look at all of your antiques and pretties there! You know, this is the first time that I noticed those pretty shelves above your sink! I love how you did that crocheted lace in the glass doors...gorgeous, Sis!!! I'm so glad that you took us for a spin around your beautiful kitchen...it is always such a treat for me!!!
Well, we just got back from town. Went in for the weekly groceries and ate out! We got all new tires on the old Ford so our baby had new shoes! Hehe! Russell is out in the shop now...still tinkering on the Ford. But I think he has it ready to go! I'm getting so anxious! I'm counting down the days, Sis!!!
Love ya, Honey!
See ya soon...
Chari
I am loving the downtown area of your town because here in Chicago, everywhere is a downtown! I'd love to visit some of those small shops and antique stores. I am not much for the tea things.
Your kitchen counters remind me of mine. My daughters complain that they can't even make toast or a bowl of cereal because I have so much decorative stuff on them. Give me a surface and I will cover it! lol!!
Love your little cow and I'm glad you forgave Len (my father's name) and I love all of your memorabilia. Those were the good old days!
xoxo
Jane
Hi Gloria,
Whose Justine? Anyhoo, I absolutely, positively adore your home! It is filled with so many charming and unique things! Boy, I love the stoneware and the sink area with all your antiques and goodies! And, the color blue, it's everywhere and I so love it! Your little town looks sooo charming! I would love to visit you and that cute little town! Big Hugs,
Cindy
Your town looks like a great place to visit! What wonderful collections you have in your home. I always enjoy seeing them. Thanks for sharing.
Gloria, this looks like such a neat little town. And I just love that tea shop, how fun. Love the peaks at your kitchen and all of your neat things. Love that rolling pin! The last picture is too cute, you cracked me up with the Steven King comment. Hope Spring is starting to find you on your side of the mountain. Hugs, Kathy
Oh, what a sweet little town you live in. Mine was like that 30 years ago. Now its over crowded. You have the most interesting treasures. The tea shop looks so cute. I want that first tea set. If they mark it down 80%, let me know so I can order it. lol. Thank you for sharing all of your goodies.
Hi Gloria
Great pictures of your town and you have so many neat things. Oh my. Your sinks is lovely with the high faucet..and your bunny signs. You know that cow is really sweet looking...you should have felt badly..*s*..
Lovely tins and all kinds of neat things...thank you for sharing....
hope you have had a great weekend.
Judi
Gloria, you just keep marching to a guitar with strings missing that is what makes you so unique. I love the vintage things in your kitchen that show your personality and make your home you!
Gloria, I love your little town too!~ It looks wonderful, and charming, and so much to think about as you are walking down those streets...my kind of place!
Oh MOM!!! when I get there...you HAVE to take me to this town!!! and I can't wait to tour that kitchen, raid those cupboards and sit for tea with you!
love you!
Your town definitely looks interesting! So much character! I would have loved to drop by that tea room myself, and maybe spend a few hours reading a good book (would I be allowed?) And I love all your photos of your kitchen :)
Rach
DEAR GLORIA,
I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE YOUR BEAUTIFUL KITCHEN. EVEN THOUGH MY COLORS IN MY KITCHEN ARE RED,BLACK, AND PAINTED THAT POPULAR MUSTARD-LIKE YELLOW...THAT IS NOT THE NAME BUT IT IS A FRENCH COLOR...ANYWAY I LOVE YOUR BEAUTIFUL BLUE FRENCH SINK AND YOUR CURTAINS...SO PRETTY. IN MY OTHER HOUSE EVERYTHING WAS BLUE, WHITE, AND ACCENT COLORS OF YELLOW AND PINK BUT MY BEDROOM HAS ALWAYS BEEN LAVENDAR/PURPLE SINCE THE LAST 12 YEARS.
OF COURSE I HAVE CHEFS, SIGNS, ROOSTERS, COLLECTIABLE TINS, AND SO ONE OF YOUR THINGS THAT LIKED TO HAVE MADE MY HEART STOP WAS YOUR SUNSHINE BISCUIT MAN HOLDING THE LITTLE GLASS PLATE. HE IS QUITE CHARMING AND WOULD FIT IN QUITE WELL IN MY KITCHEN....LOL.
YOUR TOWN IS A DREAM. I LOVE THE TEA HOUSE AND I LOVE THAT TEA SET THAT IS FOR SALE.
THANK YOU FOR BEING SO GRACIOUS ALWAYS TO SHARE YOUR HOME AND LIFE.
LOVE AND HUGS
SIMPLY DEBBIE
Beautiful collection of shots, lovely variety.
Those tea sets are just adorable. I love your town, Gloria, it is so charming and so qauint. And girl, you are making me drool again looking at your antiques. Love your window in the kitchen and I like the dough boy among other things!....Christine
Gloria
Where is this sweet little town? I just love all your beautiful pictures and that store is so cute. I love the Weber Bread table cloth. Too cute!
Ann
Gloria, Yes, your town is darling and I would love to walk the streets and have tea in the tea room. Equally as wonderful are the pictures of your home you shared with us today. I would love to visit you and have tea in your home.
Barbara
Love your kitchen photos & the vintage "stuff" is 2die4!!
Like you....I just love all things vintage!!
I always thought I would just love to "slip into" Mayberry or maybe even the Cleaver household!!
Have a Wonderful Week!
Marilyn
Gloria, the tea shop would be so much fun to go to and I LOVE your kitchen and the Blue sink is AWESOME!!!
Great!
Happy Blue Monday...Luna
You're right, Gloria. That town is charming. The tea pot on top of the sign beats all! I love your blue sink and all of the blues in your kitchen. And, I DO remember walking "a mile for a Camel." Happy Blue Monday.
Hi Gloria, It is my first time to visit and what a wonderfull post. Sutter Creek is all you said and more. We lived in the bay area for 9 years and visited your neck of the woods many times and charming cannot describe it. Mollye
Oh honey, that cute little lamp in the tea room.....I want one! It's just precious. Thanks so much for the stroll through your charming little town. It could pass for many 'round these parts.
I could just get lost in your kitchen. It's like a gift shop of it's own.
God bless ya'll and have a marvelous Monday!!!
Gloria I so enjoyed seeing your small town. Being a small town girl, I truly appreciate it.
I love your kitchen! I see lots of familiar things. We have similar pieces of blue and white.
Hope your week is wonderful.
Wow, where do I start, first let me say your town is fantastic, I wish my little town had preserved it's old time, simple beauty. But no, in the 60's the powers to be decided we needed to modernize and tore all the old balconies off and gave the whole town a face lift...the original town looked like a page out of the French Quarters with all the balconies made from wrought iron. Now they are slowing adding them back.
You tea house is beautiful. And your kitchen is a fairy land...I remember I'd walk a mile for a camel.
Thanks for showing us around your lovely kitchen
Molly
My kind of town! love it and your blue and yellow kitchen,2 of my favorite colors together. I do remember that camel commercial!
This little town of yours is so picturesque. Yes it does look like Mayberry. I would LOVE to live a town like yours. Your kitchen is so adorable. I really like the toile curtains. Everything I see is so cute. Love your blog. Will visit often. Happy Blue Monday.
Ann
you do have the cutest town! love the tea room.
Great town.
Fabulous tea things.
Fun kitchen window.
Beautiful blue sink.
Cute Kitty!
Thanks for the fun tour ;-)
Dear Gloria! Your little town looks so wonderful! I'll bet there's so many great stories from the olden days.
Now I'm in hog heaven seeing all your vintage pretties! And that sink! That blue sink - I adore it! I'm so glad you've shown it. I've been begging, well, you know, asking for you to show it! I've never seen a prettier blue sink. The color is just awesome. I remember you showing this on RMS and I just couldn't believe my eyes at seeing your wonderful sink. Hope you're doing well upon your mountain.
Be a sweetie,
Shelia ;)
those are really wonderful photos and i so heart that pink set :) so chic! thanks for the warm visit :)
You shared beautiful pictures here at BM. that kitten in your laptos is indeed so cute.
Your kitchen window is awesome! Happy Blue Monday!
Gloria, you crack me up, girl! Now as for your garden window, I for one love it! I don't know how you keep everything so clean with so much stuff around, but apparently you do! Your kitchen just looks like such a nice place to spend some time. Either cooking, or enjoying a cup of tea or coffee. Looking at it I get a sense of comfort.
Your town is adorable! I've ALWAYS wanted to live in a small town, but alas, it's not meant to be.
I can say that I live in the oldest city in the United States though!
Justine :o )
What a lovely little town and darling shop!!
Love having you visit sweet Gloria
Have a great day and if you haven't entered the giveaway stop over and get entered
Beautiful blues ! I love your kitchen !
Blessings,
~Myrna
Your photo's are amazing just gorgeous your things in the kitchen. Love the tea room. :-)
erica-sweetonyou.blogspot.com
Happy Blue Monday!
Your blue stoneware is gorgeous!
that is really cute town.looks like a movie set.i wish i lived in a small town, i bet you know almost everyone there eh,lol...love your pic and the view from the kitchen window is really lovely..
thanks for the visit and have a great day..
Silvia.
Hi Gloria,
This is Crystal from the old Olive blog. I'm back. And I love your photos. I'm from a small town too. You captured it perfectly. Lovely photos. Hope you are doing well.
~WOW! What a gorgeous post girl! Love your sweet town and your pretty and cheerful blue sink.
~Beautiful decorating! :)
~WOW! What a gorgeous post girl! Love your sweet town and your pretty and cheerful blue sink.
~Beautiful decorating! :)
OMG I just love your kitchen. The Blue stoneware and curtains are beautiful. I really like Blue and Yellow together.
I love that beautiful tea set too.
Happy Blue Monday!
Those teasets at the tea room are just exquisite, aren't they? I love all of your kitchen things! You really have some of the most interesting things. I especially love the little cupboard you put wallpaper on. Very cute!
Now you are a party girl! I had to laugh about your husband saying that the cow reminded him of you! Bet he did have to duck quick! Love the blue sink -- thanks for the fun tour!
ahhh, I do love that little town and can see why you love living there.Love the tea room...and that beautiful teapot.
You have some of the most unique and beautiful antiques. Where do you buy all of these? Just different places, I suppose.
Thanks so much, sister friend, for sharing this great post today.
love, bj
Gloria, Your kitty is adorable!!! Love the tearoom and especially the first pink set you showed. Very pretty! Nothing like a nice tearoom visit with a good friend!
Hugs, Beth
Just ordered my plane ticket...coming your way.....love your little town. Love your vintage collection in your kitchen. Thanks for sharing.
Blessings~
Tonya
Just ordered my plane ticket...coming your way.....love your little town. Love your vintage collection in your kitchen. Thanks for sharing.
Blessings~
Tonya
Hello dear Gloria!
Oh, I would love to visit your sweet little town. Love, love that first tea set!!
Love all of your antiques in the window. I love stuff like that too!
Have a great week!
Debbie
what a sweet & refreshing post, love your antiques, we see little towns like that when we go antiquing, love them!
Helen
I have to say that I love your blue sink! It is perfect. I also love all your stuff! You are The Great Collector! :)
~Liz
Oh,Gloria How I enjoyed seeing Sutter Creek, for I heard so much about the mining town! Thank you for letting us see such a wonderful town in History! I'd love to go to the Tea Room! The teapot on the sign is darling! What a treat to see such lovely Tea Sets! I would love to have them all! lol I do remember the camel commercial! lol As I came to your home, I called my hubby in, for he enjoys looking at all your wonderful things, He wants your tobacco tin! lol Love the small churn! I never seen one, I have a large glass electric one. Oh, I adore the cow, wish I could seen more of the bread slicer! I love all of your wonderful blue bowls and your sink! I once had blue counter tops, I never got tired of them either. lol Love all your wonderful signs. I have never seen a Sunshine Biscuit Boy! He great! Love the tea cup wall paper on the cabinet! Great idea! I know I know I missed more of your old wonderful things. How I just love your home, I wish I could get on a plane and tour your wonderful home and we could go to the Tea Room, I'd better bring a lot of money along! lol
Hubby says to tell you The Sunshine Biscuit Boy died of a yeast infection. Now he is just playing around! We both love your home! Thank you for joining me for Tea Time Tuesday! Your so sweet to include me in your post! How is those wonderful Grandchildren? I got to keep mine tomorrow, so I will be on and off the computer for they take it over. lol
Wow! I love your cute little town...just my style! I would be at that precious tearoom all the time:) Love your kitchen..that blue sink is so French! Love the windown treatment and all your antiques. {I'm coveting that rolling pin!}
I adore your sooo cute kitchen with the wonderful cow and that sooo cute rollin pin all the blue and white and the signs, soooo fun and interesting, thanks for sharin and by the way I love your little town, it is the cuttest ever...Phyllis
I love your little town! My kind of place! I love the tea room (my favorite thing to do!) I would love to visit there, but since FL is so far away I'll just have to live vicariously through your blog!!
Thanks for the tour!
Katherine
Love "Elsie!"
You live in a great looking town complete with happy blue skies:-) Speaking of happy & blue that sink would have to make you happy everyday! Thanks for stopping by, Bella
Gloria,
I love Sutter's Creek..I used to live in Sacramento and now in Oklahoma..I go back almost every year...I'll have to check out the tea room next time! I love Daffodil Hill, it's one of my favorite places to visit!
Miss Bloomers/Sonia
Gloria, what a wonderful post. It's a charming little town and I enjoyed the visit! Have a wonderful week!
OMGosh!
We were neighbors!!! I lived just down the hill in Rancho Murieta, North side. Hubby ran a business for Stan Van Vleck. Lived there until 1998.
I used to love antiquing in Sutter Creek and going to Daffodil Hill every Spring.
I bet we brushed shoulders in one of those tiny shops.
I'm so glad I found you and am now a follower.
Talk to you soon ;)
Bunny Jean
Gloria, thanks for your comment on my blog darling I appreciate it.
I love your place. I could spend a day at your house just looking and talking about all your beautiful things. I just love signs, and have a small collection for my husband. He wants to decorate his shop with them.
The town is too cute too. I have that wallpaper on my dining room wall. The wall paper on the front of the cabinet.
Thanks again Gloria...just lovely!
Gloria, Thanks for your nice note about your Iowa roots...digging dandelions on the capital grounds to cook and eat - now that's a hoot! So glad you wrote and you have a wonderful day!
Hugs, Beth
Gloria,
When can I come for a visit? The tea room looks fabulous!!! I love your kitchen too especially all of your wonderful nostalgic collections:). As for your town-it's lovely and looks like a wonderful place to spend the day antiquing!
Blessings dear friend,
Kim
Morning girl...love your little town! You know I love to see those up close and personal treasures of yours in your kitchen!!!! lol Ohhhh such ohhhing and ahhhhing I do when I get to see your stuff...I would love a garden window and yes mine would be chocked full of stuff!!!! lol That fabric you have in that window is so pretty girl and Love how Lin made a quick rescue on the cow comment!!!! lol I remember the Camel's commercial..one of my uncles would only smoke Camels and one smoked Lucky Strikes and the rest were Marlboro men!!!! lol Girl you are just the bestest boog..I knew I wanted those trays to go with the 3 matching buckets I had already bought..when I got there they only had one white one left and just a couple of the black and red ones...so I snatched a set of 3!!! Thanks so much for thinking of me like that but you take it back and buy yourself something pretty (and put that it's from me on the card! lol)I sure do love you girl...you are just one of a kind! Take care sweetie! ~Picket~
Well, if I lived there I would afford that tea set or die trying! I liked the one inside even better with the short little pot...yes..that one!!! I have a weakness for tea sets...tea pots, tea bags, tea spoons, tea....never mind!
Wonderful photo's! (OH for a camera that takes pic's like that!)
That sign above the tea shop is precious! I love it!
Entire post was great! Fake cat? LOL Did something really thing it was fake? That would have seriously spooked me! Nope..but then again... LOL I'm kidding'!!
Your kitchen is so old timey! I love it! So very right for where you live! I have been to Sutter Creek many long years ago...lots written in California history about it.
I have fake crow's.... :) And owl's! Yes indeed!
Have a wonderful day, sweet friend!
Mona
You are a hoot! This is my first time here and I"m already wishing we lived close....you would be a good friend.
I'll be back
cindy
We record and watch Andy, Barney, Opey and Aunt Bea every day so I can say that your little town does remind me of Mayberry. (good comparison from you)
I love your blue sink and the antiques - so much to look at on your blog, thanks for sharing.
Gloria,
I love your cute little town! So charming!! And EVERYTHING and i mean EVERYTHING in your kitchen is so wonderful!! I love it!! I really like the yellow and blue theme!! I would love to see more of the inside of that tea Room!! Hint.... hint!!
Debbie
I love your blue sink too! Guitar with strings missing. Ha! Beautiful photos, so much fun!
HI Sweet Gloria!
You lead a charmed life! I love your little town. I would love to peruse through the shops...and met up for lunch. And your home....equally as charming and delightful. I love the history and the sentimentailty between the walls. Delightful!
HUGS, sweet friend!
Leigh
YIPEE! We're in the blue kitchen today! I loved seeing all of these beautiful and unique treasures again. I didn't remember the window valance being that gorgeous blue and yellow toile. Your kitchen is full of such unique, interesting things. I always love seeing all of them. (That turtle bread is so cute!) Your town looks so charming, and that tea shop is beautiful. (I bet your town has antique stores just for you to shop in!) laurie
Thank you for sharing your little town and your lovely kitchen filled with wonderful things.
Your post is beautiful. And your kitchen is so lovely and inviting. Thanks for inviting me over.
Jocelyn
http://justalittlesouthernhospitality.blogspot.com/
I love your kitchen!!! It has all of the things that I love in it and is blue! I can't really even say which item is my favorite...all! Your town sounds charming!
Hi Gloria,
Your town is just the cutest. You sure had a busy life flying airplanes and gadding.
I had a heck of a time finding you. I kept looking for hearts, lol. Even did Google.
had to come back and make my mistakes for you all.
I miss the people and the decorating.
come see me -- I have a new title and it's something I love ............. Peanut Butter and Dill Pickles how's that for a title ?
Connie
Oh my gosh...I just wanted to reach through my computer screen and grab that precious cow in your window! What wonderful things...loved looking through all of these pictures =o)
Dear Gloria,
I am so tickled pink and delighted by your heartwarming post, that I almost cannot tell you the tonic it is for my soul!~ Thanks so much for sharing this precious tour of your hometown with all of us! I must say that Afternoon Tea did it for me though!.., Hehe
Do pop by for a wee visit and enjoy little 23rd, 'Tuesday Tea For Two' my dear, even if for brief moment!..,
Have a wonderful time in Vegas with Cheri!.., You girls are gonna have 'a blast', I can just tell!
Cheers and hugs from Wanda Lee
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