Tuesday’s Trinkets and Treasures

I love this little teapot. It was made in England. I bought it in a cute little shop in Bloomington, Indiana. The cute tea towel came from the same shop. My mothers dad was English. He liked tea. His parents immigrated from England to Michigans upper peninsula. Grandpa used to work in a bakery and loved it but when the family grew he started working at the iron ore mine for better pay. Grandpa and grandma had 8 girls and 2 boys. I loved how grandma and grandpa used to cook and bake all sorts of things together. They also made Cornish Pasties, a cresent shape pie filled with meat and potatoes and veggies. It is a popular food in the upper peninsula introduced by the English. It was a good hand held meat and potato meal the miners who worked in the iron ore and copper mines could bring to work. I loved spending time at my grandparents. They had many grandchildren but plenty of love to go around. I have many memories I could share but I’ll leave that for another time. I have had a delightfully busy day today with family.