We are currently knee deep in a cosy fest here in the parlor, reading Susan Wittig Albert's Beatrix Potter mysteries. The Tale of Applebeck Orchard features Teapot Cottage, "the tiniest dwelling in the village." "The cottage was called Teapot because its tiny sitting room had once served as a tiny tearoom, operated by a very tiny and very old lady who always wore a mobcap and a black dress with a lace fichu."
Well, given the summer of shawls that has been ongoing over at the Mossy Nest, and our crazy, curly, turning white hair, we may fit the description of the tea mistress quite well.
Albert, Susan Wittig. The Tale of Applebeck Orchard. 2010 (paperback), Berkeley Prime Crime, New York. Quotations from pages 135 and 136
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