Afternoon Tea on the Porch

Summer on the prairie is usually very hot and so afternoon tea is taken in inside in the breakfast room -- in the air conditioning! And in the summer, afternoon tea is generally iced!

But early July on the prairie has been unusually mild -- and wet! A perfect time to enjoy our afternoon tea on the front porch.
And almost every afternoon there is a nosh to go along with tea. A bit of something to fortify us for the rest of the afternoon. Lemony iced tea and those lemon meringues made for a perfect marriage for afternoon tea on the porch.
The plants live on the table -- a bird's nest fern, a prayer plant and another fern -- the plant shop where I bought it did not know the cultivar so it is just a "fern" and I like to refer to it as "Fern"! I love the green of the plants on the table -- they're cooling just to look at them!
And the meringues. Sadly, they were good for that afternoon tea nosh and for dessert that evening, but alas, the next day found us meringueless at tea time -- they were all gone!

For the easy (and tasty) meringue recipe, you'll find it HERE on an earlier post.

It's Tuesday and there are so many places to be this Tuesday -- which makes Tuesday so much fun!

Tabletop Tuesday with Marty at A Stroll Thru Life

Tea Time Tuesday with Terri at Artful Affirmations

Tea Cup Tuesday with Martha at Martha's Favorites

Tea Pot and Tea Things Tuesday with Pam at Breath of Fresh Air

Tea Time Tuesday with Katherine at Lady Katherine's Tea Parlor

Tuesday Tea for Two with Wanda Lee at The Plumed Pen