2013 - The Year In Review

Every afternoon at Half Past Three

We stop for a cup of tea

And often a nosh

Join me month by month

as we enjoy our Afternoon Tea

January

Tea in the breakfast room

Bernideen's Tea Treats for a nosh

Tea served in Weldon Ware

February

Tea again in the breakfast room
Scones for tea
With the Johnson Brothers Indies
Sadly, most lost when a shelf in the sideboard collapsed.
Thankfully, the wee teapot which I bought over 20 years ago
on a trip to England was stored elsewhere.
One cup survived . . .
And I've yet to replace.

March

An Easter tea
Macaroons and macarons
I baked both!
Tea for one with bunnies for company!
Blue and white china, of course!
And colorful cookies!

April

Compant for tea in the living Room
The Wheldon Ware
And some new tea treats
Cinnamon spirals
The Company pronounced them very good!


May

Tea in the breakfast room

Muffins and a pot of Earl Grey

Tea served in the blue and white, of course!

It's May and flowers are on the table!

June

It summer
(or almost)
And the tea is iced!
Flowers on the table
and a lemon, thyme, rose, lavender cake for a teatime treat!

July

Daughter Sarah's raspberries made some wonderful bread
Perfect nosh for an afternoon tea
Blue and white china, of course!

August

The sunroom
With my collection of Asian inspired china
and lemon blueberry scones for tea

September

A cream tea for a dear friend

who watered my thirsty plants

while we went north and visited grand girl Lucy

Real Devonshire cream 

Strawberry jam

Freshly Baked Scones

And blue and white transfer ware, of course!

October

With autumn's chill, there's a fire in the fireplace

Making the parlor a perfect place for tea.

Everything fits on one tray

and we sit by the warming fire

As we sit Harney's Hot Cinnamon Tea and munch on tea cake.

November

My beloved blue and white sets the table for tea in the sunroom

The teapot, however, is a new one

A gift from friend Bernideen

(to compensate for the loss of my Johnson Brothers Indies earlier in the year)

Bright orange blossoms bring fall indoors

And meringues to munch on

December

We always have a special tea on St. Nicholas Day

A treat of a cake from favorite bakery, Wolferman's

And the Christmas china

With a Fitz and Floyd Saint Nicholas presiding over the table

set for tea in the breakfast room.

I enjoyed sharing tea with you.

Come back in 2014 and see what's on the tea table