Mardi Gras

It's Tuesday --

Shrove Tuesday

Fat Tuesday

Mardi Gras

In between pancakes

For breakfast

(here)

and dinner

(at church -- our annual fundraiser)

We decided to have a bit of Mardi Gras

for tea

Cookies

and tea

(for who knows, cookies may be given up for Lent

(however, afternoon tea would never be given up for Lent))

Cutout cookies

In shapes of fleur di lys, crowns and mask

Frosted and sprinkled

In shades of gold, green and purple

the colors of Mardi Gras

Husband Jim and I had tea this afternoon

in the breakfast room

And a celebratory tea, it was

for we used the silver pot

And the delicate white cups trimmed in gold

Tomorrow, it may be tea only

(sigh)

I'm joining Bernideen for Friends Sharing Tea.    And I do wish that every one of you could have stopped by today and had tea and Mardi Gras cookies.