Tea and Flowers and Flowers

After the "thousands" of cookies I baked last week

(actually, it was only a few hundred but it seemed like "thousands")

you'd think that I'd never cut out a cookie for a long long time!

I was back in the kitchen this morning

Making cookies for the seniors who live in the "high rise"

(not assisted living, not a nursing home, but a three story apartment building for fixed income seniors)

It's a church project and when I found out that part of the project involved cookies, I immediately

volunteered.

This afternoon, however, it has been nice outside.

Perfect garden weather.

And as I was weeding and pruning, I decided to take a break

And noticed that my neighbor had been doing the same thing as I.

I hollered at her to come over, I had a carafe of freshly brewed tea

And some cookies

Everything fit on a tray

And we sat in the wicker chairs on the porch

And drank and nibbled.

Cutout cookies to resemble garden flowers

And another bouquet of lilacs on the porch table.

This has definitely been a lilac year

And big bouquets fill almost every tabletop!

The aroma, at times, can be heady!

Flowers on the table -- a feast for the eyes

Flowers on a plate -- a feast for the mouth!

It's Thursday and I'm joining Susan at Between Naps On the Porch for Tablescape Thursday