Sunday Afternoon Tea

It's been unseasonably cool for July on the prairie

And rainy as well

Which means that the weeds are growing rampantly

But then so is everything else.

Sundays we always have Sunday lunch out

A tradition that we started when we lived in England that Spring

And like in our England days,

supper is either cheese and crackers

or this summer a shake from Sonic

or, occasionally, a tea!

And because of the wonderful weather . . . 

Sunday's tea was in the garden

Besides Husband Jim and I, friend Hallie came to join us

It's Sunday and so I got china from the cupboard for tea

and my Aynsley Pembroke tea pot

And my small silver English curate

(Hallie was with me when I bought it at an antique show)

which held

Cheddar scones, fresh from the oven

And olive and cream cheese sandwiches on whole meal bread

(sandwich filling was left over from a meeting a few nights before --

then it served as a dip for vegetables!)

I love the Spode famile rose china

I've just got cups and saucers and tea plates

The dogs shamelessly hung around

Hallie is such a soft touch

I like lace in the garden

I think it looks so refined

And the white geraniums in the Guy Wolff pot were putting on a show!

It's Tuesday and I'm sharing my Sunday afternoon tea with Bernideen for her Tea in the Garden (and this time I am!) and with Sandi at Rose Chintz Cottage for Tea Time Tuesday