We Celebrate National Afternoon Tea Week

National Afternoon Tea Week

Teas at Linderhof

Almost every day we have tea at Linderhof

Tea and a treat, usually

In summer, however, tea is often served in a glass with ice

Because it's hot

On the prairie of Kansas

But perhaps Mother Nature knew it was National Tea Week

For we had a blissfully "cool" week, this week

Which allowed us to brew pots of tea

Teas inside and out

In the garden and on the porch

Alone (with a book)

or shared with a friend

Even Husband Jim sometimes joins me.

And all served on my beloved blue and white transfer ware 

Afternoon Tea

at

Linderhof

A ritual whether it's National Tea Week or not!

But to properly end National Tea Week

A Tea Room Tea

at a Tea Room in Versailles, Missouri

Shady Gables

Tea

And scones and sandwiches and sweets

And to start -- savories of chicken salad on croissant and a quiche

What else could you expect from someone who reveres
Afternoon Tea so much that she had to visit
Woburn Abbey
the home of the Duchess of Bedford
Who, after all, started the ritual of
Afternoon Tea!

It's Monday and I'm sharing my "National Tea Week" teas with Judith at Lavender Cottage for Mosaic Monday.