Lemons and Pheasants

A friend of ours visited his brother in California

His brother who has avocado and lemon trees

in his yard!

He kindly brought these lemons to us

And at Linderhof, if a friend gives you lemons,

you bake!

Lemon Bars!

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A friend called today

"Can we meet you for tea" she said

"How about," I said "I'll fix tea for you at Linderhof 

for I have lemon bars fresh from the oven."

No other encouragement was needed!

"We'll be there in ten", she said

Which gave me time to set the table in the dining room

for it wasn't just the two of us

She had another friend with her!

A handmade crochet tablecloth

And the Wedgwood Asiatic Pheasant

During much of October and all of November,

the dining room centerpiece is a dough bowl

filled with pumpkins, gourds and bittersweet.

It made a great centerpiece for tea this afternoon

And a perfect foil for the blue and white transfer ware.

 Tea and lemon bars

Heaven!

Two each

That's the perfect serving size

For no one can eat just one!

The Asiatic Pheasant, I've decided this year

is the perfect tea ware for October and November!

For it has "pheasants"

I always enjoy having company for tea.

We sipped

We nibbled

We visited

Soon, we were all saying goodbye

With a "we'll have to do this again!"

It's Thursday and I'm sharing my table with Susan at Between Naps On the Porch for Tablescape Thursday.