A Fall Tea

This summer

My alter ego,

Mrs. Simkins

gave a program at our county fair

on afternoon tea

We had quilt cookies, thimble cookies and spool cookies

(because quilts were the highlight of this year's fair)

And pots and pots of tea

Whenever I give a program,

I usually donate a luncheon

or a tea

And today, the lucky winner came for tea

A fall tea because it is, after all,

the end of October

Served in the dining room

with my beloved blue and white

The yellow mum centerpiece was a hostess gift from the lucky winner

An old embroidered tablecloth

The blue and white is my beloved Spode Camilla

edged in gold

All of the food is on the table

But we still eat by course

The silver curate

(from bottom to top)

Sandwiches, scones and sweets

The top plate holds some of the sweets

Cherry cookies, chocolate tarts and cinnamons

The middle plate holds the scones

While the bottom plate holds the sandwiches

Cucumber today

And a Spode Blue Italian sandwich tray held some cutout cookies

frosted to look the the leaves outside the window

And every tea needs a cake

Because it is fall, ours was gingerbread

One of my favorite courses are the scones

With cream and jam

Spread cream on the scone and top with jam

h e a v e n!

And gingerbread is always a good cake

(and since this was America, leftover cream was used to top the gingerbread!)

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