A Little Time For Tea

After a hectic last week I decided to take a little time and enjoy a cup of tea.

As you can see, it is a bright sunny day here.  This little cupboard holds small watering cans.
The top three are white and the bottom one is a chintz pattern...

Whenever I get a chance I so enjoy taking a little time away from work, chores and gardening to sit
by a sunny window and have a cup of tea...

And a few strawberries...

They are enormous! And so very sweet and delicious...

I also made some home-made biscuits this morning.  I happen to love these simple biscuits
and they go perfectly with strawberry preserves or a bit of lavender honey...

I always love having a book or catalogue handy to browse through, don't you?  There is just something
so relaxing about having tea and enjoying a lovely book or magazine.

June is the month of roses so I picked a small bouquet for the table.  I even included

some older ones who's petals are beginning to fall, but that's ok...

Would you like to join me for a cup of tea?  I have a place all set for you...

I hope you are all having a wonderful week and are able to take a few minutes to relax.



I am joining
Home Sweet Home
French Country Cottage
My Romantic Home
Fresh Cut Friday
How Sweet The Sound

Decisions, Decisions!!!

I have a friend stopping by for a cup of tea this afternoon. I haven’t seen her in a long
time so I wanted us to be able to spend the afternoon just relaxing and catching up with
each other. I thought it might be fun to have a few special things to go along with our tea.
So, this morning I went to Mademoiselle Paulette’s shop for some very special French
macarons (they are no longer macaroons). This shop is where I became so confused!
So many macarons and so little time!  As you can see I had major decisions to make...

Well, I chose some very lovely violette, rose, wedding coconut, mandarin chocolate
and pistachio macarons...as well as a few more flavors to enjoy with our tea.

Oh my goodness...I almost forgot, I also have some lovely biscuits and French rose
petal jam that we also might enjoy.

Tea for two and biscuits too!

Decisions, decisions!

Of course, we will definitely finish our tea with the heavenly, heavenly macarons.

It will be delightful and delicious catching up with an old friend!