{"id":600,"date":"2009-07-20T01:50:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-20T01:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ladymacblog.com\/?p=600"},"modified":"2009-07-20T01:50:00","modified_gmt":"2009-07-20T01:50:00","slug":"my-frequently-annual-ladies-tea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ladymacblog.com\/?p=600","title":{"rendered":"My Frequently Annual Ladies Tea!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_It9KDpK7ADM\/SmPPhVSJ4QI\/AAAAAAAAElE\/UU-Ne0Ynjoo\/s1600-h\/DSC00647b.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_It9KDpK7ADM\/SmPPhVSJ4QI\/AAAAAAAAElE\/UU-Ne0Ynjoo\/s400\/DSC00647b.JPG\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360356153056944386\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>This years tea party was the biggest yet!<\/div>\n<p>So happy to have it at OUR HOME!  The patio worked perfectly.  We rounded up some patio tables and had it all looking pretty with table cloths and flowers from my yard and my mother in law&#8217;s (thanks Deb!).<a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_It9KDpK7ADM\/SmPPiu60_7I\/AAAAAAAAElc\/SrLcvKjgKfc\/s1600-h\/DSC00643b.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_It9KDpK7ADM\/SmPPiu60_7I\/AAAAAAAAElc\/SrLcvKjgKfc\/s400\/DSC00643b.JPG\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360356177118298034\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_It9KDpK7ADM\/SmPPh8z8NQI\/AAAAAAAAElM\/udMbQZw1oH0\/s1600-h\/DSC00568b.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_It9KDpK7ADM\/SmPPh8z8NQI\/AAAAAAAAElM\/udMbQZw1oH0\/s400\/DSC00568b.JPG\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360356163667637506\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>Potluck style was how we pulled together the above feast!  It worked out beautifully!  There where home made chocolates, home made cheese cakes and plenty of veggies and fruit as well!  The night before I was a little nervous as to whether I would have enough tea cups in my collection but it JUST worked out (phew).  A good reason to find a few more pretty cups though!<a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_It9KDpK7ADM\/SmPT8aBYq2I\/AAAAAAAAEl8\/oPpLx2ileGE\/s1600-h\/DSC00610b.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_It9KDpK7ADM\/SmPT8aBYq2I\/AAAAAAAAEl8\/oPpLx2ileGE\/s400\/DSC00610b.JPG\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360361016231766882\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>One of the finest moments of the day was when my big girl and a good pal of hers picked some treats from my gardens and went around offering them to my guests.  I had to laugh when I heard them asking the ladies, very politely, &#8216;Would you like a raspberry or an onion?&#8217;  They where trying to convince ladies to try some very fresh chives of mine as well as the newly ripened berries!<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_It9KDpK7ADM\/SmPPiWcVsBI\/AAAAAAAAElU\/pqN8mGApv3o\/s1600-h\/DSC00619b.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_It9KDpK7ADM\/SmPPiWcVsBI\/AAAAAAAAElU\/pqN8mGApv3o\/s400\/DSC00619b.JPG\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360356170547965970\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>(This is most of the ladies from the poker night we have once a month!)<a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_It9KDpK7ADM\/SmPPi7u8ruI\/AAAAAAAAElk\/Mx5ey1aTHK8\/s1600-h\/DSC00632b.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_It9KDpK7ADM\/SmPPi7u8ruI\/AAAAAAAAElk\/Mx5ey1aTHK8\/s400\/DSC00632b.JPG\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360356180558130914\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>(My eldest daughter has been to each tea and this year she looked particularly mature!)<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_It9KDpK7ADM\/SmPSNNCS4MI\/AAAAAAAAEls\/X9khG-elWSM\/s1600-h\/DSC00631b.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_It9KDpK7ADM\/SmPSNNCS4MI\/AAAAAAAAEls\/X9khG-elWSM\/s400\/DSC00631b.JPG\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360359105780441282\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>(This is only the second my younger daughter has been to and since is a bit of an introvert she spent much time avoiding the crowd!)<a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_It9KDpK7ADM\/SmPSNrTsumI\/AAAAAAAAEl0\/y-usH7dj3ac\/s1600-h\/DSC00629b.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_It9KDpK7ADM\/SmPSNrTsumI\/AAAAAAAAEl0\/y-usH7dj3ac\/s400\/DSC00629b.JPG\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360359113906502242\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>(Now we don&#8217;t invite dogs, but since my sister Karla&#8217;s doggy was there and the weather was hot we had to let her have a cup of tea too!)<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_It9KDpK7ADM\/SmPT8l5DvQI\/AAAAAAAAEmE\/sY-dxHpKzu0\/s1600-h\/DSC00570b.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_It9KDpK7ADM\/SmPT8l5DvQI\/AAAAAAAAEmE\/sY-dxHpKzu0\/s400\/DSC00570b.JPG\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360361019418066178\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">This was the fifth tea I have hosted, and as with each year, it is the big group photo at the end of the day that is my big reward!  I look back at them when I add a new one to the collection and I always feel so blessed to have had all these wonderful women take part in my life story!<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>TTFN<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This years tea party was the biggest yet! So happy to have it at OUR HOME! The patio worked perfectly. We rounded up some patio tables and had it all looking pretty with table cloths and flowers from my yard and my mother in law&#8217;s (thanks Deb!).Potluck style was how we pulled together the above [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7,13,12,20],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ladymacblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/600"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ladymacblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ladymacblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ladymacblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ladymacblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=600"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.ladymacblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/600\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ladymacblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=600"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ladymacblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=600"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ladymacblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=600"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}