Afternoon Tea for the Ukraine

     Hello everyone,

   I am happy to say our afternoon tea

was pretty amazing, if I do say so

myself!

Barbara and I spent days getting ready

for it starting with washing and pressing

all our white vintage linens,scraping and

painting the porch floor,getting all the

tables and chairs gathered up along

with the pretty china and bouquets.

Then, of course there was all the

food to prepare.

And of course,we can't forget

all the grass cutting,swipper sniping

and weeding etc. my husband did.

 

Barbara did most of the food and

she did an amazing job.....there

were lots of rave reviews!

Barbara's daughter came up from Maine

to help.

Barbara and I are all ready

for our guests to arrive.

                                                 We had lots of lovely ladies

                                                  and a couple of gentlemen.

Puffed sleeves to honor our

Anne of Green Gables theme.

Elegance

                                              

                                                      Our guests could tour The Boathouse

                                                       as well as the gardens. The sun made

                                                       it's appearance at noon just in time .

                                                        

                               

A charming tea table surrounded

by roses in the garden.

Barbara and I really appreciate all

those who supported our tea for

the Ukraine and I am happy to say

we were able to raise $1000 in

ticket sales and donations that

has already been sent off. I know

with all the devastation that this is only

a tiny drop in the bucket but maybe we

can all do a little and make it count.

Well, we are so happy that everyone enjoyed

our afternoon tea and Barbara and I enjoyed

all the preparations. Stay tuned because we

are already planning another event!

Thank you also to my daughter,sister in law,

 my sister

and Barbara's daughter for helping with the

mounds of dishes in the kitchen etc.

Hope they will all come back for our

next event! ☺

Take care,

       Carolyn

Rainy Day Blues

Hello everyone,

It was a rainy day here at Ocean Song

Cottage today so I enjoyed making

some scones for tea.

Ocean Song Cottage

                               

It was a blue tea time today.

I got the teapot in Maine on

our trip.

I was able to find some pretty

blue and white china for my

collection here at the cottage.

I think it is time to curl up

with a book now and listen

to the rain coming down

and watering the garden for us.

I made rhubarb cordial today for

our upcoming garden tea next

Saturday. Yesterday, we painted

the porch floor and some of our

chairs. We are starting to get our

tables gathered up and Barbara and

I are looking forward to setting up

the tables to get the best use of space.

I will take some photos of the porch,

food, china etc. to share soon.

Hope you enjoyed my rainy day blues!

Thanks for visiting,

Carolyn

                                                 

Provincetown Cape Cod

                                                   

                                                             Hello everyone,

                                   Last week my husband and I went on a holiday

                                   down to Cape Cod. It has been several years

                                   since we were there, so I was happy to be able

                                   to hop in our car and drive down.

                                     It is about a 13 hour drive from our house, so

                                  we stopped part way down for a night to break

                                   up the drive.

                                       The first night in Cape Cod we drove up to

                                   Provincetown at the far tip of the Cape.

                                     It is a charming little town by the sea and I

                                    loved seeing the pretty homes and gardens.

                                                        

                               

                                                    I love grey shingled houses.

              

They have beautiful little front gardens to enjoy.

Who doesn't love roses spilling over

a white picket fence?

A close up of one of my favorites

Lots of picket fences and arbors

It was fun to walk around the town on a

beautiful evening.

More of  weathered grey shingled cottages

We spent a few days touring the Cape and

even took a trip over to Nantucket which

has been on my bucket list forever.

I will share more pics later.

                   

It was a rainy day today and Barbara and

I enjoyed a day in the kitchen making

food for the Tea Party on June 25th

All the tickets are now sold! Thank you

everyone for supporting this worthy cause.

We have washed and pressed all my prettiest

linens and will be sprucing up our screened

porch for the event so we should be organized

before the big day.....hopefully.

Thank you for visiting,

Carolyn

                                                                     

Blue & White Tea with Lilacs

Hello everyone,

The lilacs are coming into full bloom

here and I am enjoying picking

little bouquets to enjoy indoors.

I was delighted to get a copy of this

beautiful Blue & White book by

Victoria.....especially since there

is a little feature of our garden in it.

If you love blue and white I am

sure you will love this book too!

Pretty linens,china and a bouquet

I do love blue and white in all shades.

The tulips are from our cottage garden,

so pretty with the lilacs.

Love this little covered dish from Bombay.

I hope you take time to enjoy

a cup of tea.

Our tickets are going well for

our afternoon tea for the Ukraine,

but still a few left if you are interested.

There is more info on the previous post,

if you would like to check it out.

Thank you for visiting,

Carolyn

Welcome June and a Tea Update

Welcome June,

June is my favorite month so I

am always happy when it arrives.

It is also, the start of lilac season here

to make it even better.

I picked my first bouquet of the

season in our garden yesterday.

We have many different varieties in

our garden to extend the season.

                                            This was taken last June.

Love old buckets full of

lilacs.

A handmade basket with

a big bouquet of lilacs.

                                                         

    It is time for tea!

   Just a little update on our garden

 tea for the Ukraine.....the

date is set for Saturday June 25

starting at 2:00 pm and

going until 4:pm.

Our theme for this tea is

Anne of Green Gables....

so a nice old fashioned

afternoon tea.

The price for this tea is

$35. per person and all

of the proceeds will

go to the Ukraine.

There is a LM Montgromery

conference here in Charlottetown

for a few days around that time

so  we thought an Anne of

Green Gables theme would

be very appropriate right

here in the land of Anne.

There will be a limited number

of tickets due to seating etc.

so please book early to

support this good cause.

You can email me at

carolyn.mary.aiken@gmail.com

Thank you for visiting!

Carolyn