My Celebratory Early Morning Tea

I am so happy I saw this  lovely party  planned for today  on Monday..  I had just enough time to  compose  my own little early Morning  Celebration of Mid August!

The birds were  active this morning so I  must share this playlist with you..  I love Dan Gibson...  Hope you do ,too!

I have borrowed a verse.. I hope they dont mind... it is  apropo  for  this  time of life.. Click the title for the source.

The Sounds of Birds Chirping

I remember how you would always

Wake up early in the morning

To the sounds of birds chirping

As though it were the only thing 

That could calm your unsettling heart

One day, over coffee (tea)

You told me about the birds

And how you thought the whole idea was silly

I only nodded because I never had

A keen ear for the peaceful things in life

The conversation never came to my mind

Until that morning you left the world

I finally understood what you meant

When, for some odd reason I arose

And heard the sounds of birds chirping for the very first time

The chirping was a song of hope

A promise of sunshine after the rain

A reason not to give up

Determined to keep your head high

When the world is crashing down before your eyes

If you were still here, you would probably call yourself a failure

Since you never climbed that smooth, disgustingly perfect wall

That left you trapped in your turmoil

But you're not a failure, you made it

Your soul grew wings, and like a bird, you flew away from 

All the problems that weighed down your heart..

We finally received a  wonderful rain in the night and awakened to  a damp and  very humid   morning,  so  I necessarily    entertained my tea indoors..

Today was an Earl Grey day if ever there was one...there is something about Earl Grey that has always  been  special to me..

Maybe it is because  through research I find that Earl Grey is not only good for the teeth, it is a benefit to digestion. Some other benefits are that  I especially like is that it fights anxiety and depression...it also give energy,  prevents cancer, and helps with weight loss..  Now I know I need to drink  Earl Grey every day!!!

I set the table for the two of us,  but  alas, I supped alone as  dear Hubs is painting  the  woodwork upstairs and I wouldn't bother him for the world.  He will  love his Elevenses  a bit later.

I had so much joy putting my tea together lickety split...

Light Bisquick  make  short work of my lovely  Scones,  the British call a simple biscuit a scone...  so sounds good to me!!  In testament to  The British Baking Competition I did  top each biscuit with  a  lovely  stirred egg  to  enhance the  golden, shiny  appearance. It is a tea party, after all!

Thankfully, Hubs had not partaken of his  beautiful slice of country ham yesterday so I had just enough to share  around  on a few of my lovely scones....  for  some others, I made    a  fruit compote..  I'll tell you how I did it... You know those  less than  lovely strawberries at the bottom of the qt. basket from the market..  I washed and trimmed them and  along with a few  blueberries,  popped them into a  small bit of simple syrup  on the stove top and  stewed them  just barely long enough until the syrup was a lovely color.  When you  serve in the smallest  receptacle you have it  makes just enough for two.  That  scrumptions syrup  was more than tasty and I didnt even really need that  homemade  blackberry jam...   but it looked good on the t able..heheheh!

Yes, there is another small dish ...  now as I was  working  I kept wondering what can I do with  this one egg I used to wash over my scones...  couldn't let it go to waste...  so I created  a  lovely French concoction.

                                             Oeufs à la crème avec fromage

translated~  Cremed Eggs with Cheese Scramble!

Quite délicieux!!!

I just happened to have a couple of slices of Lemon Blueberry pound cake   to  finish off  our  soiree'

I  truly enjoyed    putting  our little  repast together  

So I was able to join in with Bernideen  on the National Tea Afternoon Party Day today, Wednesday 

 August 14, 2017.

Have a truly blessed day and week!!

P..S..
Hubs made short shrift of the leftovers....  now he is  fully ready to get back to his  paint can!!