The Spring Tea

Last Sunday was the big Springtime Tea...amidst the wildflowers at The Center. Here's me, getting ready, and it's the one special occasion when I do put on a hat!

Getting the food out and the tables prepared for the guests.

Beautiful bouquets on all the tables.

An afternoon of "high tea" and a table fit for a queen!

and more!

Yummy sandwiches and sweets!

It's "curtain time"! Take a bow!

Lovely fresh swags to adorn the food table.

The tables await the guests.

Outside on the patio too.

Music from the harp and flute. Just like angels.

There was the meeting and greeting of everyone with iced Orange Jasmine Green tea.

Lemon Almond tea with the spring tea buffet.

Lovely piano music too.

Dessert tea was Honey Vanilla Chamomile.

Lois introducing columnist, Alice Collins www.cookiesandchaos.com .

"Beauty, Blessings, and Benevolence".

The weather was lovely, the food yummy, the flowers beautiful and the program inspiring. An enjoyable time was had by all.

The rest of the story...

Back in action! Back to Saturday, here are the beautiful blooms on the grounds of Benedictine University. A very friendly greeting!

And here are some of our calligraphy study group gals busy hanging the pieces for the exhibit. Remember, it's being displayed until May 31st. Try to go and see!

Thursday

Still no pictures! I need my visual aids!! I have searched to find out what to do and am trying to fix it, purchased additional storage of 20 GB for $5, and now waiting for it to click in. Takes 24 hours. More to catch up on with collage and quilting classes yesterday. Today is drawing class...and the dove is nesting in my shed windowbox. I don't know how the babies will fit in there!

I tried to give you a detour to my other blog and finish putting my pictures on there, but it's refusing me there too. They say I'm over my limit! But not on both blogs. ??? What to do? Help! Oh well, I will describe them for now. I have a picture of the beautiful tulips growing at Benedictine University. And then, I have many of the Spring Tea. Yesterday was calligraphy class. How will I ever catch up? "Oh bother!"

Littera Scripta Manet

Problems with loading pix on here today, so hopefully the problem will resolve and I can give you the beginning of this story later. Marge and I drove out to Benedictine University on Saturday where they were hanging an exhibit of calligraphy by the lettering students of Beth House and works from the West Side Calligraphy Study Group members.

Littera Scripta Manet
The written word remains
Benedictine University
5700 College Road
Lisle, IL 60532
Kindlon Hall of Learning
Second Floor
May 2 - May 31, 2010




This is my piece that I decided to put into the exhibit.

Mine and Marge's

More of Marge's ...and more

And others, as they were being hung.

Next stop, the Downer's Grove Library to pick up my collage pieces that were in the MCS exhibit there.

I really think I may be adding something 3-Dimentional to these yet!

"Barn To Be Wild"

Please check in on this fundraiser for the Camp Scholarship Fund! You can hear the rooster and see Ann and the animals at The Farm.

Barn to Be Wild is this weekend! City Girl Ann Touhy will be living in the barn for 27 hours! Tune in to the live webcam coverage at www.barntobewild2.org, which you can also reach through The Center website. And please come and visit Ann during her 27 hours at the farm! Rumor has it that the piggy wedding is at 5 pm Saturday! Gifts to the happy couple can be made payable to The Center!

The weekend

Dinner by Danielle Friday night. While I was cooking, Danielle was preparing her own goodies. Here is Bird. I do believe he was a guest though, not part of the dinner.

Here we have hamburgers with pickles!

Hot dogs!

And this little puppy is very impressed with this big dog!

Sausages and french fries. It was a buffet!

and dessert! Donuts with frosting!