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| Tea table with garden patio in background ready for event to start |
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| British, Australian and Canadian flag to represent countries of members of our Union Jack Chapter of the Daughters of the British Empire |
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| Croquet anyone? |
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| Denise reading Jules a story from the Australian bush. I had this book when I was a child. There is a child holding a baby possum in the book. Jules wants to go to Australia so she can do the same. I told her she could definitely hold a Koala. |
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| Home made Jam from my kitchen. The peach and apricot were from my trees |
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| We had blueberry, current, raisin and apple scones. We made about 280. We had many work days to prepare for this. We re-potted plants from our gardens for sale, planned details, all brought our beautiful tea cups, made scones and knitted tea cozies. We had about 80 people attend. It was our most successful fund raiser ever! |
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| Part of my patio garden |
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| Activity at the tea table. Jana Benton guest, Elizabeth Vick and Karen Horton serve tea and scones. Since many of our members are in their 90s having joined right when they arrived in the U.S. after WW2, friends helped in many capacities. I think everyone, guests and helpers had a great time. Thanks for all the help from those who are not DBE members! Does this look like fun? Do you have British or British Empire heritage or are you married to someone with British heritage? Join a DBE group!!! You can attend a meeting and decide if it might be your "cup of tea". |
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| Everybody had a good time! |
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| Guests enjoying tea and conversation. Elaine Shearer in the middle of the front table did the beautiful watercolors which were the main raffle gifts seen below |
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| Buddies from way back. Kathy (right) and I have been friends since 2nd grade when we used to walk through the cotton fields to get to each others houses. Kathy and I went to nursing school together. Janice and I have been friends since 7th grade. Janice lived just across the street and we were together 24/7 in grade school and high school. |
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| My brother, Paul and my daughter Faye |
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| Wallpaper plant holders with sweet violets |
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| DBE member Coral, my Mum and Faye on front bench |
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| Tea with scones, jam and whipped cream |
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| My friends Connie and Don Larry pointing out an little inch worm to Jules. She got brave and let it crawl on her hand and spent the next 15 to 20 minutes showing it to all the visitors. Thanks for sharing this little creature with so many people, Jules |
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| Faye, my daughter enjoying a cuppa |
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| Helpers at tea table, myself, Cynthia, Elizabeth and Gail |
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| Guests with tea, scones, home made jam, whipped cream (called Devonshire Tea) |
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| Barbara Buchanan from another DBE chapter helped us by making sausage rolls and manning our sale table. We sold tea cozies (English garden and Union Jack), scones, sausage rolls and books. Barbara sold jam made by her DBE chapter as a fund raiser. Which reminds me, this was a fund raiser for the British Retirement Home in Calif which is the main organization we give most of our money to. It is a great cause. We also give money to a local charity, in the past Chrysalis, home for abused women in Phoenix. |
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| Denise giving Mitzie plant care information |
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| Elizabeth, Granddaughter Marissa and Elizabeth's daughter-in-law |
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| These are wrappers for potted plants made by a friend of Denise's from wallpaper samples |
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| Tea table activity |
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| Marie Garber my good friend from FUMC choir and her daughter looking beautiful in their hats |
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| Mary Baker, our DBE fearless leader! |
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| My girlfriend from 7th grade on, Janice Payne with Julian's art in background. It's been great the past few years since she and Dave have become snow birds from Tennessee spending winters in Sun City. We've been able to spend time together for the first time since college days. |
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| Brother Paul helped out by giving art tours and taking pictures |
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| Faye and my Mom in the kitchen |
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| Raffle Table was my Dad's old work bench from the old south Phx barn |
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| Herb garden in raised bed which I can wheel into shade on hot days and cold nights |
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| Table centerpiece (Peace Rose) with tea table and raffle prize table in background before event |
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| Yours truly (left), my neighbor Cynthia Oplinger and Gail Reiley who is in my church Baby Prayer Shawl group serve tea |
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| Gathering around the tea table. DBE member, Elizabeth Vick and her granddaughter, Marissa helped |
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| My veggie garden and a pink hollyhock with my compost bins in which I put all vegetable matter from my kitchen, grass clippings, leaves from the garden layered with a thin layer of dirt to jump start the process. I keep it wet, Bob, my 80+ year old yard man turns it and wal-lah it becomes Black Gold the key to my garden success |
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Denise, our master gardener, pouring tea  |
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| Faye (right) gave house tours |
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| Susie, Mum's neighbor took pictures |
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| Paul took pictures and gave house tours |
