Ramble Ramble

Yesterday, I went to an honest to goodness tea party! It’s an annual(ish) tradition that my best friend co-hosts, but this was the first year I’ve been able to attend. I must admit going to party where I know exactly one person has never been something I’m THAT keen on, but the tea party turned out to be fantastically enjoyable.

When I say honest to goodness tea party, I mean it. We were required to wear our party frocks and fancy hats. There were finger sandwiches. There were teapots, and an endless variety of teas to put into dainty china teacups. There was croquet!! All in all, I had a wonderful time, with some much needed girly interaction–we determined I spend entirely too much time with boys since I don’t have a ton of girlfriends in San Diego.

One other fantastic outcome of the day? I actually took some photos! I know, I know, I was shocked too. I was even more shocked when I came home and edited them right away, so that I could write a blog post with them. (I had the house to myself last night, that might have had something to do with it). Anyway, here are some teaparty photos for you to enjoy!

The hostess had a backyard full of gorgeous roses like this one that were in full bloom.

Croquet and tattoos, a modern day tea party!

This dessert was incredibly decadent (in case you couldn’t tell from the gooeyness), but incredibly good.

In addition to tea, there were sparkling drinks to put in fancy glassware.

And I leave you with one of my favorite images of the day. Something about this shot looks very much like a watercolor instead of a photo, and I love how ethereal it looks. I obviously have an infatuation with both the macro setting on my camera and framing my images a certain way, but I do think this photo turned out quite nicely. A perfect representation of the tea party in my mind!