A TASTE OF FALL AFTERNOON TEA

Yesterday was the free Fall Tea put on by the Locke and Noble Tea Company in the backyard of the Noble Home in Fullerton. Above is a picture L - R of Peggy, myself and Ellen. They had asked us to dress up for this event as they are doing a recipe book and would be taking pictures to put in the book. Only, no one was taking pictures. It was still fun to dress up and see how others dressed. Peggy wore a very old fox stole, Ellen wore a dress that she purchased some time ago from a thrift store and I went turn-of-the-century in a long black skirt, white lace blouse with a black cameo pin at the neck and a hat I decorated with netting and black roses.






These ladies are from the Santa Ana Historical Society. They regularly come to the teas and always dress up. As you can see this tea was held in the back yard under the trees. After a week of cool, damp, gloomy weather the day was warm and sunny. Just perfect.







This picture was taken inside the house of the kitchen. That is Mrs. Noble in white with her back to me and one of the young servers. They have lots of three tier servers on which they put the food and then it is carried out to us at our tables. This is a beautiful kitchen with marble countertops and to the left is an old stove but on the right is a large modern stove.








This shot was also taken in the kitchen. That is Mr. Noble in his chefs whites and a young lady server returning one of the serving tiers. Mr. Noble is a school teacher but his real passion is tea. Someday he would like to have his own tea emporium.






This is how the table is set when you arrive. I wish I had taken a picture of the food. Next time at the Christmas tea I will do that. The menu this time was Pumpkin Sage Soup (a small cup), Cinnamon Pumpkin Seed Biscotti (one piece), Decadent White Chocolate Chip Scone (one medium size) with Clotted Cream and Jam (on the table as a help yourself item), Chocolate Orange Fudge Cake (one medium piece), Maple Porfiteroles (like a cream puff with maple flavored whipped cream inside) and Carmel Apple Shortbread (small piece). This is all free. All they ask is that you tip your server.







Left to right this is Carolyn, Ellen's youngest daughter, their friend Rachel and Jennifer. Jennifer is wearing her grandmother's dress (Paul's mother). This is the dress she was married in in 1929. Jennifer is also wearing a hat that belong to her, probably from the 40's.










Here is a photo of Ellen taken inside the house. She is holding a parasol that they had for sale. That is one way for them to make money at these events. They have lots of tea related and period related items for sale and they showcase them around the first floor of the home.














Here is a picture of Carolyn. She had on a lovely dress and had put her long, thick hair in a snood. I asked her to pose looking down and turned slightly to get the full effect of the dress and the hair. Aren't mother and daughter lovely?














Here is a great picture of Peggy with her fox stole on. Gives you a good view of the head of the fox. This stole belonged to her son-in-law's grandmother. She was going to throw it away put Emily, Peggy's daughter, rescued it.










This was taken out in front of the house and gives you a good full length view of their outfits.
















And we have to have a picture of the three divas in our lovely frocks.











Finally a shot of me taken creatively by Carolyn.