My dear friends threw me an afternoon garden tea party 
last week for my birthday.
What a delight it was. I tell ya, they went all out.
I thought it was very fancy... which made me feel like a Princess for the day.
We has delectable treats, tea sandwiches, salad, fruit, cold tea, hot tea.
You name it, it was all there & all so scrumptious !
The food was amazing, as was the company.
The table was set out in the garden.
We ate, we sipped tea and enjoyed the wonderful warm Spring day together.
Thank you to my dear friends for the sweet tea party !
~The word "Tea" In 27 Languages ~
French: thé (pron. TAY)
Spanish: té (pron. TAY)
Italian: tè (pron. TAY)
Portugese: chá (pron. SHA)
Romania: ceai, (pron. CHAI?)
German: Tee (pron. TAY)
Dutch: thee (pron. TAY)
Swedish, Danish Norwegian: te (pron. TAY)
Polish: herbata Czech, Serb, Croatian,
Bosnian: Cay ("C" with a tiny v on top, and ay) (pron. chai)
Russian: Yau ("Y" with a t in it, and AU) (pron. CHAI)
Hungarian: tea (pron. TEYA)
Finnish: tee. (pron. TAY)
Turkish: çay (pron. CHAI)
Indonisia, Malay: teh, (pron. TAY)
Esperanto: teo (pron. TAYO )
Greek: tsa'i (pron. chai?)
Arabic: shaye.
Hebrew: teh (pron. TAY )
Yiddish: tay (pron. TAY)
Japanese: o cha (pron. O CHA)
Swahili: chai.
A little cup of friendship With a bag of tea
When you drink this Think of love from me.
~Author Unknown~
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That sounds like a wonderful way to celebrate, and looks like fun too!
ReplyDeleteI guess there is one definite bonus to your move, because the weather hasn't been near so kind here in WA!
Very lovely.
ReplyDeleteI see they even served on Rose Pattern Franciscan dinner ware!
Glad you had a special day.
Hugs
Mama Chickki
how sweet a garden party tea for your birthday! I cant think of a sweeter way to celebrate with your friends!
ReplyDeletehappy birthday!!
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vivian
Wow! What a nice set -up! Such yummy goodies! What wonderful and loving friends you have:). I had a similar experience:)
ReplyDeleteNeat info on the tea.:)
FYI- whoever gave the info, the Russian tea is pronounced 'chai' like you listed, but the spelling is not quite right.The first letter is not right- the other two are.
They use the cyrillic alphabet. Some letters look the same as ours, so the a and u look like our letters. The a sounds like a short a, and the u sounds like an ee sound, but when you put it together, the a and ee sound like ai ( or I/eye).
But the first letter doesn't look like a Y. It's called a che(short e, so pronounced like chet, but w/the t cut off),. Kind of looks like a scallop with the right side coming down straight/or slightly slanted.
They have a Y in their alphabet, which sounds like the oo sound (as in zoo).So it's quite another letter.
Alright, now that I've bored everyone, I'll go to bed. Too long a day.
great pictures!!! :)Love the tea info! Cognates are so much fun:) ...and one can see the similarities in etymology. Thanks for sharing.
What a beautiful day, beautiful occasion, beautiful birthday tea party and set up. Looks like you had such a lovely day and time on your birthday celebration!! Purchased a card for you, but.. 3 kids + busy schedules + bad procrastinations = late card. Coming soon to you. Love, Jeannene and family.
ReplyDeleteLovely Apron..beautiful colors!!! And..to mention adorable niece!! Such a cutie. Love always, Jeannene
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