"TEA IN THE GARDEN" With Irises for 2026

 It is time for a first bouquet from our garden. 

 This year won't be a bulb year as we had a nasty 

March freeze but that doesn't mean we can't

 find other flowers.  There are no lilacs and

 even the Red Bud blooms were non existent.

I am thrilled to see cardinals building a 

nest in the lilac bush just outside a front

bedroom window.  That will be fun to watch.

The female keeps getting on top of the pile of

twigs she's bringing and squashing them down.

Today I set up a little "Tea In The Garden"

photo shoot.  We have lots of irises blooming

right now so they are the main event.

I made some cookies that are so similar to

Oreo Cookies you buy.  I will put the recipe

here at the bottom of this post.

The fabric topper is made with Pierre

Deux toile fabric.

I need to stop and read the new Victoria

magazine!  I do love it!

 Chocolate Peppermint Cream Cookies

 Preheat oven to 350 degrees

Sift together 3 cups sifted flour, 1 ¼ tsp baking  soda, 1 tsp salt.

 Heat 1 1/2 cups brown sugar packed,  ¾ cup butter, 2 Tbs, water to melt butter.  Add 2 cups Choc chips and stir to melt.  Beat in 2 eggs. Stir in flour mix.  Drop by heaping tsps onto Greased Cookie sheet and flatten slightly.  Keep sizes similar and smaller!

 

Bake 350 degrees 5 minutes   Cool

You will be forming a sandwich with 2 cookies

 Filling: 1 tsp peppermint extract:  Blend 1 cup sifted conf. sugar, 1/3 cup soft butter, 1/8 tsp

Peppermint extract!  Now Beat in 2 cups sifted conf. sugar alternately with ¼ cup milk –spread this mix between the 2 cookies to make a “sandwich”.