Come for tea

With Jenae writing about Dad and his immigration..it made me think of some of my things that bring back memories. Grandma Faber always wanted a set of Blue Willow dishes, so when they moved to Kingsley the family got together and bought her a set..later I had some pieces of that set..they were destroyed in the fire in 2002..some have given me some old pieces from elsewhere.. I set my table with some of them and then used the little Dutch girl that Mom had and a teapot that has a note in it that it was Grandma deBoer's teapot for the centerpiece. The napkin rings were some that Mom had too.
Having tea in the mid afternoon was always a custom at Mom and Dad's...Dad needed a cookie or some cheese to go with it. I have some nice memories of having tea with the folks the last days on the farm and in the apartment. We even have had a chance to have tea with them in Sibley.