English Tea Party

What a beautiful day for a Tea Party!  Our little town celebrated the twentieth anniversary opening of the Evelyn Cameron Gallery with an old fashioned High Tea.   We were greeted at the door by the Board Members and given a memento 2012 calendar. We were then invited to view the amazing Cameron photos taken in the late 1800s and early 1900s depicting Homestead life, immigrants and cowboys.  We could also view the diary transcriptions and copies of Evelyn's diaries she kept of daily life in Eastern Montana.  The tea party was so much fun.  They had antique silver tea sets and an assortment of savory and sweet items.  There were several kinds of cucumber sandwichs, a scottish bread with orange marmalade, several different kinds of scones and tea infused shortbread.  There were fruit desserts and jams and all kinds of goodness.  Autumn flowers were everywhere and little purple pansies decorated the plates.  The gallery is housed in an old building that was once a pharmacy and drugstore... and in the back, where we ate used to be an old fashioned ice cream parlor.  The elderly couple who invited me to sit with them told me stories about working there as high schoolers and all the shenanigans they pulled to get free sodas.  It was a charming visit.  If you haven't had a chance to read about Evelyn and Ewen Cameron's life, it is worth the read.