☼ a summer tea party

on the first day of June

I met with my friend Sandra:

we walked past fields of lucerne:

and parched earth on the marshes:

through the caravan park

and tall rusty gates

past the lakes

blooming with waterlilies

to Creeksea Place Manor:

we watched two amusing ladies

make beautiful flower arrangements

as they talked about their farms

of asparagus harvests and wheat:

then we ate sandwiches on cake stands

drank tea from china cups

and relished slices of soft deep victoria sponge:

followed by a tour of the Manor

by the present owner:

the building was in disrepair for many years

but Mr Bertolli and his family are gradually

restoring it:

some of the original features remain

an historic glimpse for good causes: