Miss Mabel's Tearoom

Good morning!

Today I have the honor of joining Sandi at

 Rose Chintz Cottage
for

Tea Time Tuesday

This is the day which the Lord has brought about; we will rejoice and be glad in it.
Psalm 118: 24

This is my  first time attending a blogging party.

I so hope I do the linking thing correctly.

 I am sharing photos of a lovely tea room, we visited,

Miss Mabel's in Dickson, TN.

Sadly this tea room is not in business anymore, but I believe one can

still order tea online.

When you get to know me, you will know there is "a story" to almost

everything I post, lol.

This is the story behind  this tea room.

We were traveling through TN on the way to Arkansas.

Before we leave, I research our favorite things along the route for "sidetrips".

At that time tea rooms were a highlight of our trips.

We arrived in Dickson, late afternoon on a Saturday

and found the tea room easily.

Once inside, we looked around, apologized and started to leave.

We had on jeans, nice jeans but they
were comfy clothes for traveling.

The entire house was made up of beautifully decorated tea rooms.

Even though there was only two other people sharing tea, we did not feel comfortable

in our jean in such a lovely tea room.

  However, the owner herself came out and insisted we not only stay, but

 treated us like royalty.

So much so, we made sure a year later on our way back to Arkansas, we

made reservations for tea and stayed in Dickson overnight
just so we could "dress for tea".

That is our "party" on the bottom!

Our last name was spelled incorrectly, but German last names so often are.

However, it was a thrill to see us as a "party" since it was just the two of us.

I had to have my picture taken on the porch too, of course.

Love those beautiful lace curtains, don't you?

Let's take a look inside, shall we?

This is the room we sat in.

You can see Terry in the back sipping his ice tea.

Most everything on the tables and shelves was for sale..

It was a tea room made in heaven.

Beautifully arranged food, beautiful tea sets, china, linens, cards,  and tea books.

See the image in the mirror way in the back?

That is another room.

Want to see that room close up?

The shawl on the piano was splendid.

As was everything else!

Oh, I believe our food has arrived.

Let's walk back to our table.

Let's take a closer look at the wonderful assortment on the trays.

The top layer had sliced fruits and grapes.

Second layer had the chicken salad sandwiches and I believe shrimp salad sandwiches.

The bottom layer had gingerbread cakes with lemon cream.

I loved that we were served on one of my favorite patterns,

Royal Albert Old Country Roses.

Sadly, this pattern  has always been way out of my budget to purchase as a set.

One last picture.

I love how the mirror shows the back of my hat.

This is really mine.

My husband bought it for me in Mount Dora, Fl

a year or two prior to this tea.

I was thrilled I could wear it to this beautiful  tea room.

It has a large net bow and net streamers.

I tucked the streamers inside the hat for the tea room.

We did a British tea room in Mount Dora on that trip.

Sometime I will show pictures of that trip.

Just cause everyone always ask this question:

Yes, my husband enjoys tea rooms with me. He is a old fashioned sweetie

who enjoys the graciousness of a time past.

He also has IBS and eats lightly at meals normally.

On this trip, the next night we spent in a Caboose for his passion

for trains.

We mix it up on our road trips, sharing each other's favorite sidetrips.

I hope you have enjoyed our tea room experience as much as we did.

I thank Sandi for hosting Tea Time Tuesday today.

It was so nice to meet everyone today.

I will hop over to your blogs and meet you individually.

If you are new to my blog, I would love to have you take my button and/or follow me.

I would also like to get to know each of you better, so please leave a precious comment.

Time spent in the company of a friend

is like a golden moment in our day.

Ron Lessin