The Mad Tea Party 2012

Welcome, Dearest Friends!

We are so happy to see you!
We didn't tell you that our party today is not at the Gossamer Tearoom,
but instead,
at another Grand Tearoom of The Imagination!
Please travel with us!

I love road-trips on warm, summer nights, don't you?

Our little car glides quietly through the night 

and we are listening to our favorite tunes.

as we make our way to The Mad Tea Party.

We know all of our favorite blogging friends are waiting there for us,

especially our dear friend Miss Vanessa of

A Fanciful Twist.

Under a full moon, we sing to the music

and ponder something we have been thinking about for a while...

What if the man in the moon in the moon is really a woman?

We are almost there now...
You see, it didn't take too long, barely long enough for anyone to say,
"Are we there yet?"

One of the most amazing part of our trip is driving past
 the very rare, very elegant black tea rose bushes.
Ooooh....the scent....

He stopped the car and picked one of the beautiful roses for me.
I will wear it in my hair...

Another unusual feature of this very charming town is their unique street lights.
They are bird cages!
Each night, all of the fire-flies in the area come and congregate inside the cages
All of them together make a beautiful chartreuse light!
Sometime just before daylight, they all go home again.
Thank you, Dear Fire-Flies!

We check the time as we go past the samovar clock-tower.

We don't want to be late!

So many buildings here in Tea-Ville are built from giant pastries,

like this,

The Beautiful and Famous Black Rose Hotel!

And, some of the little tea-cup houses have lovely roof-top gardens,

just over-flowing with an exotic variety of giant pansies!!

Oh Goodie!
We have arrived at The Teapot Tearoom!

And just as in my dream from a few nights ago,
we drive through a thick fog before driving up the stairs
Yes, we are driving inside the house!
(The Drive-In Mad Tea Party here is so much fun!!)
And our car is so clever!
It telescopes up to become much shorter
and now it seems as though it is a car from a carnival ride!!
I LOVED those!!!
Did you too??

As we come to the top floor, it seems as though we might be outside again...

What are those things flying through the air??

They are not...

could they be....

pineapple and blackberry....

strawberry and cherry....

UPSIDE DOWN CAKES!!!

(I loved pineapple upside-down cake as a child,

but I could have sworn it looked different than this!)

Which flavor would you choose?

You only need whisper your choice 

and the butterfly carrying it will bring it to your plate!!

And as for the tea...

What is our selection?

Why...The Black Tea Rose,  of course!

And what does it taste like, you might ask?

It is an elegant, yet complex, Alice-in-Wonderlandian blend...

afternoon tea and roses in full bloom,

pineapple and memories of summer,

blackberries and warm, summer drives at night,

cherries, chocolate

tiny cars from carnival rides,

memories of fun meal eaten at drive-ins

strawberries, vanilla whipped cream and....

imagination!

Delicious!

Thank you to all the friends, 

old and new,

who have visited here today!

Thank you to Julia of Cemerony, Karen of The Graphics Fairy, Kirsi of Itkupilli

and Evelyn of Holliewood Studios (Deviant Scrap)

for some of the images I used in my collages here.

And most especially,

Thank You to Mademoiselle Vanessa

of

A Fanciful Twist

for hosting the most fun blog parties!!

Please visit her party and everyone else listed as party-goers

for today's fun all-day, all-weekend, all-week extravaganza!!