Welcome to Tuesday 4 in honor of our friend Toni Taddeo.
I am so happy to host this each week. If you have ideas for themes, let me know!
Today's topic is Being Sociable
1. Do you bring a gift when you are invited to someone's home?
2.You've invited other bloggers for an old fashioned tea party. What are you serving for tea?
3. Do you enjoy entertaining company in your home?
4. The 4th of July national celebration will be in South Dakota at Mount Rushmore. How will you celebrate America's birthday?
I love your answers to today's questions. I'm sorry you had a bad experience with gift giving. I used to always take a small gift when invited to someone else's home for dinner but I haven't been invited much since I retired from work. I've found people are or were so very busy that they do not host dinner as much as they used to. The exception is my African friends who live locally. They still very much practice hospitality even in the midst of business as it's part of the culture of some of them. If I was having a tea party my menu would look pretty much like yours. I have to say I don't practice hospitality nearly as much as I'd like to due to personal energy issues. Maybe one day. I keep hoping and I do invite when I can. I do like to keep it one on one so I can really visit with a friend but I do often invite several at a time usually from a household/family. I doubt whether Canada will allow July 1st celebrations this year. It's okay with me since I don't attend in person anymore. Have a wonderful week ahead Annie.
ReplyDeleteSorry, I meant "busyness" not business.
ReplyDeleteAh yes....I have one of those mothers too and do you know, eventually I get all those gifts back (re gifted), yep. A least she kept them. It use to bother me and then one day, the good Lord just told me to knock it off and grow up...(well, not literally, but you know what I mean). Gifts should be from the heart, and that is what I do. Just so you know, if you were ever to get something from me, it is from the heart and I was thinking of you-no strings attached etc. I rather give then receive and anybody who knows me knows that.
ReplyDeleteOh, that would be so hurtful to deal with that kind of rejection. I'm sure it's more of a reflection on her as you seem like a person who would be very thoughtful in gift giving. I would like to see the fireworks at Mt. Rushmore, too. Will they be on TV? I'll need something as my town has cancelled its big shindig this year.
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Little sandwiches, mjammie :)
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ReplyDeleteSo nice to see the sun today...
Your gifts to us of self , opportunities to learn and your art and photos of beauty are MOST appreciated and treasured !!!!! Thank you !!!!!
Be safe and well
I hope to see the fireworks at Rushmore too.
ReplyDeleteThat's sad about your gifts being dismissed.
ReplyDeleteThe Mount Rushmore sounds like the perfect place for fireworks.
I have had that happen to me with gifts and I hate to waste my money on people like that.
ReplyDeleteYour tea party sounds wonderful … I will be right over. Loved your answers! Have a great Tuesday!
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Wow, I can't imagine not accepting and/or appreciating a gift, especially from a daughter or son. To me, even if it is a bouquet of weeds, it is precious and priceless. I am sorry your mother missed out on such a wonderful opportunity to show love and grace. Something that perhaps was lacking in her life growing up. I am not a big gift giver either. I don't like to shop for gifts and I am not very creative to make things, so it is something that is stressful to me. I like it when we are asked to bring a dish of something to a dinner party. That is usually my "gift". We usually do "pot luck" dinners with our friends/family, and everyone brings something. I enjoy their cooking more than mine. LOL. I would love to come to your tea party. I have a feeling it would be a very elegant affair. I might want to wear a special evening gown. Unless of course we are going to go walking around your beautiful water ways near your home...then I would have to wear something appropriate for walking. I hope you can have a wonderful 4th of July. I hope things will be kind of more normal by then. They really need to be. Have a blessed day/week.
ReplyDeleteEnjoyed your answers. We don't socialize with the Coronavirus
ReplyDeletestill out. We only go to hubby's doctors.
We will celebrate our July 4 with a hometown fireworks
display that we can see from our house, if they don't cancel it.