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This week I held a High Tea at home for my husband's Mum as it was her birthday. I really enjoyed putting it all together! We had the following courses:
1) Champagne and strawberries with a selection of finger sandwiches:
- Egg, whole-egg mayo and cucumber
- Smoked salmon, cream cheese and chives
- Ham
- Ham and two mustards (Dijon + Honey Wholegrain)
- Chicken, whole-egg mayo and avocado
- Chicken and Rosella Fruit Chutney2) Range of teas (English Breakfast, Earl Grey, Russian Caravan, Ceylon Orange Pekoe, Traditional Afternoon) with warm pastries:
- Plain sausage rolls- Ham and cheese sausage rolls- Spinach & Ricotta
3) Coffees (French Liaison, Moccona Mild & Decaf) and sparkling water with sweets:
- Scones with Forest Fruit Jam and Whipped Cream
- Plain, berry, mango cheesecake
- Apple slice
- Chocolate caramel slice- Fruit and custard tarts
It was DELICIOUS and we were all stuffed afterwards! Here are some pics!
I just love psychology and reading all non-fiction self-development books. Quite a fun little exercise to do, is to discover your Myers-Briggs Personality Type. A good place to find the questionnaire is at: http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/JTypes2.asp. You can make some interesting intra- and inter- personal discoveries when reading about your type and other types. The basic premise is that there are four areas in which people can differ:
1) Extraversion(E) - Intraversion(I)
2) Intuition(N) - Sensing(S)
3) Thinking(T) - Feeling(F)
4) Judging(J) - Perceiving(P)
You can read about these in more detail here: http://www.personalitypathways.com/type_inventory.html#Inventory.
I have taken many of these tests and seem to come up as INFP most commonly, though I'm near the middle on many of the scales meaning I'm not clearly one particular type. INFP is described here: http://www.personalitypage.com/INFP.html. Here is where you can read about the 16 personality profiles: http://www.personalitypage.com/high-level.html.
I am a big fan of jewellery that simply shows the beauty of nature. Much of my collection is accordingly made of natural stones, shells, wood, gems and so forth. Recently I picked up a beautiful necklace from a lady designer at Perth Upmarket www.perthupmarket.com.au. If you haven't been yet, they have about four markets a year and sell some really unique, handmade jewellery, clothes, accessories and other craft work. I also really enjoyed the cake stall.. was just so feminine. Perth Upmarket is held in Perth Town Hall, usually on a Sunday from 10-4.
