Mother's Day at Miramont Castle

Enjoying the tea and fresh apple cinnamon scones
with devonshire cream, a vanilla almond butter, and honey.

Presenting Peggy with a 10th Group Certificate of
Appreciation and two military coins.

Allison digging in on the assortment of four
Victorian sandwiches with homemade spreads.

Berta with the tray of yummy desserts: pound cake with lemon
custard, mandarin oranges and real whipped cream, german chocolate cake,
banana cake, and toasted almond cake.

The crew.

This is one of 8 "deadman S hooks" that are drilled into the
the side of the mountain to keep the castle in place.

Today was the Late Mother's Day Celebration I planned as an FRG event. It was a little crazy this morning, I had 4 cancellations! It was a little hectic, but it's over and it was so much fun! We had a wonderful light tea (with 4 different types of tea) and a delicious meal. Then we all toured the 115 year old castle. The history of it was interesting: there is a 24 carat ceiling, a poisonous room (the wallpaper covered with arsenic compound to prevent the color from running), a fireplace with a secret compartment, etc.