An English Garden Party - All MyLotters Are Invited.
By Jabo
@jaboUK (64361)
United Kingdom
August 28, 2016 7:53pm CST
I'm sending you all invitations,
They're going to all of your nations,
Please take tea with me
So that you can see
Why England deserves celebrations.
So now that you're here, let us party,
Have fun in my garden so pretty,
There are scones and jam
Cucumber and ham,
And the talk is bound to be witty.
Everything is so harmonious
Though be warned, you are erroneous
If you think I won't care
If you fall off your chair
Into my bed of begonias!
Oh where has the time gone? It's fled,
We've drunk all our tea and been fed,
I've loved meeting you,
The same for you too?
What a pity it's all in our head.
Now please take a walk with me through my garden - I hope my very first attempt at a slideshow will work, if it does - thanks to @JudyEv for showing me how to do it. All photos are taken in my garden.
I created this video with the YouTube Slideshow Creator (http://www.youtube.com/upload)
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82 responses
@puddleglum (1380)
• United States
29 Aug 16
How lovely and bright were the flowers!
I could have observed them for hours.
The scones were just right;
The talk brought delight.
Our hostess earns praises in showers!
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@jaboUK (64361)
• United Kingdom
29 Aug 16
@puddleglum Brilliant - you are one of those that can make your limericks scan perfectly
. Now do stay a while please and mingle with the other guests
. Now do stay a while please and mingle with the other guests4 people like this
@LadyDuck (458091)
• Switzerland
29 Aug 16
Thank you Janet for this wonderful tea
we had fun in the shade of the tree
Let us party again
Let's all jump on the train
to have more fun again
no matter which destination will be.
I have loved your slideshow, congratulations for your beautiful flowers.
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Anyway, don't rush off, sit down and have a cup of tea and a scone with jam and clotted cream
@responsiveme (22926)
• India
29 Aug 16
Thank you for the wonderful time.
The tea was tasty, the talk witty.
A walk amidst beautiful flowers
That it was virtual...is a pity.
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@jaboUK (64361)
• United Kingdom
29 Aug 16
@responsiveme A very sweet rhyme, thank you lots. Don't go rushing off, sit down and I'll get you a drink - there may be other guests arriving soon, and some are already here
. Don't go rushing off, sit down and I'll get you a drink - there may be other guests arriving soon, and some are already here3 people like this
@jaboUK (64361)
• United Kingdom
29 Aug 16
@responsiveme We have three of those cats - my husband has named them all, but i always forget which one is which. I think that one is either Top Cat or Sylvester
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
29 Aug 16
@jaboUK I'm in no hurry to leave...enjoying myself, meeting all the other mylotters.
And thats a fine black cat out there.....surprised to see the garden taken over by a crowd of globetrotters...."Kityy, Kitty...hello Kitty"
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@marguicha (215428)
• Chile
29 Aug 16
WOW, WOW AND WOW!!! I think I have never seen such a beauty, not even in flower exhibitions.
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@jaboUK (64361)
• United Kingdom
29 Aug 16
Thank you @marguicha - I'm so thrilled to have been able to do a slideshow and show more than one photo at a time. I'm happy that you like my flowers
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@marguicha (215428)
• Chile
29 Aug 16
@jaboUK I can´t imagine a person that would not love them
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
• United States
29 Aug 16
I am about to head out of the door. I'll have to look at the slideshow when I return home from work in the morning. The poem, however, I quite enjoyed.
Do you mind if I nip over to tesco or lidl's, aldi's or any of the other shops around? I need to take advantage of getting some of my favorite biscuits so cheap! (compared to what we have to pay in the US for digestives etc).
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@jaboUK (64361)
• United Kingdom
29 Aug 16
@ScribbledAdNauseum I'll be sure to have plenty of biscuits for you to munch on here, and some for you to take home with you
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@JamesHxstatic (29242)
• Eugene, Oregon
29 Aug 16
What a beautiful garden. I played this for Anne and she was envious, saying that it what an Oregon garden should look like if we had not had so many 100 (37C+) days.
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@jaboUK (64361)
• United Kingdom
29 Aug 16
@JamesHxstatic Our climate is conducive to having a nice garden, than goodness. I certainly wouldn't be able to keep it looking like this if we had your temperatures.
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@JudyEv (325758)
• Rockingham, Australia
29 Aug 16
The afternoon was a delight
Those flowers so incredibly bright
And such lovely food
I don't mean to be rude
But the whole thing was a sight (to be seen) 
Well done. What beautiful flowers. I loved the fuchsia and the begonias and the views of sections of the garden. Really lovely. 5 seconds might have been better but I always worry about the slideshows becoming too long. There was no way this would ever be too long. Thanks so much.
Well done. What beautiful flowers. I loved the fuchsia and the begonias and the views of sections of the garden. Really lovely. 5 seconds might have been better but I always worry about the slideshows becoming too long. There was no way this would ever be too long. Thanks so much.5 people like this
@jaboUK (64361)
• United Kingdom
29 Aug 16
@JudyEv Lovely rhyme as a response - thank you. I was worried about it being too long, but I think you are right - another second would only have added another 24 seconds to the whole thing. I'll know next time if I ever do another.
I know I've thanked you already, but I never would have even attempted this if you hadn't shown me the ropes
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@teamfreak16 (43421)
• Denver, Colorado
29 Aug 16
Very cool slideshow. I gave it a like.
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@jaboUK (64361)
• United Kingdom
29 Aug 16
@teamfreak16 Thanks so much Scott - I'm thrilled to have been able to do it thanks to Judy's help.
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@celticeagle (159021)
• Boise, Idaho
29 Aug 16
It is pretty and so fresh out. Enjoyed that a lot. Thank you.
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@celticeagle (159021)
• Boise, Idaho
29 Aug 16
@jaboUK .....Oh, yes. I see some I know.
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@jaboUK (64361)
• United Kingdom
29 Aug 16
@celticeagle I'm pleased that you like the garden, thank you. You'll stay for tea won't you? There may be other guests coming that you know
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@annierose (18926)
• Philippines
29 Aug 16
I love it very much. I love flowers even if we cannot eat them. My mom prefers me to plant veggies in our garden than flowers.
My mom prefers me to plant veggies in our garden than flowers.3 people like this
@jaboUK (64361)
• United Kingdom
29 Aug 16
@annierose I've never grown any vegetables, I prefer my flowers.
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@changjiangzhibin89 (16534)
• China
29 Aug 16
Your garden is a veritable tapestry of colour,which strikes my eyes.Even though I can't take tea with you on your garden,but take the will for the deed!Thank you !
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@jaboUK (64361)
• United Kingdom
29 Aug 16
@changjiangzhibin89 Hey - you can take virtual tea with me and everyone else who has stopped by. I'm so happy to see you my friend, and to show you my garden.
. I'm so happy to see you my friend, and to show you my garden.2 people like this
@silvermist (19702)
• India
29 Aug 16
@jaboUK While looking at the photos from your garden,I have wished to walk along your garden and look at those flowers. Now I am so happy to see your garden.You have made this slide show like an expert.As you said,thanks to @JudyEv too. Thanks for inviting me to this tea party. Before I forget,beautiful invitation poem.
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@jaboUK (64361)
• United Kingdom
29 Aug 16
@silvermist Thank you for coming to visit, and I'm happy to walk with you round the garden, and thanks for liking the poem too.
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@MarshaMusselman (38657)
• Midland, Michigan
30 Aug 16
That was great, Janet, and you even got some music playing in the background. I could put together one of those too and you all could see my weed garden I've been working on for the last few years along with some of the flowers I used to have in it. Now they are all in different places and I may be buying a few more tomorrow. Maybe I'll consider trying that out sometime when all the weeds are finally gone.
I liked how you snuck a little spider into the video with the flowers.
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@jaboUK (64361)
• United Kingdom
30 Aug 16
@MarshaMusselman I was really pleased with the way the slideshow turned out - you know I'm a technophobe so had never even thought of trying it until Judy told me how to do it. It wasn't difficult at all once I got my mind past the 'I can't' stage
I look forward to seeing if you do it.
I look forward to seeing if you do it.1 person likes this
