The best thing you can do for a friend...

... in my opinion is make them a cream tea. My wonderful friend, who is a Virgo and sorts my life out when it gets a bit too chaotic, recently completed a massive achievement. So I made him a cream tea to celebrate. Cucumber sandwiches made with lashings of butter, touch of salt and black pepper. Home made chocolate truffles with a pinch of chili and rolled in crushed sugar roasted almonds. Baby scones, easier to get an almost crisp coating, with a lovely soft and light middle. Of course there was fresh cream as well. And being a good friend he bought me the following jams for my last birthday (jam is one of my favourite things)

Lavender
Rose & Geranium
Violet

and then he brought with him on the day several bottles of bubbly:)

I also, Finally, got to use the antique cake stand Mr H bought me for that very same birthday!