Lady Pamela's Breakfast Tray

and a 2016 nostalgic Thursday throw back.

Every morning, a breakfast tray is brought into my mother’s room. Its a proper tray with legs, so it stands correctly. The breakfast itself will have been decided the night before, and it can range from a boiled egg to fish cakes to half a grapefruit. There is always toast regardless, with the crusts cut off and placed in the toast rack. There is a tiny china dish that holds the honey and the butter; the dish is divided because you would not want your honey running into the butter. My mother has always been impeccably dressed, and breakfast is no exception…..