Tea Time at Butchart Gardens

Mrs. Butchart's private garden and garden tea house

where she could sip and dream.

How I would have loved sitting in this garden house

with a cup of tea and a chat with Mrs. Butchart.

Isn't it just beautiful?

It is closed off to walking and sitting,

but we could still wander into the tearoom nearby and sip awhile.

And sipping, sharing friendship, and sitting awhile was planned for this day.

Meeting dear friends that had traveled from New Zealand

was the course for the day,

but sharing teatime was made all the more precious because of it.

Over 35 years ago I met Rosemary when I took a group

of spinners and weavers to New Zealand for the

National Woolcraft Festival.

Over the years we have met in the US when Rosemary

and Bill traveled for wool festivities, plus we traveled 

together in England a few years ago too.

Friendships like this are very special

and definitely worth making the effort to gather together

whenever the opportunity arises.

So last week we ventured to Victoria, BC, Canada

for a time to walk in the gardens and sip tea together.

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