Tea with Friends

A week ago there were tea friends in town and we

celebrated the gathering with tea, of course.

There were adventures out and about,

from Lan Su Chinese Gardens to Smith Teamaker's shop.

Laughter ensued as we did imbibe much tea.

The lotus blossoms were quite beautiful at the gardens;

so I just had to share one with you.

This is Julia of Bingley's Teas in Minneapolis, MN.

She stayed in my home and it was JOY to get to know her better.

On the left is Robert Godden of Devotea in Australia.

He and his wife were visiting Portland for the soul purpose

of drinking tea with friends.

On the right is Geoffrey Norman, tea blogger extraordinaire,

from the Portland area.

On Sunday afternoon we celebrated their visit with

a WuWo Tea Ceremony.

What a joyous occasion,

one I wish you all could have been there for.

Each of us in the circle was served

and then we sat in silence and savored the flavors

of each special tea.

Of course with tea we have snacks.

For this special gathering there was pie and other goodies to share

in the gardenhouse.

Iced water was in the urn, as it was a very hot day.

I didn't take a picture, but we even had wildlife to share with our visitors.

A raccoon had set himself above our heads in the big tree in the garden.

I do hope you are enjoying the outdoors of summer

with special times with friends.

I believe this is the best part of summer time,

time with friends, fresh food from the garden,

and delighting in the out of doors.

Note:  I will be traveling for the next week and a half,
so if you don't see your comment posted right away;
eventually it will show up.  I will be posting, but more sporadically.
Come by and see where I am along the road.
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