Yesterday's tea class one of the students wore kimono. She was so beautiful a work of art. The scroll says "trow it out/ don't cling," The tea sweets she made for us they were delicious. Love studying tea every Thursday. I have been doing it for 19 years. #Uresenke #chanyou #Japaneseteaceremony.

Today's tea class the last time we use the frogs. The scroll says Ryo to recognize by Kando of Nannmyoji temple in Nara. One of the meanings The true purpose is to see things as they are, and let everything go as it goes. #Uresenke #chanyou #Japaneseteaceremony

Yesterday's tea class we continued with the frogs. They are so much fun to use and delight everyone. The tea sweets came from Japan. Shikishi says When a flower blooms the butterflies come of themselves. #Uresenke #Japaneseteaceremony #chanyou

Tea class today. We used the new frog tea container we all loved it. The scroll says Everyone can find pleasure in his life. The tea scoop was named Frogs song so we had 3 frogs in the tea implements. The flowers were Seibold Magnolia. #Uresenke #Japaneseteaceremony

Yesterday at tea class we celebrated Boy's Day/Children's Day. It happens on May 5th. I love celebrating the boys in the family every year. Girl's Day is on March 3. Here are the photos. All over Japan carp are flying and samarai helmets are displayed. Irises are the flower. #Uresenke #teaceremony

Finished Boy's Day tea for my grandson and his friend Preston. We all had fun. #Uresenke #teaceremony #Boy'sDay

Today my grandson and his best friend are coming for tea. We are going to celebrate Boy's Day early. To celebrate we hang carp streamers to wish them strength, courage and determination. That's what carp do when they swim up stream. We use samarai helmets and iris flowers to decorate. #Uresenke

At tea class yesterday we used a shikishi that was gifted to me by Diasosho sama. It reads Spirit of Harmony one of the 4 main principles of tea. He gifted to me after reading my book Masayume A Dream Comes True about building my tea house and my love of chanoyu. #uresenke #teaceremony #cnanoyu

Yesterday's tea class. The shikishi says The Mind Is Daily Renewed. The flowers are plum and camilla. This is the rabbit themed tea container we used to honor the solar eclipse. It's shaped like a mallet used to pound mochi. We told the folk tail of how the rabbit got on the moon. #Uresenke #tea

Today is Girls Day/Childrens Day in Japan where families get out there set of balls and celebrate the girls in their family. Last thursday at tea class we displayed the dolls and celebrated will do it again this thursday at class. Here are my set of dolls. #Teaceremony #Japanesetea #Uresenke

This is my tea house I build 13 years ago in my backyard in Portland Oregon. We study tea every Thursday there and love it. It is named Masayume True Dream a Dream that later comes true. So grateful to have it and tea practice. #chanoyu #teaceremony #Japaneseteaceremony #Uresenke

This is the tea bowl I bought for this year of the Snake. We love using it in tea class. I love how tea supports life by connecting it to the seasons and the zodiac and zen. #chanoyu #teaceremony #Uresenke #Japaneseteaceremony