Tea Anyone?

A few weeks ago I paid a visit to one of my fav stores, Homesense. I was with a friend and just browsing when I came across some wonderful teacups. They were bright coloured, textured and huge! I love a good cup of tea but my biggest complaint has always been that most teacups hold only a small amount of tea and I like a good sized cup. These were perfect! The cups were reasonably priced and I picked up a couple. I knew that if I waited long enough the rest would end up in the clearance section on sale. Over the next few weeks I picked up one here and there at their various stores and eventually found the teapot too.

I love them! They are so bright and cheery and the textured surface is really neat. Several of the cups have motifs in the inside surface as well.

I'm still short by one cup but I'm sure I'll be able to pick up another one. The cups are still showing up here and there. 
I don't normally drink a lot of tea in the summer but so far our summer has been cooler and rainy which fits the bill for tea time.

Speaking of rain, we had a good thunderstorm late last Monday afternoon. The storm brought hail with it too. I could hear it hitting the back door of the house. What I didn't realize was that the hail did considerable damage to the roof of our gazebo.

At first we thought that just the tinting had come off from the impact but on closer examination we realized that these were actually holes. There was no water in the gazebo but the panels are actually double paned and only the top pane was damaged.  Every one of the smaller panes on the top of the roof were damaged as well as four larger side panes. Fortunately we're able to order replacement panes from the company online and they're not quite as expensive as we expected them to be.
It won't be long before it's all returned to its previous condition.
We've had hail at other times since the gazebo installation but this is the first time we've experienced any kind of damage. Due to the direction of the storm, the neighbour's identical gazebo was not damaged.

I spent some quality time with Fruit of the Spirit this weekend. I can't seem to put this one down!

Now I just have to concentrate on the bottom portion of the sampler. Coincidentally, this Sunday's New Testament reading from Galatians 5:22 was about the Fruit of the Spirit.
As much as I'm enjoying this one I forced myself to put it down and stitch some on Weeds Make Haste. I'll have an updated photo on this one for you on my next post.

We had a very quiet Canada Day here. We've been very busy lately and decided to just sit back and relax. Both of us had spent most of Sunday in the city, each doing our own thing. I headed off to the National Arts Centre with my friend Trish for a performance of Jersey Boys. It was awesome!! If you get a chance to see this, Go!
You won't be disappointed.  I hope everyone had a great weekend and your week is off to a good start.