a real winter

Vancouver actually produced some real snow yesterday (and is still doing so today); i'm impressed.

flower watching

joseph surprised me with some flowers when i got back into town two weeks ago and the orchids are still going strong.

spirits up!

Ruby and I were working on a little Christmas display to get us in the mood today. I brought my cedar trees from my balcony inside to help keep things natural during this glitter infested holiday.

do you ever get the feeling...

...like someone is trying to show you something?

anemone love

i just posted some intensely beautiful anemone photos on persuasion, for those of you who are so inclined.

sister love

i brought these flowers home in anticipation of my sister's visit last week.

he sleeps all night and he works all day

My beau has to dress up in a Halloween costume for a show he is playing. He decided to dress up as a lumberjack so that he could buy himself some new work clothes and try out having a beard for a while. We used the following as inspiration:

the last of the frozen pesto

garden pesto, daniel lanois, my beau and a little sauvignon blanc.

(don't worry i still have enough basil growing happily in the gloom on my balcony for one more pesto meal.)