project365 week 13...

1. sunday morning coffees at the river.

2. gorgeous new necklace from Miju and You arrived.

3. stayed in my pajamas all day until I had to get dressed to go out in public at around 6.

4. experimenting with hats. I love how this chevron one turned out but am still playing with

    it...trying a slouchier version and a super soft baby alpaca version.

5. little miss mirabelle playing with the toy she got from glen's mom. she loves it. she carries it

    around in her mouth.

6. fun pink muffler man logo down the hill from our house.

7. chickens (I think) on the side of the road!

project365 week 11...

1. my hyacinth smells amazing.

2. finally finished the chevron scarf. it's super long and cozy. now it just needs a name.

3. spring is on it's way (although it's snowing as I write this)

4. cleaned my office. it had been a disaster area since early december. feels so much better to be

    organized.

5. at the clinic. glen has bronchitis. he's been off work since wednesday.

6. shopping spree at joe fresh. so cheap! and so pretty! I got pajamas with seagulls on them. fun.

7. my brother and one of my sisters have birthdays in march just three days apart. so we celebrated at

    my brother's house on saturday. his wife made the lovely birthday bunting.

project365 week 9...

1. beautiful sunshine coming in the living room window on sunday evening.

2. trying to decide on tile for the fireplace surround. the ones I originally wanted don't look the

    same anymore (bottom right). they're coming out of the quarry kind of yellowy and looking

    dirty. thinking of the hexagons as an alternative but am not quite convinced. 

3. started loading yarn onto the new shelves in my office.

4. testing red lipstick. I never ever wear lipstick so I'm not sure what possessed me but I love it.

    (also...my hair looks really dark in this photo)

5. things are starting to grow in the garden.

6. rainy friday evening at home watching planet earth.

7. meet our new kitten! Little Miss Mirabelle. we adopted her from the spca on saturday and she's

    adorable. (i'll write more about her in another post)



project365 week 8...

1. new chevron scarf in progress (I ran out of yarn)
2. super exciting laundry day
3. fresh eggs from my cousin's chickens
4. gorgeous sunlight streaming in the kitchen windows. felt like spring.
5. trying to choose a wallpaper for the laundry room
    (samples from missprint and minimoderns)
6. made another buddy the bear for a friend's new baby (used this pattern)
7. dad framing our fireplace surround

copygr.am...

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Who doesn't?
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project365 week 7...

1. vintage 14 found at an antique store in Seattle
2. out and about
3. glen brought me a coffee on valentine's day
4. new rug from west elm and whale towel from bookhou
5. new countertop in the laundry room installed
6. glen took the day off so we went for breakfast
7. grey and windy day on the dyke in richmond

project365 week 6...

1. sunday at home
2. gorgeous sunny spring-like day on my walk to the post office
3. another beautiful sunny day
4. got a pretty package in the mail from cargoh
    (they used one of my images, shot by vanessa voth, as part of their marketing
     package at  alt summit)
5. feeling bored and lazy on the couch
6. last minute trip to seattle...I was about 18" away from this guy
7. pike place market in seattle

project365 week 5...

1. making faux taxidermy from french melody

2. sewing pillow covers

3. knitting and watching downton abbey on a lazy rainy day

4. driving home in the sun from lunch at mom's

5. more knitting (matches my slippers)

6. beautiful wood wall feature at the tna store on robson

7. train crossing

project365 week 4...

1. finally hung the barn door in the bedroom!
2. spent the day at home knitting
3. gorgeous vintage posters in the Roots store on South Granville
4. my beautiful new pouch from bookhou
5. a little birthday gift for my sister-in-law from Anthropologie
6. tulips to remind me spring is coming...eventually
7. my adorable niece picking her nose

project365 week 3...

1. snow in my front yard
2. hung stuff in the entry (it didn't last)
3. working on a new pattern (what do you think?)
4. editing photos. i suck at this.
5. re-hung stuff in the entry. so much better.
6. miserable + rainy out but my house looks cozy.
7. giant chunks of ice in the fraser river.

entry wall...

I finally hung stuff on the entry wall.
I've been meaning to for months.
And now that I have, I'm not sure I like it.
It feels really busy and cluttered.
Maybe because it had been blank for so long?
Maybe there's too much stuff?
Maybe everything is too brown?
Maybe the wall needs to be painted dark grey?
Or black?
I'm going to try to live with it for a while to see if it grows on me.

project365 week two...

1. lunch at ikea
2. my nephew making me breakfast
3. new cowl...yet to be named
4. sunshine on hangers in my home office
5. taking the scenic route home along river road
6. my other nephew playing in the BCMML all-star game
7. brackendale b.c. (near whistler)

happy thanksgiving...

I'm thankful for fall...

 

sneak peek...

 

I had a photo shoot on Saturday.

With the fabulous Sarah MacNeill of koo&poppet.

We met about 3 years ago at work.
Unfortunately, not long after that she moved to Victoria.

Sucky.

For me.

Regardless, we managed to stay in touch.
And when I needed someone to photograph my knitting, I immediately thought of her.
(you'll see more of her beautiful photography on her blog)

So I took the ferry over on Saturday.

We shot like crazy people trying to beat the fast-approaching weather.

And we finished just in time...well almost.
We did get a little wet.
Here's a sneak peek.

maritimes...

Glen and I spent the last 2 weeks touring the east coast of Canada.
Saw some beautiful things.
But it wasn't really what I'd expected...or, more accurately, had built up in my mind.
I had the romantic image of Newfoundland as it must have been in the glory days of the Cod fisheries.
Like in Kit's Law by Donna Morrisey.
Some spots were somewhat how I imagined, but most were too modernized.
By modernized, I mean vinyl sided.
Blech.
However, Nova Scotia was a very pleasant surprise.
Especially the 'South Shore'.
Felt to me what Maine and New England must be like (in my imagination as I've never been to either.)
And PEI brought me back to grade 10 when Glen and I met doing the musical Anne of Green Gables (I played Josie Pye, Glen played the trumpet).
I bought the soundtrack from the gift shop at Green Gables.
Fun to reminisce.
But we still can't get those songs out of our heads!
Drove a LOT...approximately 7200kms.
We had thought of heading down into the U.S. but after that much driving...we were done.
So we came home.
Here are some photos from the trip. 

my bc...

I decided to enter some of my photos into the 'My BC' contest on CTV.

So I thought I'd post a few here as well.

If I'm lucky, one of my shots will be shown on the 5 o'clock news.

And if I'm super lucky, I'll win a camera.

But really, what are the chances?

I just thought it would be fun to enter.

aluminum boat + mayne island

heading to tsawwassen from the gulf islands

somewhere in the interior of b.c.

river road new westminster

deer lake park