the first day of christmas

oh my cookie recipe - sigh - how sweet (miss you t)... i am starting a new tradition in the slightly more alarming realm of don't electricute the bb...

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"It does not do well to dwell on dreams and forget to live."

perhaps the opposite can be said sometimes as well - do not forget to make time to dream (it has been a little busy around here). tango - love the coloured clothes pegs... we took bb boy to stand under the massive lit tree @ english bay just as dusk was rolling in.

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i am canadian

we are canadian - in case anyone was wondering... can we be more stereotypical than this red rose & the products of the lovely maple (t did you take a suitcase of syrup with you?):

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flickr friday

last week was just the beginning - literally - of bb boy's week long battle with a nasty virus (this is what we sign up for a parents i guess - but hope will never happen). bb boy is better - finally - and flickr friday resumes (if a day late).

1. Punica granatum, 2. o o o ^, 3. Flare Friday from Death Valley,CA, 4. In the fog - DAY 267, 5. feathery, 6. dreamingly leaves see locked in gold afterglow are trembling.....e.e. cummings, 7. Old memories are like old memories, 8. 361/365: Reduce, reuse, recycle, 9. ..., 10. ~Nella Fantasia~, 11. She acts like summer and walk like rain, 12. s c h w i n n, 13. 311/365 Leaves, 14. Fall 2008 [archive], 15. Trees are poems that earth writes upon the sky, 16. ruby red, 17. ., 18. tip., 19. “In solitude, where we are least alone.”, 20. Bark, 21. Dancing in the Dark, 22. 192/365, 23. Untitled, 24. because, really..., 25. 8 of 30 days of gratitude, 26. T H E . L E A F, 27. quartet, 28. painted, 29. simply rosie photography, 30. ., 31. 190/365, 32. cool reds, 33. looking up, 34. fall bouquet, 35. autumn apparitions, 36. Beauty comes as much from the mind as from the eye.

the season starts

the season starts with a pang (rather than a bang) - a sudden feeling of desire or is it sudden emotional distress (how many shopping days - seriously)? i say desire!

christmas season = art & craft fair season & i look forward to it with great glee (all grown up sugar plums)... i could not start this season without first calling out my new favorite etsy shop: tangoNOVEMBERbravo!! i love the new tag line 'Hand Knit Natural Fibres from the Hills of Portugal' - it is not just because tango is one of my favorite people in the world - it`s because i own a pair of the ridiculously cool (warm) fingerless gloves & bb boy was lucky enough to receive a very special pair of socks... so we know she ROCKS WOOL & i can`t wait to see the next project...

flickr friday

it has been a long, nerve-wracking day with bb boy (a fever of 39+ for more than 30 hours)... he seems to have beaten whatever he was fighting (yay baby). so i'm looking for a little sweetness & escape - hmm things i love thursday to the rescue:

my flickr contacts inspire me : 1. autumn apparitions, 2. On the Way to Saskatoon, 3. *Best Friend, 4. morning light, 5. Monday morning..., 6. Fragile ~, 7. Bestill, 8. Untitled, 9. rough waters

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bygone

this week's installment of 8000 clicks between chicks - 'bygone'. i've been thinking a lot about 'time' my concept of days & nights, minutes, months have changed only because i am now measuring everything against bb boy time (i digress & already blathered in latest blog)...

i am beginning to wonder why t has this seemingly endless supply of quirky, rusted, & unique props for this exercise (i certainly do enjoy them though : ).

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a stitch in time

i couldn't quite remember the meaning of the saying, so i looked it up (i hear that internet has all kinds of useful information):

A stitch in time saves nine. The question usually asked is "saves nine what"? The stitch in time is simply the sewing up of a small hole in a piece of material and so saving the need for more stitching at a later date, when the hole has become larger, Clearly, the first users of this expression were referring to saving nine stitches.

there were several hundred examples of procrastination in my home (none of which made a good photo). &, oddly, the hole was already in the jeans (the most expensive pair i have ever purchased) i was sucked in so easily by my husband saying 'hmm, those are sexy" (or was it mmm).

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flickr friday

so the house wasn't all it was cracked up to be... it is also not friday anymore but i have these lovelies to share on what looks like is going to be a lovely sunny day (gotta get out for a walk & a little photo shoot)...

1. Black Pearls ..., 2. underground - non-pose pose, 3. Mick Fanning in the foam, 4. autumn hill, 5. On the Way to Saskatoon, 6. T H E . F I G, 7. Monday morning..., 8. bench monday #24, 9. type, 10. *Best Friend, 11. morning light, 12. Fish with a view, 13. Futebol de Praia [Beach Football], 14. starboard morning, 15. 176/365, 16. Fragile ~, 17. Ice Water, 18. Untitled, 19. connecting, 20. The fall of a leaf is a whisper to the living., 21. Have a nice Friday !, 22. 172/365, 23. B i r c h !!!, 24. rough waters, 25. A thousand lanterns

Our lives teach us who we are.

an interesting question : are we what we make of our lives or do our decisions & our destinations teach us more about who we really are? living in the mountains of portugal, knitting & planting herbs seemingly far from the cga world; or wrapped in the hustle & bustle of the city but listening carefully to the whisper of nature & passing that along to the little one who is fascinated by every little thing.

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flickr friday

1. connecting, 2. The fall of a leaf is a whisper to the living., 3. Have a nice Friday !, 4. 172/365, 5. B i r c h !!!, 6. r o u g h w a t e r s, 7. A thousand lanterns, 8. dangle, 9. Untitled, 10. 285/365 Worm, 11. MY PUDDLE JUMPER, 12. 171/365, 13. the path less traveled, 14. the struggle, 15. Untitled, 16. bench monday #22, 17. role call, 18. plume, 19. Janelas de Paquetá [Windows in Paquetá], 20. Faithful and loved, 21. Suger coated, 22. signs of nyc, 23. Untitled, 24. sweet like chocolate, 25. 168/365, 26. Goís belltower, 27. seat, 28. Anna's 11_small, 29. 843, 30. 161/365

& i love what Prickles and Pixie Dust had to say about bb boy...

go get me that house - sweetie...

last night i said to my realtor - "i want to buy this house" (but he was already asleep). so - this morning while he was in the shower - i told him again - "i want to buy this house go out & make it happen" (or i will get myself another realtor - mwahahah - he thought that was funny since my realtor is my husband)...

so anyhow - he looked at the listing made a call (we both think it must be gone already in a flurry of bids as is the custom around here...) but we are waiting for that call back... on that thought - i am having a Pieter Estersohn moment...

from dusk till dawn

ok - i must say - that was much more difficult than i expected. away in the country for thanksgiving weekend, working all day then getting my butt back out of the house for a post dusk photoshoot just seemed a bit beyond me. but here it tis...

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flickr friday

well, it is friday somewhere... i am longing for bed - but i dare not slip out from under my tot who i fear will begin coughing (again) if i wake him... therefore i browse & collect beauty - taken down the paths of those who are able to see and capture & keep me awake.

1. 161/365, 2. time to say goodbye 'til next summer, 3. tgif, 4. rainy day beauty : 339.365, 5. Untitled, 6. Untitled, 7. www.simplyrosie.ca, 8. {as the sun sets..........}, 9. whisper, 10. go away rain, 11. ~, 12. I used to be pretty clear on what was real & what I made up, but with everything going on in the world, none of that seems to matter, so I just decided to talk less & smile to myself more, so as not to add to the general confusion, 13. bench monday #21, 14. london cycling, 15. All love..., 16. Woolly Bear

fall

fall: a time of back to school shopping, rich autumn light, warm sweaters, snuggling a little longer in bed in the mornings, the collective gentle sigh of leaves falling from trees...

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flickr friday

today i am chilled - fall is definitely in the air - my flickr faves warm me...

1. home is where my cat is, 2. fireworks, 3. I I I l l, 4. Autumn leaves, 5. fingerless bamboo I, 6. I'll find my way, 7. bench monday #20, 8. T'is the season to collect VI, 9. Painter's Brushes, 10. Bones of a Poet ~ Yes!!!, 11. 258/365 The other side, 12. fall is the smell of apples, 13. These knees have stories, she said, but they'd have to be a mouth to tell you., 14. If there is any secret to this life I live, this is it: the sound of what cannot be seen sings within everything that can. & there is nothing more to it than that., 15. Untitled, 16. The Simpler Days, 17. what would i do if the sun stopped shining?, 18. water for our friends, 19. 81322889., 20. Musée Rodin, 21. bicycle love.., 22. "If I could tell the story in words, I wouldn't need to lug around a camera.", 23. vintage brownie., 24. 140/365, 25. a boy's summer, 26. Point Break, 27. the accidental tourist, 28. Untitled, 29. Copper, 30. Wyatt's 1, 31. Wyatt's 1, 32. Harvest, 33. all you need is love, 34. say what???, 35. Porchbound, 36. Grace

on the road

in the spirit of 'better late than never' & international relations, tango november & djbeat have joined shutter forces once again to bring you this highly poignant yet brief message regarding what 'on the road' means to them: literally or figuratively (or on the seawall as it turns out)...

oooh - i like how this came together...

flickr friday

i am fueling my flickr friday with my 'things i love thursday':

1. fruit, 2. B L U E B E R R I E S, 3. a taste of summer, 4. flare berry, 5. Cherries Are My Favourite Fruit, 6. one word : summer, 7. ..., 8. fruit cup, 9. 220/365: Fruity, 10. the grape escape., 11. The elusive fruit of the photo before, 12. 96/365: The cherry on the cake

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belle heir

one of bb daddy's very clever friends bought this amazing little sailor outfit for bb when he was born. i knew it was special at the time (it even came with an authentic looking wells fargo telegram) but had not really followed up on the history of it or looked at belle heir as a company... as far as we can tell it is circa. 1920...

i have waited a year for him to grown into it & finally the size was right, the light was right & it was warm on the beach - we set out to take a few photos...