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?):

left is ~t~
right is ~d~

this is 8000clicks between chicks

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 : ).

left is ~t~
right is ~d~

this is 8000clicks between chicks

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).

left is ~t~
right is ~d~

this is 8000clicks between chicks