We bought a small Meyer Lemon tree when we moved into our apartment just over a year ago. It always seems to either have blossoms, or to be forming them, so the enchanting neroli-like scent of lemon blossoms surrounds us almost year-round. For some reason, we didn’t have any bees on the flowers last summer,… Continue Reading
There aren’t many places where dogs can run free off-leash here in the city, but Emmy and I discovered a small space between a nearby park and the railway tracks that’s somewhat out of view. It’s on a steep incline, and full of weeds, so I don’t think anyone minds that we are running free… Continue Reading
This is completely unrelated to food, but an interesting bit of ephemera. I recently bought a back issue of a sewing magazine, and the seller was in Nova Scotia. When the envelope arrived, it was covered with a beautiful assortment of old and new stamps: Continue Reading
Shane and I were very generously invited by a friend to spend the weekend at a beach house in Lincoln City, Oregon. It was her birthday, as well as two others’, so she rented the house as a special treat, and invited several of her friends to celebrate. Continue Reading
I’ve been playing around with some fun filmmaking techniques, so I thought I would make my holiday greeting this way this year. This was made using what’s called the stop motion animation technique (something which I obviously need a lot more practice at!). The music is Shane playing Tchaikovsky’s ‘Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy’.… Continue Reading