my mom and i

my fun collection of children's hats

The latest cielo designs model has been recruited!

Check out what's happening these days on
"the clothes
line!"

a rolling stone gathers no moss...but maybe moss is underrated.

1. Catherine Street , Trenton, Ontario

2. Cliff Avenue

3. Menzies Street

4. Graham Island, Haida Gwaii

5. Barclay + Broughton

6. Langara Island, Haida Gwaii

7. Bute + Comox

8. Motor Yacht Double Haven, Singapore

9. Above the Atelier Gallery on Granville

10. 7th + Arbutus

11. Dundarave

12. Bellevue

13. Motor Yacht Caprice, St. Maarten

14. Sailing Yacht Flying Magic, Antigua

15. Lake Ponchatrain, New Orleans

16.Nova Spirit, through the Panama

17. Marda Loop, Calgary

18. Wells Gray Park

19. Menzies

20. 53rd and Granville

21. 7th + Dunbar

22. Lakewood + Venables

23. Chester Street

24. Menzies

i was having lunch the other day with one of my oldest and bestest friends, miss nikki b; co- resident of address # five on the list. we were dining at the lotus, and over our omlettes trying to determine who rivalled who for the most addresses, in the shortest amount of time. the crazy thing is that we decided she might have me beat!

my wanderlust has served me well in some ways. my life is full of long time friendships, and untradable memories. i've gotten to spend substantial time on three continents, and have had the opportunity to experience some pretty diverse lifestyles and living conditions; from a few blocks off east hastings to the 14th most expensive mega yacht on the planet.

in other ways, my transient tendancies have kind of taken their toll. when a friend recently came home from Europe a little while ago, it brought to mind, some unique memories of days that have come me in the course of living abroad and the various backpacking trips in between. what seemed like a month's worth of living in a day... watching schindler's list in prague amongst oldies with first hand experience of the story being told; waking up in my bunk and noticing my port hole being very much under water and us seriously listing to port, somewhere off the coast of cuba; driving along a freeway in Spain and having the car burst into flames, the seats slowly melting, and then the whole thing eventually exploding, as my new friend and i waited for the fire department to arrive, him running back to get my passport and journal from the glove compartment. similar episodes indelibly scribed within that i've yet to say outloud to anyone.

i take comfort in knowing that the fall will, God willing, bring some good blocks of time, for the first time ever... to explore some ways to express what's going on below. to distill some of the questions that nag at me, that i've yet to find the right phrases for. i'm curious to know what might come. and at the same time can't wait to be done with much of it...to kind of address it, and be done with it, in hopes that it will create new space within. ever had the feeling that you have about ten years you need desperately to debrief?

A fun day in the country...

Last Saturday, we piled in the car and went to pay a visit to the newest little foal.

Here Jude feeds the new mama Raven, some berry-apple treats. My Mom and Dad stay close.

Here the brave little jockey goes for a ride in the ring, on Beauty.
Holly (the new foal) at only 2 weeks old, is as tall as an almost 5 year old boy!

i miss these two, already.