Last week I swung with my mother on my parents’ two-seater garden swing. Summer bliss. I appreciate swings. And summer.
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swing
Posted in appreciation, beauty, flowers, landscapes, my life, nature, photographs
Also tagged evening, geranium, outdoor swing, pink, porch swing
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love letter to a porch
I’ve been looking after a friend’s place while she’s away. Every other day I water one of her trees. While I wait for the water to seep into the parched earth, I sit on her porch. I bring the same magazine, day after day, and re-read it from cover to cover. (I’m afraid of changing [...]
Posted in appreciation, interior design, magazines, my life, photographs, read
Also tagged Dwell magazine, magazine, porch, reading, watering
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shady tea
Sunday afternoon I left my apartment and was surprised to find one of the other tenants hosting a small get-together under one of the majestic purple maples that shade the front of our building. They had arranged assorted wooden chairs from her apartment in a semi-circle under the tree, and a few small folding tables [...]
Posted in appreciation, landscapes, my life, nature, photographs
Also tagged apartment, friends, picnic, purple maple, shade, Sunday afternoon, sunshine, tea, tree
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watering
The local papers have been full of stories lately about how desperately the city’s trees need to be watered. We’ve had a hot, dry and stressful summer for trees, and homeowners can help young or vulnerable trees survive by watering them regularly. As much as I love trees, and as important as I think tress [...]
Posted in appreciation, landscapes, nature, photographs
Also tagged drought, heat wave, London Ontario, ReForest London, trees, watering
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a perfect summer evening
You know those summer nights when the temperature is perfect – not too hot, not too cool – and there’s no humidity, and there’s a little bit of a breeze that makes your skirt billow around your legs, and the light is golden, and everything seems to be smiling? We had one of those, Tuesday [...]
Posted in appreciation, landscapes, my life, photographs
Also tagged city, neighbourhood, street, sunset, Tecumseh Avenue, walk
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summer bed
This has been a hot summer. Supremely hot. Which has meant a few nights when I’ve been incredibly uncomfortable, because I don’t have air conditioning, and I use a heavy blackout curtain over my bedroom window to keep out moonlight and streetlight. One of my strategies to keep my bed as cool as possible is [...]
Posted in appreciation, interior design, junk style, my life, shabby chic
Also tagged bed, bedroom, breezes, cool, cooling, fan, heat, hot, interior design, nights
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penny carnival
Last week I attended a children’s penny carnival for work, and took these photos. When I looked at the images afterwards, I was struck by how nostalgic they made me feel. Something about the power of fun and games, and the riches you can buy with a bag full of carefully saved coins. I came [...]
Posted in appreciation, creativity, inspiration, my life, photographs
Also tagged children, colouring, drawing, fun, games, penny carnival, play, relay race, running, water balloon
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coolest spot in the place
Mother of G*d, but it’s hot in my apartment! I’m writing this on Thursday night (the night before this will be published), and it’s been hovering around 90 degrees (33 Celsius) or more for the last couple of days inside my unit. Above is a photo I took of one of my cats this morning. [...]
Posted in animals, appreciation, interior design, my life, pets
Also tagged bathroom, heat wave, Raynaud's
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blueberries
I just ate some fresh blueberries for my supper. I love blueberries. They’re so beautiful – so mysteriously coloured, with a veil of pale blue over a deep purple-blue. There are blueberry farms in the area where I live, and I’ve picked fresh blueberries in the summer. I can remember sitting on a wooden stool, [...]
Posted in appreciation, food, nature, photographs
Also tagged blueberries, blueberry bush, blueberry farm, picking fruit
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comfort – flip flops
I’ve been wearing flip-flops since the middle of this week. The outdoor temperature has skyrocketed (although in this part of the world, we can still get snow up until the end of April or so, so I’m not putting away my boots yet). I have over a dozen pairs of flip-flops. They are my go-to [...]
Posted in appreciation, my life, theme - comfort
Also tagged boots, flip-flops, footwear, shoes, temperature, warm weather
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