sunday collection 23

There is a walnut tree in our yard. Or, more precisely, our neighbour's yard. The branches of which reach over the fence and flop mostly into our yard. Quite possibly for this reason, we also have a mild squirrel infestation. These conditions lead to the expression of a fundamental equation to which I had not been exposed - until now:

nuts + squirrels = yard-work

I so love yard-work.

sunday collection #22

shoes.
just to be clear, these shoes aren't mine. although, i do have a little shoe collection of my own. not in the Imelda Marcos' shoe collection sort of way, but in a few pairs kind of way.

sunday collection #21

crab.

Ivan did an awesome job showing off the crab, don't you think?

thanks Ivan. you kick the collective asses of the ladies from the Price is Right. you're that good!

sunday collection #20

seashells...
...from Ivan.

this was taken a couple of weekends ago. it was a sunny Saturday and we had an impromptu picnic trip to this place called Bellevue Beach, about an hour and half outside St. John's. i'm actually not sure if we found our intended beach destination, but we did have our picnic in a beautiful pond somewhere there and a couple of minutes up the road is an amazing rocky beach.

will post more pictures from this little day trip sometime soon!

sunday collection 19: rosy

a gust of wind blew all the petals off...

sunday collection #18

New fridge.

A collection of my priorities. As it were...

sunday collection #17

hangers.

sorry we missed a sunday collection last week. we were busy packing!

sunday collection #16

I will not make a sweet sixteen joke, I will not make a sweet sixteen joke...


just some of the birds collecting around the house.

sunday collection #15

sarubobos.
i made these sarubobos a few months ago and gave them away as gifts to friends. i learned how to make these from a tutorial by the lovely and amazing Mairuru. check out her blog. she makes really beautiful crafts all sewn by hand!

sunday collection #14

embroidered trims.
i bought these trims in Calgary a few years back.
they're the sweetest, don't you think?

sunday collection #13

empties.
just a few of the empties that had been temporarily collected.
we usually give our empties to Wayne. He calls himself the Governor of Georgetown and is the most dedicated bottle collector and recycler in the neighbourhood.

sunday collection #12

yarn.




we're off for a Sunday dinner at my sister's house soon. i'm sure there's going to be lots of tasty food there. too bad i'm still stuffed from half of the egg sandwich we just ate.

sunday collection #11

radiators.


these pictures were taken at Powers Surplus & Salvage sometime last week. it seems fitting after hearing Mr. Burtynsky's presentation.

we went to see Edward Burtynsky's talk this afternoon at The Rooms. his photography mostly deals with how humans transform the landscape through over-consumption of natural resources such as ore, gold and oil. it was a sobering talk.

Burtynsky's Oil exhibit opened at The Rooms the other day and will be showing until sometime in August. that's plenty of time and we highly recommend that you go see it.

Also, watch the documentary Manufactured Landscapes if you haven't seen it yet. the opening shot is 8 1/2 minutes. amazing.

sunday collection #10

twigs.

a collection of pretty blossoms
and a collection of sprouting mesclun
to all you lovely and amazing mothers and would be mamas in every corner of the world, especially to our own mothers.

sunday collection #9

feathers.



photos taken by m.

busy weekend around here. work for me and webinar for m. we could both use a drink or two.

[m's note: also, I am sick.]

Sunday Collection 8: The Collector

Aka: Bottles and Cans - Just Clap Your Hands.

These were all taken in a church/antique store near Beachy Cove.

sunday collection #7

someone else's miniature house collection.
click on the picture for a closer look.

sunday collection 6: beach edition

Here's the little beach collection e assembled a few weeks ago. Complete with devil's purse!

sunday collection #5

embroidery hoops.
i bought these hoops from Value Village over a month ago. i thought they were a bit expensive for $1.99 a piece but figured it would be good to make a craft out of it. i only got around to working on one so far.
the owl was drawn by Philippa Jones and was screen printed by me at my previous workplace. this is a gift to two of my favourite people and their wee one arriving in a couple of months or so.

Sunday Collection 4: Even Sunday-ey-er

Coming soon to a theatre near you!

A super long video of snow collecting on our window. Yup, the weather continues to be great here.

I'm still doing simple D5000 tests... Now that I have a video tripod head I can actually do pans and tilts that look acceptable. This is a veeery slow tilt. Gravy.