moving roadtrip day 3

Made it to Saint Stephen. Apparently I can't get enough of my own cloud pictures...

moving roadtrip days 1 & 2

I've left St. John's yet again. This time the Uhaul is twenty six feet long. Where does all this stuff come from?

Made it across the island.

Made it across the ferry.

My apologies to everyone I didn't get to say hey to before leaving. I tried... Needless to say I was packing until three AM the night before - as usual.

for you.

on standby.

we are a bit busy these days...

adaptation.

it's pretty incredible how spiders can build their homes almost anywhere.

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.

rainbows

There was a sneaky rainbow today! Here are some rushed pictures of it.

E and I were walking and it was nice, but on the way home storm clouds... uhhh... stormed in. In typical Newfoundland style it went from nice to windy and raining in about two minutes. We made it home just in time and spotted this scene from our deck.

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middle cove beach.

these photos were taken four weeks ago. m was shooting parts of a video project he's working on with his friend and i decided to tag along to take pictures. i'm happy i did! except i unfortunately got a very slight sunburn on the tip of my nose from being out on the beach all afternoon. boo.

speaking of bobos...

here is my best friend k's new baby. isn't he the sweetest?

this little guy is the newest member of the family!

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!

pura vida.

i spent a couple of months in Costa Rica in 1996. it was so long ago now it seems! i went as part of an Environmental Leadership Program that was organized by a local environmental youth group here in Newfoundland in partnership with Canada World Youth. there were other youth from Nova Scotia and Costa Rica in the group, 20 of us in total. we lived in a small town just outside of San Jose called Los Sitios. we were each placed with a host family. it was one of the most amazing experiences of my life.

Costa Ricans or Ticos are very warm and friendly people. they have this contagious love for life -- pura vida. pura vida literally means "pure life" but it means way more than that to all the Ticos and Ticas that i have met. it's a greeting. it means cool. it's a sense of community. it's overcoming and persevering. it's a celebration.

we have plenty of reasons to celebrate and be thankful for...

we actually broke 20 degree celcius yesterday! it was sunny, warm and everyone's humming with energy.
the other day was my birthday and i got two birthday cakes! i'm a lucky, lucky girl. this one is from m. we shared this yummy, sugary thing for breakfast.
and this cake was made by Holly. little K wanted to help me blow the candles.
little K's holding her hair back because her dad told her (on her last birthday) that she should do so in order to avoid the hair catching on fire sort of scenario. she remembered the handy tip. smart girl.

and right this very moment, my bestfriend is in labour and can have her baby anytime now. super exciting!

the rising sun.

it's been a running joke with us to say "take a picture" in a silly voice any time we see something pretty or interesting, even if neither of us has a camera at the time. last Wednesday morning m woke up with a start at around 5 and stayed awake just long enough to say take a picture. oh, he also mumbled how incredible it was before immediately falling back to sleep. i actually did take a picture this time around, groggy as i was.


it truly was a pretty sunrise, but it was much more impressive in real life. the whole sky was a sea of orange!

swaying gracefully

it's quite relaxing to watch the grass move ever so slightly with the wind.

m and i went to Jumping Bean late this morning for our caffeine fix. while we were there enjoying our respective cup of coffee, it started to rain pretty heavily. we tried to wait it out but the rain just wouldn't let up, so we decided to make a dash for it. plus, we didn't live all that far. we got absolutely soaked but enjoyed the walk home anyway. isn't it great how rain puddles continue to have similar effect on the grown up version of you the way it did when you were a kid?

sunday collection #14

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

taste of summer.

earlier today, i went to the first farmers' market of the season in our neighbourhood. the market couldn't have started on a better day. the sun was shining and full of summer promises. the temperature is still on the colder side, but hey, we'll take what we can get!

there wasn't that much produce at the market yet but there were loads of tasty eats, baked goods and preserves. also, some arts and crafts.

i exercised restraint and didn't buy much. i did, however, buy these: mixed radish sprouts, eggs and atsara/achara.
achara is a Filipino relish or chutney with green papaya as the main ingredient. since green papayas are like unicorns this side of the world, the one that i bought has turnips and carrots as main ingredients instead. i think it's a pretty ingenious way of using what's available and grown here locally.

now, if only the sun would just stick around a little longer.

silhouette.

it's nice when the sun comes out to play.

huh?

uh, it's June?

we saw the most amazing sunrise this morning right out our bedroom window. the sky was in a blaze of glory. ha ha. seriously, it was so radiant that it woke the both of us. m sat up so quickly, mumbled how incredible it was, and fell right back to sleep.