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Category Archives: blog
Flight
“Travel brings power and love back into your life.” – Rumi After almost three years of not flying we find ourselves above a dry patch of land with snow capped Mt. Baker (Washington) rising above dark blue winding rivers. There … Continue reading
Posted in blog, journaling, life, memoir, photography, travel
Tagged beauty, celebration, energy, family, festivals, flight, gardens, joy, Lake Ontario, love, music, Summer, Toronto, travel, wonder
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Rhododendron Series (Part Two)
“We know that in September, we will wander through the warm winds of summer’s wreckage. We will welcome summer’s ghost.” – Henry Rollins Their voices are rusty but true after two years of silence, the yearly Strawberry Summer Party (formerly … Continue reading
Posted in blog, journaling, life, photography
Tagged beauty, celebration, colour, enchantment, fragrance, garden, green, holiday, languor, magical, rhododendrons, stanley park, Summer, Vancouver, wander
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Rhododendron Series (Part One)
“May, and after a rainy spring we walk streets gallant with rhododendrons.” – Alicia Suskin Ostriker As of this writing, many countries have lost their traditional seasons (spring/summer) due to war, climate change destruction (fire and floods) and changing weather … Continue reading
Posted in blog, photography
Tagged beauty, climate change, colour, enchantment, forest, fragrance, gift, green, life, rain, reflection, rhododendrons, Spring, stanley park, streets, Vancouver
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Arrival
“This being human is a guest house. Every morning a new arrival.” – Rumi Reading Rumi’s beautiful quote on a deep winter day disguised as spring made me laugh out loud! Every morning since the world paused I’ve woken up … Continue reading
Posted in blog, journaling, life, photography, poetry
Tagged arrival, art, beauty, cherry blossoms, chocolate, city, enchantment, forest, Love Without Limits, park, peace, Rumi, Spring, Vancouver, war
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Daffodils Rising
“Autumn arrives in early morning, but spring at the close of a winter day.” – Elizabeth Bowen Mid-January is just around the corner and there are still sparkling lights to catch my eye as well as a magical lone sapling … Continue reading
Posted in blog, journaling, life, memoir, photography
Tagged beauty, darkness, enjoy everything, flowers, forest, hope, joy, light, love, mindfulness, park, seasons, sparkle, wanders, winter
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Bench Series (Winter)
“Darkness is where the magic of moonlight lives.” – Unknown Before our part of the world became a winter wonderland, there were two days where I happily found myself – sitting at an outdoor table at the “cabin in the … Continue reading
Posted in blog, journaling, life, memoir, photography
Tagged apple cider, beauty, benches, churro sticks, festive, friendship, love, magic, New Year, stanley park, storms, Vancouver, weather, winter, wonderland
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Bench Series (Autumn)
“Benches and books have things in common beyond the fact that they’re generally to do with sitting. Both are forms of public privacy, intimate spaces widely shared.” – Mal Peet During the last two years, my partner and I have … Continue reading
Posted in blog, life, photography
Tagged Autumn, beauty, benches, colour, forest, humour, leaves, meditation, peace, photo series, share, stone, tranquility, vistas, wandering
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Wandering
“Listen! The wind is rising, and the air is wild with leaves, we have had our summer evenings, now for October eves.” – Humbert Wolfe It’s the first day of autumn and after an early morning rain and atmospheric mist, … Continue reading
Posted in blog, journaling, life, memoir, photography
Tagged atmospheric, Autumn, beauty, enchanting, gifts, grove, leaves, love, memories, nature, reading, sanctuary, storms, wandering, wild
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