Category Archives: life

Tea Journeys – Part Two

Posted on December 26, 2022 by anotetohuguette

“I like the pause that tea allows.” – Waris Ahluwalia Sciue It’s the first week of November and I’m sitting in an airy gallery space with a real china cup filled with a creamy hot chocolate (purchased from a tiny … Continue reading →

Posted in blog, journaling, life, memoir, photography, travel | Tagged art, beauty, coffee bars, downtown, Floral Trail, holiday season, hot chocolate, New Year, pause, snow, tea, tea journeys, Tigh-Na-Mara, Vancouver, Vancouver Island, winter | 28 Comments

genius loci (the spirit of a place)

Posted on October 29, 2022 by anotetohuguette

“If you’re John Muir you want trees to live among. If you’re Emily, a garden will do. Try to find the right place for yourself. If you can’t find it, at least dream of it.” – Mary Oliver, Felicity Tomorrow, … Continue reading →

Posted in blog, journaling, life, memoir, photography, travel | Tagged apples, Autumn, bliss, bolt hole, bounty, bungalow, discovery, forest, genius loci, ocean, raven, Tigh-Na-Mara, trails and paths, travel, Vancouver Island | 25 Comments

Flight

Posted on September 1, 2022 by anotetohuguette

“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 | 27 Comments

Rhododendron Series (Part Two)

Posted on July 30, 2022 by anotetohuguette

“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 | 34 Comments

Arrival

Posted on April 10, 2022 by anotetohuguette

“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 | 26 Comments

Daffodils Rising

Posted on February 19, 2022 by anotetohuguette

“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 | 20 Comments

Bench Series (Winter)

Posted on January 11, 2022 by anotetohuguette

“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 | 27 Comments

Sweet Tidings

Posted on December 16, 2021 by anotetohuguette

“May and October, the best smelling months? December: evergreen, frost, wood smoke , cinnamon.” – Lisa Kleypas A creamy hot chocolate and Harry Potter were my companions today after practicing yoga at home amid the tail end of yet another … Continue reading →

Posted in blog, journaling, life, memoir, photography | Tagged Autumn, Barge Chilling Beach, being, climate change, festive, gratitude, Harry Potter, hot beverage, light, nature, rainbows, storms, sweet tidings, Vancouver, wanders | 27 Comments

Bench Series (Autumn)

Posted on November 25, 2021 by anotetohuguette

“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 | 36 Comments

Wandering

Posted on October 24, 2021 by anotetohuguette

“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 | 32 Comments

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