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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 | 27 Comments

Second Summer

Posted on September 4, 2021 by anotetohuguette

“By all these lovely tokens September days are here, with summer’s best of weather and autumn’s best of cheer.” – Helen Hunt Jackson A burnt orange crescent moon rose in the night sky late this week, ushering in a glowing … Continue reading →

Posted in blog, journaling, life, memoir, photography | Tagged art, beauty, food, heritage home, musings, Paris-style cafe, postcards, revel, second summer, skyline, smoky skies, tea, The Original Tap and Barrel, The Shipyards, Vancouver, writing | 34 Comments

Feed Your Soul

Posted on June 20, 2021 by anotetohuguette

“Explore the earth, soak up her beauty, and let it feed your soul. Love her like your own, and then leave her be.” – April 2021 Alive magazine Deep verdant green and fragrant gardens draw me most days to paths … Continue reading →

Posted in blog, journaling, life, memoir, photography | Tagged art, beauty, beloved books, earth, feed your soul, joy, light, nature, normalcy, Pendulum Gallery, pleasure, Summer, tea, wanders, warmth, wonder | 38 Comments

Time Travel

Posted on October 3, 2020 by anotetohuguette

“Many a trip continues long after movement in time and space have ceased.” – John Steinbeck After reading a fellow blogger’s wonderful post (a bunch of old bus tickets) about saving her bus tickets meant for recycling in order to … Continue reading →

Posted in blog, journaling, life, memoir, photography, travel | Tagged bus tickets, Covid-19, ephemera, fragrance, inspiration, journal, journeys, memories, nostalgia, offerings, port-key, souvenirs, tea, time travel, wandering | 48 Comments

Collateral Beauty

Posted on August 1, 2020 by anotetohuguette

“Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add colour to my sunset sky.” – Rabindranath Tagore Solo walks this mid-summer have taken on a different hue – our provincial government recently … Continue reading →

Posted in blog, journaling, memoir, photography | Tagged bliss, collateral beauty, courage, Covid-19, freedom, Great Blue Herons, life, mid-summer, nature, new normal, outside, rewilding, solo walks, sunset skies, tea, travel | 51 Comments

Every Little Thing Is Everything

Posted on June 26, 2020 by anotetohuguette

“Tea is drunk to forget the din of the world.” – T’ien Yi Leng I woke up this morning with new energy and resolve – hoping to shake up the routines I’ve clung to these past few months and invite some … Continue reading →

Posted in blog, journaling, life, memoir, photography | Tagged botanical, Covid-19, decorating, foraging, forest, hush, nature, park, picnics, rhythm, solstice, stillness, tea, thunder, time | 51 Comments

Longing

Posted on October 6, 2019 by anotetohuguette

“ Every leaf speaks bliss to me. Fluttering from the autumn tree.” – Emily Bronte, “Fall , Leaves, Fall” During the last days of summer, I decided a wander through the tiny garden patchwork of our neighbourhood and the still … Continue reading →

Posted in blog, journaling, life, memoir, photography, travel | Tagged Autumn, bliss, breathe, joy, light, longing, magic, mounted horses, Narnia, stanley park, tea, transition, trees, Urban Forest Cafe, writing | 45 Comments

Worlds Between the Hours

Posted on January 11, 2019 by anotetohuguette

“ Time is a game played beautifully by children.” – Heraclitus, Fragments As the last days of the old year fall away, I’m still feeling the festive spirit, especially when I come across an unexpected twinkle-lit window, move among the … Continue reading →

Posted in blog, journaling, life, memoir, photography, travel | Tagged books, grief, hours, January, journey, love, magic, revelations, revels, scent, tea, time, winter, worlds, Yuletide | 52 Comments

Rising, Falling

Posted on April 5, 2018 by anotetohuguette

“ So it’s true, when all is said and done, grief is the price we pay for love.” – E.A. Bucchianeri, Brushstrokes of a Gadfly It’s the last day of winter and it feels like I might never write again … Continue reading →

Posted in blog, journaling, life, memoir, travel | Tagged beauty, books, breath, cafe, change, falling, family, grief, living, revel, rising, self-care, Spring, tea, wild, writing | 40 Comments

Winter’s Light

Posted on December 10, 2017 by anotetohuguette

“ The world is full of poetry. The air is living with its spirit; and the waves dance to the music of its melodies, and sparkle in its brightness.” – James Gates Percival Fortified with a late cup of fragrant … Continue reading →

Posted in blog, journaling, life, memoir, travel | Tagged atmosphere, Autumn, December, hygge, light, nature, rain, river, storm, tea, Vancouver Christmas Market, walking, weather, wild, winter | 43 Comments

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