Tag Archives: Vancouver

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 | 29 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

Rhododendron Series (Part One)

Posted on June 2, 2022 by anotetohuguette

“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 | 27 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

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

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

Golden Hour

Posted on August 5, 2021 by anotetohuguette

“But in the midst of all that is, was or ever will be, there is a light that keeps shining, reaching us from far away.” – Sasha Sagan After an unexpected and very deadly heatwave that enveloped the West Coast … Continue reading →

Posted in blog, journaling, life, memoir, photography, travel | Tagged air, art, beauty, city, climate change, golden hour, Granville Island Market, heat dome, Imagine Van Gogh, kites, local, patio, Summer, vagaries, Vancouver, writing | 39 Comments

Fierce Grace

Posted on June 20, 2019 by anotetohuguette

“Dwell On The Beauty Of Life” – Marcus Aurelius Living here in our changing city requires a fierce grace, once quiet areas are frequently overwhelmed with the noise of destruction and within moments it seems, the sound of construction. There … Continue reading →

Posted in blog, journaling, life, memoir, photography, travel | Tagged acceptance, beauty, butterfly-effect, change, culture, destruction, diversity, grace, growth, Lonsdale Quay, serenity, stanley park, tourism, Vancouver, world city | 47 Comments

Winter’s Shadow

Posted on December 7, 2018 by anotetohuguette

“Expectancy is the atmosphere for miracles.” – Edwin Louis Cole Most of the leaves have fallen like stars now, their caramel and maple scents replaced with an alchemy of wood smoke and Arctic air. In the last day or so, … Continue reading →

Posted in blog, journaling, life, memoir, photography, travel | Tagged alchemy, Bright Nights, change, christmas, expectancy, family, festivals, joy, King tides, loss, magic, rituals, stanley park, stormwatching, Vancouver, winter | 38 Comments

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