Tag Archives: winter

Tea Journeys – Part Three

Posted on March 15, 2023 by anotetohuguette

“All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveler is unaware.” – Martin Buber Recently running into my neighbour Huguette resulted in a lovely late afternoon sojourn in a tiny coffee bar on Denman St. called Cafe Portrait. It has … Continue reading →

Posted in blog, journaling, life, memoir, photography | Tagged cafe Portrait (Vancouver), festival, forever, friendship, grief, hot chocolate, journal writing, respite, seasons, tea journeys, travel, Veranda Cafe (Vancouver), Viva Cafe and Bakery (Vancouver), wanders, winter | 32 Comments

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

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

Siege

Posted on January 3, 2021 by anotetohuguette

“ In winter, the stars seem to have rekindled their fires, the moon achieves a fuller triumph, and the heavens wear a look of a more exalted simplicity.” – John Burroughs December has arrived in wreathes of fog and apricot … Continue reading →

Posted in blog, journaling, life, memoir, photography | Tagged beauty, community, Covid-19, dreams, Fleurs De Villes Noel, hope, kindness, light, musings, myth, New Year, seige, solo walks, winter, writing. walking | 35 Comments

Deep Time

Posted on March 21, 2020 by anotetohuguette

“ Thou art the journey and the journey’s end.” – Michael Mayne Dean 1986-96, noted in Westminster Abbey, London, England. Our time in London was spent in a beautiful family-owned modern flat in the Docklands area near North Greenwich – … Continue reading →

Posted in blog, journaling, life, memoir, photography, travel | Tagged adventure, chocolate, countryside, England, family, history, holiday, journey, London, longing, magic, pubs, river, Thames, winter | 37 Comments

Shard

Posted on February 20, 2020 by anotetohuguette

A piece of the world fell today in the form of an ink-black crow, falling swiftly upon a city grate its voice silenced forever. Other pieces fall in the form of fire supplanting summer’s eternal beauty, fall in the form of … Continue reading →

Posted in blog, photography, poetry, travel | Tagged beauty, change, city, crow, humanity, London, loss, nature, pieces, Shard, silence, time, urgency, winter, world | 47 Comments

London Calling (Nov/Dec)

Posted on January 24, 2020 by anotetohuguette

“A pub can be a magical place” – Rhys Ifan (a lovely quote found on a signboard at the George Pub in London, UK) The scent of sweet maple and evergreen commingle on dry November days not seen in decades … Continue reading →

Posted in blog, journaling, life, memoir, photography, travel | Tagged beauty, castles, country, family, forest, lakes, light, London, magic, Ontario, snow, travel, wine, winter, woodland | 44 Comments

Sensory Perception

Posted on March 30, 2019 by anotetohuguette

No matter where I am, whether on a cold winter walk home, or a sultry stroll in a warmer country than mine, the scent of wood smoke rising up from condo chimneys or from tiny eating places tucked into jungle, stir … Continue reading →

Posted in poetry | Tagged borders, grandfather, heart, life, memories, ocean, other, primal, stars, time, travel, tropics, Universe, winter, wood smoke | 46 Comments

We Are Moments

Posted on March 18, 2019 by anotetohuguette

“It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold: when it is summer in the light and winter in the shade.” – Charles Dickens Two snow days have resulted in long walks … Continue reading →

Posted in blog, journaling, life, memoir, photography, travel | Tagged between, blue sunrise, creativity, forest, Harry Potter, joy, love, magic, mindfulness, moments, Narnia, snow, Spring, wander, winter | 49 Comments

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