Snowfall Warning: Issued at 15:48 Saturday 23 January 2021 Snowfall with total accumulation of 5 to 15 cm across B.C. south coast from tonight to Sunday afternoon. It’s here!…or is it? Unlike the rest of Canada, Winter in British Columbia is downright confusing. Mild Novembers -lot’s of rain- followed by sun filled January’s that feel…
Tag: Home Decor
Making The Autumn Home: An Easy Bread Recipe
I’ve loved the Fall ever since I was a child. Wearing a new sweater, the air cool and orange leaves dancing in the wind as we walked up the hill on our first day of school. I grew up in Ontario and by September, Summer felt like a distant memory. I remember walking at High…
January Favourites – Romantic Vintage Fashion, Books and CBD Skincare.
Rain in droves with no sunshine in the forecast until February. A good time to be comfy at home enjoying some rainy day activities. For me that is usually playing the piano, watching movies, creating a menu for our weeks meals and writing this blog. The following are things I’ve been loving in January as…
New Year Minimalism: Home Decor, Beauty, Food and Fashion.
“ Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.” I love the holidays and the excessiveness of it all – The eating, the shopping and glittery everything. There comes a moment however and even before the year ends that I start to crave simplicity. By January I find myself gravitating toward a lighter palette of nudes, whites…
Sunday: A Long Walk In The Rain, Enya & Indian Lentil Dahl For Dinner (Recipe)
“Autumn seemed to arrive suddenly that year. The morning of the first of September was crisp and golden as an apple.” ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Last night the first storm of the season came. The sky darkened and the wind picked up. By 11pm, lightning, thunder and rain. Luckily we’d gotten home…
Days Off Are The Best Days – Falafel Recipe, Valentines Day and Fun In The Snow.
Like Enya’s song And Winter Came – After a mild January where both daffodils and tulips were appearing – an Arctic Vortex beared down on our coast snapping us back into reality. It’s still Winter! It snowed for a few days and this corner of Canada isn’t prepared for such conditions. The city practically shuts…
Day Off And American Thanksgiving
A luxury yacht cuts through the water, slowly moving up False Creek readying to dock at the marina. I watch it out my window. The rain hasn’t stopped since yesterday and it falls in that typical misty weeping we get in Autumn. I wonder where they’re coming from; whale watching on Howe Sound? Perhaps up…
Home Sweet Autumn – Weekend Journalling
Autumn winds begin to blow , coloured leaves fall fast and slow. Whirling, twirling all around, till at last they touch the ground. September is an unpredictable month on the coast. 2 years ago we were sun tanning on the beach in 24 degree weather very near the first day of Fall. This year the…
November Favourites
“Winter is the season of the imagination more than any other. The landscapes are magically transformed by the snow. That magic extends into everything about winter; the stories, the spookiness, the ghosts in the chimney, the silence of the snow.” It’s been a stormy month on the coast. It rained 25 consecutive days in October and it…
Yankee Candle and Lush Haul
Our lymbic system is where emotions and moods are stored. These emotions can be tied to scent. I’m sure you’ve walked past someone on the street with a cologne that immediately reminded you of someone you knew years ago or smelled a soap that took you back to your childhood. Not only is the scent a reminder…
