Leaving Messages

The girls and I painted an army of love rocks, loaded them into our bike baskets and then headed to the streets. We delivered over forty rocks to various hidden and not-so-hidden locations in the hopes that someone who really needed some extra love would find one. We put them on fence posts…

on sidewalk barriers…

even on an abandoned window sill.

The best part was watching the girls' reactions on our way home when they realized that some of them had already been "found."

Dark Horse

With my camera as my only distraction, I spent half an hour by myself at Dark Horse Espresso Bar. Heaven.

Tabletop reflections.

This maple and oat scone was the perfect companion to my hot apple cider.

I'm a sucker for a pretty chandelier.

Bowling alley floor turned tabletop.

Mermaid Warriors

This past summer we spent an afternoon a week at Mermaid Camp without leaving our house.

We watched inspiring videos by the talented Dancing Mermaid.
Spread out a blanket in the backyard.
Armed ourselves with an arsenal of art supplies.
Had candid conversations about things from the videos. Things that we might not have otherwise talked about.
Ate tasty treats.
Listened to music.
Spent hours and hours creating.
And laughed our heads off being silly.

And now we can hardly wait for next summer when we can do it all again.
Thanks Mccabe.

Fall Tidbits

Last week I took the time to see things that I might not normally have noticed

Curlicues on pumpkin stems
Ivy fingers sweeping bricks
A great bicycle decal
The fence in our neighbourhood park
The canopy over my street
Yellow orchids complimented by a purple sky
One tree with all of the colours of fall
A puddle with the reflection of leaves that look more like lace
The last of the cornflowers on an otherwise empty street corner
And handknit hats, a sure sign of winter being around the corner.

You can head over to the gallery if you would like to have a look.

Happy Halloween