Lazy morning

2016/03/19 Karen 0 comment

Robot bath

2015/02/23 Karen 2 Comments

Anniversary cups

2014/09/12 Karen 0 comment

I’m one month late posting a photo of our newest ceramic cups. This pair is from Gleason Brooke Pottery:

Tea blend

2014/09/11 Karen 0 comment

I grew over a dozen herbs around the yard this year. In late August I dried them in a dehydrator borrowed from mom. Quite a few of the plants were gifted from dad, who also supplied the teapot I’m storing them in.

My tea blend to help me overwinter includes:

anise
bergamot
chamomile
lavender
lemon balm
lemon basil
lemon thyme
lemongrass
two kinds of mint
and sage

teablend-1 — This garage sale teapot is now a container for my dried herbs.

teablend-2 — Labelled and everything.

teablend-3 — 10(ish) different herbs.

teablend-4 — Smells nicer than it looks.

teablend-5 — And matching teacup! The colour is pale, but the taste is sweet and earthy.

Kangaroo mug

2014/03/09 Karen 0 comment

I got two new mugs in the mail last week from Marie. They’ve got ingenious little pouches in the front to hold the spent tea bag. No more excuses for bitter tea or messy desk :)

kangaroo-mug — Handmade in Springfield, MO

Belgian lace

2013/01/13 Karen 0 comment

Teacup from my grandmother's 1940s wedding set with my lace from Brussels. — A teacup from my grandmother’s 1940s wedding set, with lace from Brussels.

WordPress and tea

2013/01/08 Karen 0 comment

New pottery

2012/05/04 Karen 2 Comments

Pretty things we bought at the Waterloo Potter’s Workshop spring sale.

Ceramic buttons.

Two new cups! — And two new cups!

Sehr pretty. — Sehr pretty!

More pottery by E.

2012/05/04 Karen 0 comment

34 random photos

2011/01/23 Karen 2 Comments

A collection from one of my “random miscellaneous” folders:

A pumpkin effigee which I smashed with a hammer in November after it rotted.

Stockings for the poochers at my parents’ place, Christmas 2010.

Me and E. at the waterfront, Christmastime 2010. Thank you for the photo, L.

Eric swinging down off a little stone wall, Elora.

Paula’s belated birthday.

Walking on water, one. L’s photo

Pale Irish-Canadian hands.

Lost cat poster in Montreal.

Tempting book in a Guelph shop.

Montreal graffiti.

A delicious treat for someone!

BBQ King on my parents’ deck, August 2010.

Overexposed driveby photo of a convenience store in Guelph.

New Year’s Eve cheese snack stalked by Abbey.

Button shop in Montreal.

Montreal sky, 2010.

Mr. Cracker.

My feet on a bridge in Elora.

Olive at a balcony picnic.

Closeup on yellow flowers, two.

Sad Montreal pigeon.

Closeup on yellow flowers, one.

Weak tea.

Paula looking dazzling in green.

Walking on water, two. Yet again courtesy of L.

Is Eric at work or on break in this coffee shop? Always hard to tell.

Plaque under a memorial tree at Riverside Park in Guelph.

Eric and his famous bean burritos.

Do you recognize this arm and cell phone?

Weird scarecrow party on someone’s front lawn in Rockville.

This stony wall, stream, and shadow remind me of Korea. It’s Elora.

Sage violating the dartboard rules: nobody in front of the red line!

My beads spilled all over the floor, in our Montreal apartment.

Another lost cat poster in Montreal (they’re everywhere).