sunset skinnydip

bliss

ocean watching happiness

The space, the light, the distance, the neverending vastness of it all...I love the ocean.

sharath, last day

sharath day 1

waterside music

blue

the shala store

cottage birthdays

Poor puppy. All that cake and none for her (though if staring very, VERY intently counts - it wasn't for lack of trying...)

my boy

Have been thinking about kids, my stance on them more specifically. Although I've always known I wanted them, I never wanted to have them with just anyone, I wanted to have them with a certain someone. Then the certain someone wasn't certain and life changed. New paths appeared, new dreams were formed and changes are afoot. Geography, jobs, people - life is full of surprises. Even though I know what I've always known, sometimes...I just don't know.

reading

cottage life

a study of awkwardness

The first time I was in Vancouver was when I was 12. My mother, God love her, packed my sister and I into a car and drove us across the country. A full week in a car with someone in the throes of teenage-girl-angst, I'm not sure I'd have done it.

When I saw these pictures I was instantly transported back to awkward teenage land. The beach is the same, my hair's the same, my expression's the same and my 'oh god get the frickin camera off of me' discomfort is the same.

I haven't really changed all that much, I'm same same but different :)




My standard 'look away at the last moment' move. I do that a lot.

jericho beach

mysore meets vancouver

Last year in India we used to have chai 'n' cookie nights. We'd meet on our rooftop and eat ourselves silly basking in the electrifying rush of sugar and the heartwarming buzz that is generated when surrounded by very wonderful people.

We're not in India this year but several of us were together in Vancouver so we celebrated chai 'n' cookie night Canadian style, bringing a little bit of the East to join us in the West.

For just about all of us life is unspeakably different this year than it was last in ways both shocking and glorious - often at the same time. Then again, it's very much the same: more than enough food to eat, the beauty of the setting sun, laughter, and amazing people bringing friendship, warmth and love.

Life can be counted on to be good if we don't get stuck up on the details. Very blessed, we are.

bc sadhu

last year

Can't help thinking about this time last year.

That's all.

i missed you

Was away visiting friends in the mountains for a bit. Back in my happy place on the balcony looking out to the ocean.

toronto-bashing bc-style

A roadside advertisement for beer in the mountains of the BC interior:

"Colder than most people in Toronto"

Hah. Funny.