Some days the serenity of a perfect lake is just what the Dr. ordered

The Beauty of Hermes Scarves

I love Hermes Scarves and I think their colors and texture is unbelievable.

I was in the Hermese store in Toronto and was fooling around with my iPhone and was so fortunate to clip a couple of pictures of the scarves folded in the cases. 

Nearly nothing prettier.  I love them. 

Cheese Shopping in France: Cyrille et Christelle Loho Fromagerie, Strausbourg

Last Christmas we spent 3 weeks in Strasbourg, France and spent the days eating and drinking in Germany, France and Swizerland.  One of the most wonderful things about being in Europe is the amazing food shops.  We shopped everyday for food and I enjoyed it immensely.  Strasbourg is a city of small streets that have no car access and small shops filled with independent food and wine purveyors.  I spent hours going in and out photographing, smelling, tasting, shopping and enjoying every minute of it.  Such a wonderful time.  This was one of my favourite.  Check out the pictures from Cyrille et Christell Loho Fromagerie, owned by a lovely young married couple.  The walls were stone and damp.  It fel like it had been there for a hundred years just perfect for fromage.

images of a migraine in the morning

a couple of self portraits of me with a migraine in the morning. it is not pretty. this is on a good day too....

Winnipeg Pics

The weekend to-do list and reading materials. Oy Vey.

Winnipeg Pics

Lots of sketchy but cool looking music clubs around!

Winnipeg Pics

Winnipeg Pics

Great burger place near my hotel!

Winnipeg Pics

Winnipeg Pics

Artistic postal boxes anyone?

Winnipeg Pics

Winnipeg Pics

The view from my desk.

Peg Pics

My home at night.

Peg Pics

I am trying to take a picture a day on this little adventure that I am on in Winnipeg.  This is the first one. It is in the Airport when you step right off the gate.  Do these people look excited to be here???

The Polish Festival

I walked through the Polish Festival in Toronto this weekend, to take some pictures for my sisters in London as we constantly are laughing about the fact that one of them lives opposite the Polish embassy in London and our father is quite Polish in his own right. I loved walking through the Festival and seeing all of the people and the food that the vendors were making. The love of the different food that they were bringing to the streets and the love of the participants culture was wonderful. I thought that I would share some of them here:

The Nutmeg Factory of Grenada

I absolutely loved the island of Grenada and the wonderful experience of Grenada. I spent the day exploring the "Spice Island" and it was fabulous. The whole island smells of Nutmeg and the women that I met were wonderful. Many of them had been working in the factory for 30+ years and I am so happy with how the photos of that day turned out. I am in the process of having some of them blown up for my apartment, as I love the light in them and think that they will add some colour and vibrancy. Plus it is time to spice things up a bit. Pardon the pun!

A trip to the farmers market

As some of you know, I have been trying to commit to eating locally grown produce and the local food movement. More and more I am having issues with eating strawberries that are the size of my head in December and buying produce that is flown across the country to end up sitting on the grocery shelf for weeks. One thing that I am doing is spending time shopping at local farmers markets and luckily there is one on the way too and from our summer house.

I took some pics on my way down today, because I hope that it will inspire others to explore their local markets. How can you not want to shop locally when the products look like this!

A Morning in Kensington Market, Toronto, Ontario (May, 2009)

5 am in the morning at le cottage

Fall in Ontario

A few pictures that I tool this weekend up north in Ontario. It was a gorgeous Canadian Thanksgiving!