oh dear,

sometimes i think i need to share with the world how hilarious oliver is. he's turned into a real comedian. like today when my head was turned for just a second, he undid the safety belt and tried to jump out of the grocery cart. ha ha. the above picture was taken on an outing last week when he decided he really had to wear my hair-band. i never wear it out of the house, but sure wasn't going to say no to him. i think it suits him in a pirate/mc rapper kind of way.

i am in love with this wee shop.
tortoise in my dream life of wee shop owner, this would be it. the ubugi's are magical.

i'm madly, deeply in love with this site still.
vegan lunch box i really would like her to come to my house, cook for me, and send me off with tasty morsels packed in a bento box.

as soon as oliver wakes from his nap, we are off to find some swings and slides.

allium nectar

happy queen victoria day early. it's a long weekend here in canada, and it came just in time. we are all in need of time spent together. just lolly-gagging. i will spend some time doing research but mostly looking at galleries and maybe a new place to live? one of the most popular farmer's markets opens for the season tomorrow so we will be enjoying that too. berries and mushrooms. yum. have a great weeekend.

oh vacations!

we're back, very refreshed at that. we had a wonderful relaxing time, i decided to stay another week and get the car fixed. it's as good as new again. oliver and i enjoyed the warm weather going to some of my favourite beaches near my parents house. the lagoon was amazing but i forgot about the constant wind. oliver didn't know which way to turn to escape it. we also explored the downtown and old town of victoria, i think he really liked that, pointing at everything. things have changed so much in downtown victoria, some areas are so vibrant and others have empty storefronts. it's too bad i hope they figure out a solution soon and don't let it die, it's no fun going out to the suburbs to sight-see.

i returned home to my music swap package from cori. thank you so much cori.
she sent me 3 very thoughtful cds; one for me, one for oliver, and one
just because. cori also made me some beautiful handmade pushpins for my
bulletin board, and a very lovely card with a bird on it in my fav colours
of green and blue. i'm a very lucky girl.

i'm going to need a few days to catch up with everybodys blogs. thank you for all your well-wishes about the car accident.

here's a few of my favourite things right now;

flip-flops
honey and calendula moisturizer
my mum's dahl (all 500 variations!)
my grandma playing with oliver
oliver saying turtle
the sun and the warm breeze
neko case