Tansy in the woods
Huckleberries
Into the green forest of Quadra Island! Tansy and her favourite photographer have gone off to do Archaeological work for a week.
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Returns
Ceramic, textile and wooden treasures
We’ve just been on a short but delightful trip to meet a friend who was in Vancouver for two days. She had a moment between some business in the US, and before her return home to Japan, and invited me to spend a day with her. Since first meeting at a carving workshop four years ago, we’ve kept in touch by email on subjects such as pottery, proper Kimono assembly, and philosophy. Our friend gave us two beautiful plates and a food-serving dish made by ceramic artists in her village. We went together to three of my favourite places in Vancouver:
Maiwa on Granville Island (click here for information about their philosophy, shops and classes). We each bought a garment there, and the Hittys persuaded me to buy some Hitty sleeping bag (merino sock) yarn…
The UBC Museum of Anthropology (click here to learn about one of the first Museums I ever worked in, and the place that directed me into Textile Conservation as a profession). Thanks so much to Dr Fuyubi Nakamura for giving us a bilingual guided tour of the collections…
The Nitobe Memorial Garden (click here to learn about this usually tranquil classic Japanese garden). My friend said it was probably the most accurate Japanese Garden she’d seen outside Japan (despite the distraction of the squealing bride and bridesmaids taking selfies)
It was day rich with conversations, culture, friendship and memories…
The Big Smoke
Harbour Air
Constance and Gráinne are on their way to the big smoke!
Harbour Air
They gazed out the window for a minute,
Taxiing
but had to put their seat belts on for taxiing and lift off.
Quimperland
Look! Quimperland!
Mayne Island
The boats and the islands look so small!
Vancouver
And Vancouver looks so big!!
Bubble Bath
Soak
Sometimes when the world doesn’t make sense, Constance retreats to the bathroom…
Ah-h-h
…where fiction and bubble bath help the crazy world recede for a while.
King Kamehameha Day 2016
Snaps
Even on an overcast, chilly day, Min insisted on celebrating her favourite Hawaiian Holiday…
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Spalted Chestnut
Basket of Goodies
The Quimper Hitty human has a very good friend who appeared to be immune to Hittys. However, another friend of that friend acquired a new lathe, and was looking for projects. I gave my friend, and she gave her other friend an approximate profile of an uncarved Hitty blank, and a couple of weeks later a basket of goodies arrived at the Hitty cupboard.
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Backyard Berries
Thimbleberries
The Backyard native plant hedge is in its berry phase! Carrot Soup took Gilly into the Thimbleberry thicket…
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