Materfamilias Writes

First Five November Friday Things. . . .Food, Books, Colourful Knits, Opera. . . .

First Five November Friday Things. . . .Food, Books, Colourful Knits, Opera. . . .

Five Things? I can do that, this Friday morning at the beginning of November. . . . Let’s see. 1.  The Vancouver Opera production of Tosca, which we saw last Saturday, was sumptuously satisfying. Wonderfully…

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City Vignette — The Sleeper

City Vignette — The Sleeper

RandomVignette The Second (along with more Indiscriminate Beauty — aka more photos of last week’s foggy sunrise) It’s still dark when I ease the car into the lane behind our Vancouver condo, first perching at…

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Of Poetry, Cleaning, and Moving On . . . You know — Random Stuff!

Of Poetry, Cleaning, and Moving On . . . You know — Random Stuff!

You obviously can’t have a Random Vignette without some Indiscriminate Beauty — sunrises courtesy of last week’s early mornings, fog, and an obliging seagull. . .  I’ve been carrying around a few Random Vignettes over…

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Friday Change, Thursday Event, An Outfit. . . .

Friday Change, Thursday Event, An Outfit. . . .

Five Things Friday is temporarily suspended while I recover from One Really Big Thing Thursday.  I’m indulging in a long-awaited total collapse today after bringing off an event that I’ve been working on for a…

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Fall Colours– in the Garden and in What I Wore . . .

Fall Colours– in the Garden and in What I Wore . . .

Perhaps I’ll let the photos do most of the talking today . . . I thought I’d mix up some shots of the garden in full fall colour (above the oakleaf hydrangea with a supporting…

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