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When I lived in San Francisco for a month in 2004, I found myself indulging almost every morning in a hot chocolate and croissant from La Boulange Bakery on Polk Street. It’s one of my favourite treat combos. So this morning, I popped into Fol Epi Organic Bakery and Caffè Fantastico at Dockside Green. Nice hot chocolate at Fantastico, not too sweet; a good compliment to the buttery perfection of the Fol Epi pastry. A line of tiny sparrows waited patiently for the crumbs I left behind.
http://www.caffefantastico.com/
Hot chocolate from Caffè Fantastico and fresh croissant from Fol Epi Organic Bakery, Victoria BC
Where’s Taxicab?
Taxicab likes to help, um hinder, no, help.
Turn pile of things on right into necklace on left, but an inch longer. Then I will frame one of GJ’s paintings for same patron. Hooray!
Red glass with sterling silver clasp. © Firehorse Designs 2011.
Tiny bit of a sunbeam to warm a tiny head.
Yesterday was a perfect August Day; nice and warm with a lovely breeze and relaxing fun. We wandered over to the grounds of St Ann’s Academy, a former convent and school, where the first annual Fibrations: A Community Celebration of Fibre Arts and Artisans was underway. A couple dozen vendors were on hand displaying amazing fibres and demonstrating many different techniques. I meant to take some photos, oops. We met our awesome friends Dale Roberts and John Harris, both wonderful artists we are lucky to have in Victoria. After lunch we spent the most wonderful afternoon in their studio creating mail art, drawing and knitting. Links to their work are below.
Today was a much different day; cool, wet and with the most delicious autumnal smell on the air. GJ and I just decided to walk. We took one of our favourite routes through town and along the waterfront, around past fisherman’s wharf, and through the park. It was so still and quiet, and very wet. We came across a new public art installation by Tyler Hodgins: Glass Half Full. Wonderful to see more public art in our city. Here are some pictures from today and some links.
http://daleroberts.blogspot.com/
http://knottybynaturefibres.blogspot.com/
View from Fisherman's Wharf towards downtown Victoria BC
Glass Half Full by Tyler Hodgins, Holland Point Park, Victoria BC
Harrison Yacht Pond at Holland Point Park, Victoria BC
I’m sorry, I just can’t help wanting to share this little cat who blesses our lives with her magnificence. For those who don’t know her, this is Rimpoche Taxicab II. She’s cute.
This blog was initially going to be about food. OK, truthfully, it was going to be about chocolate, hot chocolate to be precise. In spite of embracing a broader format, I suspect much of what I write will be about food.
One of the things I love most about living in Victoria is our easy proximity to wonderful organic food and fantastically passionate creators and growers of food. As is usual on a Saturday morning, I found myself at Moss Street Market yesterday with my lovely friends Kerry and Tatum. This market was was formed 20 years ago and is comprised of locally grown organic produce, meat, flowers and honey as well as local art, crafts, jewelry, baking, preserves etcetera. Here’s a link to their website:
http://www.mossstreetmarket.com/
Our good friend Rebecca is one of the vendors. Here’s a picture of some of her beautiful vegetables.
Lemon cucumbers and baby summer squashes from Rebecca's Garden.
Sometimes on Fridays I help her harvest at her beautiful garden.
I bought two lovely bunches of lavender from another farmer. The market was at its most abundant right now. Below is a photo of some poppy heads. I’d never seen them for sale before. We also bought ten pounds of blueberries as it was Ruby Red Farms’ last market of the season.
Moss Street Market runs every Saturday until the end of October. Here’s a website which lists some of the farmers’ markets in British Columbia:
http://www.bcfarmersmarket.org/findamarket.asp
Beautiful bunches of poppy seed heads. they were a tall variety apparently; reds and pinks.
So, I’m not a writer. I paint, make jewelry; love to cook, walk and ride my beautiful bicycle. However, lately I have had an urge to write about our wonderful life, and all the incredible experiences we have with art, food and travel. We live in one of the most beautiful places on the planet, so abundant with passionate artisans of all kinds. I see a dozen things every day that make me happy and that I want to share. I hope all who read this blog will enjoy it on some level!
Our neighbourhood: Chinatown, Victoria BC
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