Blanket Fort
So busy the last few days with the 25th Annual Victoria Fringe Theatre Festival. With seventy-two shows and fourteen venues this year it’s a bit overwhelming. We expect to take in at least eleven shows this year.
Dropped by the Moss Street Market yesterday and, as usual, loaded up with lots of yummy fruits and vegetables. Today was the last Victoria Downtown Public Market Society’s Summer Market in Market Square. Picked up some beautiful yellow beans and lovely Ciabatta bread, which we snacked upon with Roma tomatoes from Moss Street. The Society’s next event is Eat Here Now 2011, Sunday September 11 from 11–4 in Centennial Square. A huge list of local farmers and food makers will be participating in this Harvest Festival.
Our own tiny garden in our window is proving very fruitful indeed! Saddened by four years with no outdoor space of our own, we planted two lovely tomato plants in hanging baskets in one of our south-facing windows. It’s pretty wonderful to be able to eat food you’ve grown yourself, even on a very small scale!
http://www.victoriafringe.com/
http://www.VictoriaPublicMarket.com
Delicious Ciabatta bread from a local baker with delectable Roma tomatoes from a local farmer.
Our own tomatoes growing in our window.
Last night I gathered up a bunch of beads and old things I had lying around. Then today I turned them into some pretty things!
A plate, full of inspiration...
turns into two necklaces.
This happens a lot.
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.
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