Fall

Fall is my favourite season of the year and this has been the nicest autumn in recent memory. It has been lovely to spend days up at the house working and walking about. Some days are so beautiful it has been hard to resist the temptation to step off the porch and explore or to lay in the hammock and bird-watch with my sweetie.


To ward off any guilt about slacking off, I like to remind myself of the following:

Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under the trees on a summer's day, listening to the murmur of the water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is by no means a waste of time.
~ Sir John Lubbock

New House!

We bought a house! We take possession next week and I'm pinching myself every half-hour to make sure I'm not dreaming. It will be a lot of work, but it will be worth it to carve out a little niche of our own.

Bicycle Love

I love my bike, but it's a mother's love, because the truth is: the brakes and gears don't exactly work. When the primary components of both propulsion and deceleration are unreliable then it's time for an overhaul or perhaps a new bike. These two, featured at Vogue Daily are cute enough to make me consider adoption.

Tilt shift

I first discovered tilt-shift photographs about a year ago, but this tilt-shift video tops them all. For some reason the world seems like an even more amazing place when viewed in miniature.

Scenes from a rooftop from Paul Johannessen on Vimeo.

Fungi

This is the most passionate research presentation I have ever listened to. I'll never look at fungi the same way again.

Is it Spring yet?

I may have jumped the gun on the whole "spring has sprung" idea seeing as it was snowing yesterday! I may have to wait for local blossoms to bloom before I make such claims again. To tide us over for now, here is a lovely image of one of my favourite spring flowers, the trillium, via SewerDoc on Flickr.

Pink Rooms

When I first started dating my boyfriend he was sharing a fabulous old house with an eclectic mix of musical and artistic housemates. While we were away from the house he was surprised to hear me tell someone about the pink living room walls. He had never noticed.  I might be tempted to cut him some slack for his less than stellar powers of obervation seeing as the walls were partially obscured with art, books and musical instruments if it were not for the fact that they were, afterall, bright pink! This photo reminds me of the living room and of falling in love.


I have nothing against pink walls and may one day find the courage to create a pink room of my own. What do you think of these pink beauties?





(images - First two via Domino, Last two via LivingEtc)