Happy Halloween Everyone!

A Day in my Life

I thoroughly enjoyed my day today that I thought I'd share it with you so that you could agree with me. :)

Early morning walk to the bus stop. Clouds are

grey, some light rain showers and nice cool wind -

it's my kind of day.

Waiting for the bus and admiring my new boots.

Julia knocks on her daycare door - what, no fuss, no whining?

.... the day is definitely looking good!

Having a chat with the pink fairy backyardnigan creature

while taking her boots off by herself..definitely looking good.

And off she goes....

Walking to work and noticed something was brewing at

the parliament building..

It's the day the winter olympic torch reaches Victoria from Greece!

(Part of the pre-activities of the Vancouver 2010 winter olympics)

A lot of important people speaking..

Finally, the torch is lit and ready for the relay across Vancouver

island. The flame had been carried from Greece without once

being put off and had travelled by plane, on logging trucks,

underwater, snow sled, you name it. It came in a sophisticated

small lantern like container to Victoria on a canoe and was used to light

the olympic couldron which was then used to light the torch for the relay.

I really liked looking at this old man...he is just glowing.

Coffee at the museum - a newly discovered place. There is something calming about having coffee surrounded by ancient totem poles. Wow! Numerous pecans in my cinnamon bun? The gods were
smiling at me today.

Got a visit from a very cute furry friend.

And baby seagulls keeping me company while I finished work.

I saw an angel in the street.Snuggling up with two books from my favorite author, Neil Gaiman (Mirror Mask & Graveyard book) with a dash of my other favorite magazine, National Geographic. All lent/given to me by friends. How much luckier could I be?

Wouldn't you agree that I had a great day? :)

Canadian Geese

I woke up one morning and found these Canadian geese grazing at the empty field behind our house. It was nice company to have breakfast with on a cold saturday morning. I realized later that having all or most of them facing the same direction was a rare occurrence. I wonder what could have made them look the same way when I took this picture (as I didn't see any other being or animal at that end of the field). I was reminded of a scene in a movie where all the unseen angels on earth all go to the beach and face the sun as it sets in the western sky. Maybe these geese are angels in disguise...ah, now that's a comforting thought.

The Little Things

I found happiness this week in five pieces of 14" x 24" fabric cuts. I couldn't believe it myself. But apparently when one goes into a quilt shop with the intent of "just looking around", one is doomed to fail specially if one is of my disposition where the sight of paper and fabric turns on all the buttons of delight, excitement and to some degree, greed. I felt like I was Gollum (in the Lord of the Rings) as I whispered, "my preciousssssss" while lovingly caressing the soft, satinny surface of my pretty pretty fabrics... and I don't even know how to quilt.

Super Polka Dot Girl!

...with her laser light powerrr! kablizzzzzt...blzzztt.

Conversation with a 3 year old

Julia: "Mama, Georgee (her stuffed giraffe) has a tag!"
Me: "Yes.. (reading the tag).. and the tag says that Georgee came from China."
Julia: "Georgee came from China?"
Me: "Yes." ....(thinking quickly for words so I could extend the conversation) I asked, "do you know where you came from?"
Julia: ...."Chinatown?"
Me: " No", I replied smiling, "You came from the Philippines. Can you say Fi-li-peens?"
Julia: (in a slang accent) repeated, "Filipinss".
Me: "Yes, that's right. You came from the Philippines." (I silently congratulated myself for being quite quickwitted to have thought of using this opportunity to teach her of home country.)
Julia: (after a long silent pause)..."Mama, did you buy me too?"
(I nearly choked) Me: (laughing) "Do you have a tag in you?"
Julia: (looking around herself and me giving her time to search for a possible tag in her while absorbing her perspective).. "No, I don't have a tag..(she declared sadly)."
Me: "Ah! That means, I didn't buy you then!" (with a big smile)
Julia smiled and dropped the conversation, visibly satisfied and happy that I didn't buy her.

(I realized later that she could then have asked me where I got her then - now that she's sure that I definitely didn't buy her - and I could possibly have been in a worst predicament in this where-do-I-come-from conversation, as I wouldn't have known how to answer her next questions without digging a hole for myself..)