neighbourhood life, feline frenzy, and intertwined

1. the sounds and smells of a neighbourhood as I walk down a quiet street - a lawnmower, a father and son talking, the perfumy smell of someone's laundry drying in the dryer
2. a brigade of cats today - walking up and down the street, sitting in doorways and window ledges, and skulking between fences
3. the lavender and blood red roses in my neighbour's garden have tangled themselves together

all in good time, radio tunes, and boys will be boys

1. a slow start to a saturday morning - no alarm, no schedule
2. listening to CBC Radio 2 and Stuart McLean while sipping a on a very big cup of coffee
3. a group of teenage boys sitting - of all places - in a white gazebo in the middle of a rose garden, smoking

rest, catching up, and some like it hot

1. Flopping on the couch after a long day at work and staying there for the evening
2. Ringing friends and catching up on new homes, new jobs, and new babies
3. Munching on a new spicy flavour of crisps - mmmmm

move, plans, and sky

1. A good friend is moving nearby
2. Hiking plans for the weekend
3. Watching the cloud patterns and colours change as I drive from Vancouver to the Valley

Clean as a whistle, filtered, and reaquainted

1. Clean dishes sparkling in the drying rack


2. The sun filters through my office blinds, creating a shadow of the geranium in the window


3. Putting on a CD that I haven't listened to since I wrote my last paper for grad school

lone traveler, small town, and epic journey

1. a lone dog lopes along in a green hay field
2. I'm back in my hometown for the day - it takes five minutes from one end of the town to the other
3. my family gathers 'round to plan the journey into the big city for my graduation. Complicated plans and finangling abound

cosmopolitan, just for you, and back on track

1. a party at a friend's flat that overlooks the ocean and the sunset makes me feel very cosmopolitan and that this is just how one would imagine things would be in a big city - it's not everyday life, but it's fun


2. Baljinder, the lady who threads my eyebrows, is just about to leave for the day when I walk in. She sees me and says she'll stay just for me


3. feeling well again after a few days of not-so-well