grey day, cold hands
Here is the BerryMobile. It picked me up at half past 10.
Waiting inside were two boys, three girls and a picnic lunch.
This is the lakey world I live in.
And this is what it looked like as we whipped by in the BerryMobile one grey day.
Brent kept us all laughing.
Trying to keep my hands warm.
Anna is amused and perplexed by Wendy's pterodactyl.
Winter is an etching, spring a watercolour, summer an oil painting
and autumn a mosaic of them all.
Stanley Horowitz
I found these sweet mermaids washed up on the Canadian Shield.
These are what we came for. They are tiny and particularly tiny this year.
And sparse. We didn't find very many.
Maybe I'll make a muffin.
Can you see it?
Cranberry winking at you.
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14 Comments:
5th photo down from the start of your post. LOVE LOVE LOVE it!!!!
Awesome pictures!! Looks like you had fun despite the cold weather and sparse berries this year.
'Berrymobile'. Hee, hee.
Love the photos, as always. You have a real gift.
One muffin's worth? I hope the glee from the company made up for the lack of berry results.
Looks like a totally fabulous day. Wish I was there.
I really would like to get to know this Wendy-lady better. She seems like a particularly good sort of friend to have. You can tell her I said so.
*Hug!*
Just noticed--what happened to your blog-love linky-dinks? Can't see who you're friends are anymore.
What a beautiful place! Your pictures make me long for fall.
BerryMobile is such a cute name! And it's so nice to be able to pick berries. I can only get them at the supermarket. *sigh*
Rachel - that's my favourite one, too!
Moni - I did have a good time. Most of the time was spent laughing, talking and keeping my hands warm.
Sonya - that's what my friends called it when they phoned me to let me know when they were coming - the BerryMobile will be by in about an hour. When I saw the van pull up I laughed and thought it was very aptly named.
And thanks, man! :)
T-bean - company glee did make up for the berry lack.
I'm going to see Wendy this morning and I will pass on the love. :)
And re: "the list"? I removed it intentionally. I'll tell ya on zee phone sometime. I'm still not sure if that'll be a forever thing but .... we shall see!
xo.
Oh Felicia - do you wanna switch for awhile? Last night I dreamt I was in a warm place. It was nice.
Clara - I like the BerryMobile, too. My friends named it. I feel happy that we can get these cranberries, if only a muffin's worth. We largely rely on the supermarket as well for everything. I long for a real strawberry. The ones we get up here taste only like the straw part of the word and somehow always grow mould on them the following day. The cranberries this year are VERY tart. They make my eyes cross. So I might just huck them into a smoothie or something.
Not only am I going to copy your idea and go out to take some lovely autumnal photos, but I also wanted to ask how you created your gorgeous banner - did you draw it yourself? And if so how did you do it? I promise I won't copy it. But adding in drawings seems like a cool thing to do.
Have a wonderful week-end - will it involve hunting for more berries in the BerryMobile?
x
Colleen - heartfelt thanks for your very kind words, they mean a lot. It's funny (and corny) but even after such a short while, I feel a great kinship with you.
I think I will take another example from you and respond to your comments on my own blog in future, as it makes more sense somehow.
Lemon Meringue pie is my very favourite pie. I often think about different scenarios in which I am stuck on an island for a year but am only allowed to take one type of food with me - my savoury dish of choice would be spaguetti bolognese; my sweet dish, hands down no hesitation, would be lemon meringue pie.
I would also take some moisturising face cream.
And the entire works of Mozart. I would probably need a cat to keep me company too.
Anyway, back to the point, thanks so much.
x
Heeeeyyyyyy Collllleeeenyyyyyy!
I am back and have a few blogs to catch up on!!!!
The pictures you take are always so amazing! Love them all and the colours!
I just watched the Canon in D youtube video and have to say that I loved it!!! Thanks for finding the cool stuff:)
Call me, we need to do some curtains while I am still on holidays!
Kelli
Hi Cat! The banner I got from a website that's listed at the bottom of my sidebar. It's in Japanese I believe. I translated the webpage and the gist of it was that people were allowed to use the drawings as long as they gave kudos for them. I would love to draw my own and add little bits about. I've chucked the idea about in my brain but I just don't have the time or inspiration right now. I'm a total wannabe artist, it's hit and miss for me. It sounds like you draw! Do you? I'm not even sure I remember exactly how I made the banner ... it involved using Flickr and my friend Talena who knows more than a smidgen about HTML. And no more BerryMobile for me, not this weekend. I've caught a cold so I'm layin' low. :P (I don't feel like using paragraphs today, could you tell?)
Ha ha, tricked you. New paragraph. I find it so cool that lemon meringue is your fave! I actually sat and thought for awhile about what pie I'd put on your sill and since I only really know how to make lemon meringue and pumpkin I just went ahead with lemon and hoped for the best. And now I'm drawn to thinking about what I'd eat on a desert island but ... I will have to get back to you on it. I have some serious thinking to do. I hope today you woke up feeling a little lighter. I know it's not as simple as that, though. I'm glad you found me here in blogland. (How DID you anyway?) I feel stuffed up and groggy at this very moment and eloquence evades me but I'm truly glad you're here and ... it's not corny. Me, too. :)
Kelli! You're home! How was your trip? I'm sad. I'm going away! Okay, I'm not sad I'm going away but I'm sad that I'm going away whilst you are still on holidays because does that mean it's [no] curtains for me? (har har) I'm leaving this week for PEI and won't be back until after Thanksgiving. YAY! And BOO! Such mixed feelings have I.
I hope you feel refreshed and ready to face the Knife armed with energy a'plenty. We'll talk soon.
looks like you can have fun anywhere you go... cold hands and all!
Thanks, Kori! Sometimes it takes a concerted effort. I can be prone to the blues. Laughter and not letting myself get consumed with myself really, REALLY helps.
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