You are jealous

I bought these babies at a yard sale this afternoon for fifteen dollars!







Rhinestones! Quilting! Wings!!

They got it all!

Gasp!

A free safety belt!!!



Oh. Bummer.

Noon

Once again Greg was the hero of the lunch hour.



Thanks for making pork chops, baby!

Fun with Astronomy

Keep that in mind, children.

(Kindra's collection of ephemera is pretty top notch.)

Whooo. . .

I keep thinking I hear an owl in our backyard at dusk.

How amazing would it be to look out of your kitchen window and see this?



Bree's friend Victoria did.

Jealous. (Although Greg and I did see an awesome baby bird this morning begging its mother for sunflower seeds.)

Made!

These . . . belts?





They're a bit weird, but I dig them anyway.

Yum

Homemade maple syrup from our friend Evan's farm.

Shadow and reflection

That's me, in the elevator foyer at work.

Black squirrel of eastern Ontario

Minty and Penelope:



Very interested in said squirrel.

The Black Lancer!

Check out this amazing vintage Stetson my friend Sarah K. in Toronto gave me!





Thanks Sarah!

In front of our motel room

Somewhere in New York state, on the asphalt before the door:



Mysterious wishbone.

I considered picking up and pulling it with Greg, but then I realized I didn't really want to touch someone else's nasty old chicken bone.

It was probably my one magic chance at having a wish come true. It was still there in the morning.

Letter

Greg's father sent us a great letter!



With a picture enclosed that he took in the backyard of his home in Powell River, British Columbia.



"RAAAWWWROOWRR!" [gnaw gnaw gnaw]

Maybe stay inside for a while, Mom and Dad?!?!?

Tomatoes

Remember these little dudes?

Now check out these crazy plants (height indicated for your convenience)!





Yum yum.

Regardez

More toof marks of a skorl.

How to be an asshole

When traveling in rural eastern Ontario, be sure to bring your Starbucks coffee into the local diner.



Also: wear a bright-blue embroidered Mexican dress and try to style your hair in multiple buns.



Then you might want to joke loudly about your "monochromatic" breakfast.



Try it! It works!

Staff sale!

So, at my work the retail department has a sale every year, of samples, returns, and other items they have lying around the department.

It is basically the best day of the ENTIRE YEAR!

I got:



Stationery, with matching stickers!



Stamp pad.



































Van Gogh stamps—cuz why not?



Powder-coated steel wall hooks (Greg is against them).



More stickers!



Little mugs.



A wack of little photography books!



A wack of big books!



Bookends!

Fifteen dollars total!!

YAY!

Embrace mediocrity

Especially when you find it in the trash!!!!!

Fiberglass (?) plant pot:



Ceramic bowl:





Nuthin' special, but functional.

Also: free.

Post–Canada trip ritual

The sorting of the quarters.

Canada!

Have you heard of Value Village, the Canadian chain of thrift stores? Nothing like it exists in the New York area (that I can find). Organized, huge, and cheap! Even though we were only in Toronto for ten hours this weekend, we spent two hours at VV.

Check out my treasures!

Hand-embroidered white cotton napkins:





Linen napkins with maroon stripe:



Yaller stripe napkins:



Seersucker tablecloth!



Pierre Cardin placemats!





Whoa!

Some wool yarn:



(For a minute I was actually like, "Hey, cool! Yarn from emu wool!" Errrr. . .)

Vintage wrapping paper (my weakness):



And . . . one of these tube knitting dealios (which I had totally been wanting!):



Sigh. So so so happy.

It ain't for nuthin' that Canada's my home and native land.

Canada long weekend!

Bye everyone!

Found on trash night!

In my neighborhood, by visiting Canadians:

Awesome old-school awning-striped canvas-n-wood hammock!



Totally worth hauling home just for the fabric!

And . . .



A light box!

You dudes got so lucky!

Turkey in the straw, ha ha ha

Pillow in the tree, hee hee hee?