Saturday, December 31, 2016

in my mother's garden

on december 26th . . . .


the simply beautiful . . . . 







Friday, December 30, 2016

boxing day return . . . .

racing home through a foggy southern ontario landscape at dusk . . .





Thursday, December 29, 2016

crossing the road

i find the stuff that falls off trucks and cars fascinating . . . .


Wednesday, December 28, 2016

sweethearts


Tuesday, December 27, 2016

Winter's golden light

winter's golden light . . . .




Monday, December 26, 2016

Sunday, December 25, 2016

Merry Christmas!

Once again, the wonder of Father Christmas finding this home has taken place!!!


Saturday, December 24, 2016

yard duty . . .

"mr. leak, come take a picture of this . . . . "


Friday, December 23, 2016

biking in

this is a thank you . . . 
a really heartfelt thank you to my bike that has seen me through so much . . . 
this morning on my ride in . . .



Thursday, December 22, 2016

closing over

the otonabee river is slowly but surely closing over with ice . . .


Wednesday, December 21, 2016

Tuesday, December 20, 2016

Monday, December 19, 2016

Sunday, December 18, 2016

lang village trip (ii)

some little spaces at lang that held the moment of a christmas from long ago . . .






Saturday, December 17, 2016

a trip to lang village (i)

this week i took my grade two class to lang village for their pioneer christmas program. 
it was magical!!!


Friday, December 16, 2016

the snow fort

on yard duty, i shared time with the junior boys building a snow fort . . . . 


Thursday, December 15, 2016

Wednesday, December 14, 2016

Tuesday, December 13, 2016

Monday, December 12, 2016

Sunday, December 11, 2016

Saturday, December 10, 2016

snowberries

there's something so utterly seasonal  . . . christmasy . . . about snow-covered berries . . . .


Friday, December 9, 2016

the sweet subtleties

walking in this morning . . 
the sweet subtleties of snow 
softening the edges of old friends . . . .


Thursday, December 8, 2016

a form of voluptuousness


“decline is also a form of voluptuousness, 
just like growth. 
autumn is just as sensual as springtime.” 
yvan goll


Wednesday, December 7, 2016

Tuesday, December 6, 2016

flying south


these geese . . . flying south . . . 
with no thought of
"when" 
or
"what if" . . 


Monday, December 5, 2016

a cold morning

sawer creek slowly icing over . . .


Sunday, December 4, 2016

Saturday, December 3, 2016

Friday, December 2, 2016

Thursday, December 1, 2016

an angel taking flight . . . .

in my home this morning . . . .