small joys.*

1. Patrick, who is one of my favourite people in the universe, is visiting from Montreal. It's almost like he never moved away. His visit resulted in a weekend full of food and friends. 2. This cake, which is possibly the best cake I've ever had, was part of a 'cabin' reunion dinner last night …

family photos.

{Gramps during what I'd guess is World War II.} Yesterday I received a package of family photos (from my mom's side) that I had volunteered to scan so that everyone can have copies. It is what I do for a living so I'd love to put together a little book through iPhoto or something for …

on my way to …

 Victoria! I love ferries. Perhaps it's the prairie girl in me but there is something so novel about eating meals on a boat and walking in crazy wind on the deck.

small joys.*

1. Dom and Sean are staying with us all week! I love having visitors. 2. I finally took my trusty bike to get her one year tune up. She rides like a dream now! 3. This is a two week small joys post. Last weekend, we went to Edmonton and then to Fairmont Springs for …

lentil salad.

 Lentils are one of those things that I know I should like but let's face it, cooked poorly and they are really dull. I was recently flipping through my Williams Sonoma Salad cookbook and found a recipe for lentil salad that sounded pretty good. I made it once before we went to Alberta and found …

family feast.

{The main course: salad, beef short ribs, mashed potatoes, carrots, lentils and grilled asparagus.} I mentioned in last week's small joys post that Nick and I wanted to cook dinner for both of our families. Last Thursday, in the Motherland, we made a huge dinner for everyone at my parents' house. It was a great …

read.

{A Year in Provence by Peter Mayle.} I'm unfortunately missing this month's book club meeting because we're in Edmonton but that didn't stop me from getting a jump on next month's book. The theme for June/July was travel (!) so I read A Year in Provence. It's a book I'd been meaning to read because …

on my way to …

The grocery store! I took these ten days ago but they didn't make it onto my little space here until now. The tulips are going, going, gone right now, but they'll make way for all the greenery of summer.