I don't even know what to call this.... thx Steph.

Shiny Teeth

I've been on Juliet's case about her teeth brushing habits. She seems to enjoy sucking the tooth paste more than brushing her teeth... typical 4 year old behaviour. So tonight I brushed her teeth really well so that they were nice & shiny...

Juliet: How come I can't hear the dinging noise for when something is shiny?

Does this mean she watches too much TV??

Grad-u-lay-shen

So what's a bigger event... graduating from kindergarten to grade one or graduating from day care to kindergarten? They're both pretty big... and they both happened this week. I already posted about Sammy graduating... today was Juliet. She was very excited about her "gradulation".

Does it get any cuter then that? BRAVO JULIET!

Tea Lover

I love tea. Love love love love love. It's the perfect drink first thing in the morning, the middle of day, right after a meal and just before bed. Winter, spring, summer & fall. Any season. Any day.

Today I'd like to share my favourite teas. As a rule, I don't drink black teas or any teas that need added milk or sweetness. My faves are flavoured green & white.

Winners is a great place to find really interesting green & white teas. One of my favourite jasmine green teas I buy there. It's probably one of the best jasmine greens I've ever had. But the ultimate place for tea is Teaopia. Now I can order fresh loose leaf tea online & have it delivered to my door 2 days later. 

Here are my faves... (photos & descriptions courteous of Teaopia.ca)

Garden of Eden is a combination of white tea, rose flower blossoms, red rose buds, marigold flower blossoms, lemongrass, and apple pieces.

Hello lover!

 

Princess Earl Grey brings the awesome flavour of earl grey to white tea so there's no need to drink it black! Yay! It's a combination of white tea, red rose buds, and the natural aroma of bergamot. Not only does it taste fabulous but it looks beautiful in a jar.

 

Jasmine Pearls are hand rolled green tea leaves and jasmine petals, which can also be referred to as dragon eyes. Personally I think it's just a fancy, more expensive jasmine green.

 

 

Jasmine Superior is made by using fresh jasmine petals in a process where green tea leaves are layered with jasmine petals. The jasmine flavour settles around the leaf during the process of drying... ooh ooh fancy.

Pomegranate Green tea is a combination of sencha, cranberries and pomegranate flowers. It is fabulous and not too fruity. Mmmmmm.

If anyone would like to enlighten me with new & amazing varieties of their fave tea... please do!

The Artist Within...

I am totally on this vintage/creepy doll kick. So much so that it is taking up another day's worth of like... And I still don't even have my first doll.

I've always loved mixed media art. Every time I gawk at someone's incredible ability to grab inanimate objects & everyday materials and create the most unique pieces of art I can't help but wonder... why didn't I think of that? I swear I am an INCREDIBLE artist trapped inside my body with ideas for mixed media art, painting, fashion & choreography that I just cannot express for the life of me. I need to pair up with someone who has the artistic capability to bring my mental art to life. 


Here are some pieces I have found on etsy. LOVE THEM. Click on the photo to go to the artist's store and please don't buy it unless it is for me... :o)

 

 

Bravo Sam!

Sammy graduated from Jardin (Sr. Kindergarten) today. I can't believe my little boy starts elementary school this fall! Here a video of Sam accepting his diploma. Bear with it, it's iphone footage...

I arrived, camera in hand, and of course my battery was dead. What are the chances?? So here are some photos a friend of mine took of the handsome graduate.

 BRAVO SAM!!

 

Princess Juliet

Today's like (or rather yesterday's because I was too tired to post last night) is a 2 for one. The first part of the like is www.Picknik.com which is a photo editing website. I love how it lets me write directly on my photos. The second part is Princess Juliet's birthday on May 28th. It was such an amazing time and the experience as a whole couldn't have been anymore how I imagined it would or could go... it was perfect. She was like a bride getting ready for her wedding... and the playing was so hard & fun that everyone was just happy happy happy.

 

Doll Parts

My mom was at Finnegan's Market this weekend and found this...

She would have made a marvelous addition to my yet to be started creepy doll collection. I'm going to have to pay a visit to Finnegan's this year...

 

Spring Traditions

I didn't get to post a 'like' yesterday because I was pre-occupied with the fact that it was Friday & instead lay on my couch and watched Transformers. So today I will post 2.

Who Made This Mess?

I've watched this video at least 5 times and I have laughed every time... Hard. Click below to enjoy.

Who Made This Mess?

Sammy Talk

I had to post this because it is so funny and I love to share the crazy... or rather creative things my kids say.

Sammy: Grama, you have stripes.

Grama: I have what?

Sammy: (touching Grama's face) You have stripes on your face 

Grama: (realizing that Sam is referring to her wrinkles) Yes Sammy, I have stripes.

creepy dolls are awesome.

Hi. Today I am going to share with you a picture my mother took in a flea market in Colombia. I love it.

This doll is magnificent. I have decided that I love creepy dolls, and the creepier the better. I think I am going to start a collection so I hope my mother can go back to Colombia and find this doll again because I must have her. 

Do you have any creepy dolls to share?

Resting In Peace

I love cemeteries. Especially those with century old graves and beautiful elaborate statues. If I have my way... one day I will travel the world for the sole purpose of visiting & photographing cemeteries.

Today I want to share some photos I came across of some amazing cemetery statues. I would love to have a beautiful statue somewhere representing my life after I go....

Do you have any cemetery photos to share?

ABANDON

Good morning!

I was going to post something from a woman who has an amazing imagination, but because I want to respect her usage rights I have sent her an email asking if and how I could post a link to her photos with her consent. Hopefully I will be able to share it with you sometime soon.

Until then, I am going to share with you another series of photographs that I like. During my husband's long night shifts he often sends me links from a website called EnglishRussia.com


It's a cool site and so I wanted to share it with you and post a few links. These are from a series of abandoned places, which make for some of the COOLEST photography.


Here are a few of my faves...

These are from Chernobyl, photos taken by Alexandr Vikulov.

An abandoned city (Promyshlennyi)... Photos by Oleg Shvets

If you like these then you'll probably also like...

Kadykchan 

Fire Station & Medical School


Car Factory


Abkhazia



I could easily spend days photographing abandoned buildings & cemeteries... but more on that tomorrow.




 

40 Days, 40 Likes

Hi there. I'm not going to go into how lazy I've been as a blogger and such but rather try to just start anew and hope to pique your interest. 

I'm going to challenge myself and try to post for 40 straight days, 40 things that I like. First off... I'd like to mention my last blog post and tell you all the you MUST go check out the link I posted. I would love to hear your thoughts about it. I've watched it a few times and love it every time.

Okay... so lets get started. I've had this link in my inbox for sooooo long that I've wanted to post so I am going to use it for my first like. 

Alexa Meade is an artist who doesn't paint on canvas but rather directly ON her subjects and then photographs them to give the illusion that they are paintings... it's quite incredible.

Her Flikr photo stream is here 

For more info you can visit her website at http://alexameade.com/portfolio.html

So... what did you think??