no mere mortal can resist

I hope everyone had a super Halloween!

Mine was pretty low-key (though not when it came to eating candy...)

I filled the house with candles, handed out candy and watched Antichrist.

Here's Before/Semi-After shots of my Minnie Mouse dress that I thrifted and altered.

The top photo is when it's 90% complete, and I was just doing a fitting (hence no makeup).

I can see a couple of pins sticking out that I had forgotten. 

With the copious scraps I made a bow.

I admit I went a little overboard with the pumpkin carving, staying up the whole night before.

(I can't claim originality for this design, however. It's based off of a picture I found online).

not so long way (to long beach)

I'm sorry to say the last gasps of summer are upon us.

It was a beautiful dream, but sadly we're back to reality in just a few days.

I hope everyone had a refreshing summer!

My day was spent in Long Beach, my family's very first time actually in Tofino.

Just to prove how perfect this day was: although it was cold and dreary, overcast and damp,

just as we arrived at the beach, the sun appeared in all its glory.

Bottle this memory.

floating weeds

Cooling off at the Sooke Potholes.

Managed to look semi-cool/normal for all of five seconds, then BAM! What a dweeb.

Help! September's coming too soon!

Chevron swimsuit - Joe Fresh (old)

Photos by Bonnie

i'm a mountain

Photos from our annual trek to the BC Interior.

As a bonus, this year we went up to Kelowna, and the Columbia Icefields for the first time in 5 years.

The weather was beautiful all the way, although it was colder than I remembered near the Glacier.

The second photo from top is from Field, where we had a picnic lunch.

The third photo is the view driving up to Kicking Horse resort in Golden.

You can't tell that there's a town down there.

Plus, the view's even better from the top.

On my Roadtrip Playlist: 

Sarah Harmer - Will He Be Waiting For Me?

Fleet Foxes - Tiger Mountain Peasant Song

Marilyn Monroe - River of No Return

Gordon Lightfoot - Mountains and Maryann, Harmony

Joni Mitchell - Come In From The Cold

Alison Krauss - The Scarlet Tide

(yep, lots of mountain/bluegrass songs)

athabasca

More photos of our roadtrip, mostly from or the way to the Columbia Icefields.

It may be mid-July, but it being a windy day all the cold was blown down from the Athabasca Glacier.

I'm actually wearing wool socks and my winter coat, a far cry from only hours earlier in Field (top photo).

All photos, excluding second from top, by Bonnie

who swap shuswap?

Greetings from the interior! Here's a lovely sunset over Shuswap Lake for you guys. We're enjoying typical summer weather up here in the valley - a mixture of scorching heat and the odd, confused spots of rain that last about five minutes.

We stopped in Vancouver on the way up here, where I picked up this printed TNA tote. Makes for a perfect on-the-road carry-all; I've got all four of my cameras in there, with room to spare.

Happy July!

Top Outfit:

Cardi, Flip flops - Joe Fresh

 Tote - TNA

Scarf - Avon Breast Cancer Crusade

Earrings - from Chinatown (old)

Bottom Outfit:

Sweater - Dynamite (old)

Tee, Jeans - American Eagle

Sunglasses - Aldo

Photos by Bonnie

milk and honey

My newest collage! Zebras at a spilled-milk watering hole.

Sometimes I wish life would imitate my art...