snow calypso

snowmageddon

tree down, but not out?

This year has brought a bumper crop to the 10-year-old pear tree outside my house.












It also brought this.













Too many pears? Too much rain? I am not sure but I hope peary will be okay.

4 guests, 22 glasses

Here is why:
We had a fruit beer tasting thanks to Leslie. There was also a Chapeau cherry beer but I cannot find the pretty little bottle. It was a big favourite. Dessert beer! The strawberry was also delectably sweet and delicious. The grapefruit beer would be an excellent substitute for mimosas at brunch. Breakfast beer! All I wanna do is drink beer for breakfast... perhaps not exactly what the Replacements were singing about. The lemon beer was tart with a capital T. We were not quite sure when we would want to drink it again.

We also tried a trio of cheeses that came in cute boxes. Not bad. Plus Kim brought some really smooth and creamy goat cheese and nut-and-cranberry crackers. Most wonderful.And Julie brought these beautiful flowers from the shop (626 College Street West - can't find the name online) that replaced my favourite little Mercantile that moved to Roncesvalles.

sunlight

over the fence

after the rain -- a blossom carpet!

rainy sunday

sunny saturday

housebound

I have been SICK since last Sunday!

Cough, cough, cough and mostly housebound.

Carl came to visit today. He was mostly content but had a slight nagging feeling that something was missing.

I presented him with the gift of elastics from the Vancouver crew.

Aaaaah! That was it.

We had a nice cool beverage to celebrate.

Why are two bags of elastics received with such joy? More on that later.

rainy saturday

may day

bunny

I went for tea at a friend's
and met this little guy.









It snowed a bit while I was there.







But I made it home just fine.