Mostly from my walk home today.

Except for the orange ones, which are a gift from my mother. She likes to buy me flowers before she leaves from a visit. These ones have been doing surprisingly well.

New (old) art for the apartment.

It might be getting a little rough around the edges, but it’s still good! I never thought of myself as a red person – let alone red, purple and orange! So bold! My parents used to have these up on their walls way back, like before I was around, and now they’re unexpectedly finding new life on mine.

It’s been so sunny and gorgeous out lately.

This weekend I will be meeting with my wine club friends. Which is always great.
Some of the corks are pictured from last time. The theme was Italy.

new tote!
and best cappuccino I’ve had in a while

This Saturday is Purim. Back when I was in grad school, my mother came to visit for a weekend, and we passed by the Harbord Bakery. When she spotted the hamantaschen, she decided we simply must get some.

I didn’t really know much about Purim, but when I heard it was a celebration of the story of Esther, I was pretty excited about it. The book of Esther is an inspiring – kind of feminist story in the Bible – and it’s a pretty quick read.

This week I picked up some hamantaschen from the Harbord Bakery for the second time (after visiting Sam James for a coffee – a delicious day!)

I took these back at my grandmother’s old apartment.

This type of hardwood floor design always reminds me of tap class from when I was in elementary school.

Quiet afternoon

This past family/valentine’s/new years day weekend was pretty amazing. I visited one of my favorite restaurants with my parents, had a delicious brunch with my dad, and got a rose from my brother.

This is a hand-painted piece by my grandmother from 1976. I recently happened upon it in a random box at home. My grandmother is diligent about naming and dating almost everything she has ever made or been gifted.

In an effort to use up the little spinach I had left, I poured Amy’s vegetable barley soup over raw baby spinach for lunch. It took zero effort, and made the canned soup fresh and homemade-like. Yay delicious shortcut!