Banquet Journal

the cave

the grotto-like interior of vancouver supper club "the cave." (when it closed in 1981 the stalactites were auctioned off at $20 apiece.)

rabbits rabbits bring me good luck

rocks

from a field guide in colour to minerals, rocks and precious stones (1974)

nudibranch

was delighted to see a nudibranch at the aquarium... the sea slugs were one of my favourites in the sea animals print: with wild names like shaggy mouse, clown nudibranch, and sea lemon, sea slug...

edward lear and the quangle-wangle

And as the few fishes who remained uneaten complained of the cold, as well as the difficulty they had in getting any sleep on account of the extreme noise made by the arctic bears and the tropica...

josh blackwell

beautiful embroidered shopping bags by josh blackwell. (remember that fat fluorescent 70s yarn the cool girls in elementary school tied their ponytails with? we made our hair ties from the leftov...

little nest

flowering quince in little nest, spring on the horizon.  (also on this day, my favourite coffee with a lemon poppyseed friand. heaven!)

quilts 1700-2010

would love to see this  at the v & a... also, just discovered today is ada lovelace day!

russia meets run dmc

  via carson ellis...

mosiac

  from tas ka...