Sending Love Across the Miles : Spring Edition – Easter Cards 2012

I've mentioned in the past that our extended families live far away and we very rarely get to see them. So to keep in touch with the young ones I like to maintain a correspondence with them through the mail. I imagine that from their points of view, it is fun to get a letter addressed directly to them! Here are some photos of the Easter/Spring cards I made for our nieces and nephews (though one child is my cousin's so he's not technically a nephew, but I consider him one of the group.)

Both of our families moved away from our extended groups of relatives when we were very young, so neither of us has ever really gotten to know them to the same degree that one would if you could have a holiday dinner together regularly. In fact I can't remember a single holiday meal enjoyed with family other than my parents and brothers and sister, except for the time an uncle visited around Christmastime once. You hear funny stories that others share about their aunt so-and-so's special salad and their uncle XYZ drinking one too many glasses of wine, and all the cousins hanging out together, and I must say that I miss having had that. But such is life, and our parents did their very best to make holidays fun, regardless of how many people were sitting around the table. In my case, we had two beloved couples who were friends of my parents, who were very kind and always treated us like we were nieces and nephews.

Anyway, I hope that my writing to my young relatives regularly will make them realize that we are here thinking about them and that we love them.

At Laura’s Request : Wanda’s Pie in the Sky

c="http://www.loulou.to/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Pie-in-the-Sky-05.jpg" alt="" title="Pie-in-the-Sky-05" width="640" height="479" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-6526">This visit to Wanda's Pie in the Sky comes at the request of my online friend Laura. She now lives in France but comes from Toronto.I asked her to tell me her favourite place she missed here and I'd go check it out for her. Her choice was Wanda's Pie in the Sky, which is located at 287 Augusta at the northern end of Kensington Market.I had a great time going there and getting some pictures, and some treats to take home too.

Bits and Pieces : March 2012

Hello. How are you? Fine I hope.

Here are some random/attempting-to-be-artistic shots I took last month.

Much Love Monday : The Happy Bicycle

It's Monday morning and I hope you've had an excellent week-end. I'm starting the week off with a link to Anna's Much Love Monday, where we "start off each week with some positivity instead of the typical Monday blues". Click on over using the button at the bottom to see what other bloggers around the world are loving today.

My post features this happy bicycle I saw the other day. I love being in the midst of someone who would have such a bike! Its rainbow fenders and heart seat were such a cheerful sight, not to mention the dangling green pom-poms on its handlebars!

Inspired by a Dog’s Coat

c="http://www.loulou.to/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/dog-streeter-01.jpg" alt="" title="dog-streeter-01" width="640" height="480" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-6406">It’s Saturday when I usually post something about Eddie my cat, but plans changed after a chance meeting on Queen West yesterday, and I found myself explaining to Edward that Caturday had gone to the dogs. How could it not have after I got shots of these two? When I told him about the change he went and sat in his basket pretending like he didn’t care.As the story goes .. I had come just out of a shop called Naveren’s * and was lost in thought and laughing to myself about the funny conversation I’d just had with the storekeeper. I was brought out of my thoughts by the sight of this man and dog passing me on the sidewalk. I sped up a bit to keep up with them while taking pictures and hoping the streetlight ahead would change so they’d be stopping and it did. The guy was very nice and said sure when I asked if it was ok to take some pictures.