Fog rolls in at Gibsons Beach

Felted landscape piece done for Mum's birthday (detail)

Merry Christmas!

They exist!

Now I'm going to have to start trying to find the end of rainbows.  And leaving out milk and cookies for Santa.

It's great to have my parents visiting Powell River for the first time. Charlie is happy about it too.

My first goat cheese

It cut without crumbling, tasted tangy but smooth, clean but rich, and made me very happy.  I wish I had the patience and a cheese cave to age a cheese like this and see what it might become.  But maybe I'll leave that to the professionals and stick with young, fresh cheeses.  I made ricotta from the whey (not a high yield product, it has to be said) and will be eating that with honey on pancakes for a breakfast treat.

Little Sliammon Lake, Canada Day

Note the excellent technique being demonstrated for the traditional "canoe nap" activity.  He managed to assume and maintain this napping posture as I single-handedly paddled the canoe across the lake.