Canvas to the Imagination

This list is inspired by Degan’s, which was in turn inspired by Hula Seventy’s.

1. Spirals
2. Yuuki tail feathers
3. The colour red
4. Hugs
5. Black tea with milk and honey
6. Japanese paper
7. Yoga
8. Candied ginger
9. Lemon verbena soap from Trader Joes
10. Roadtrips
11. Writing letters
12. Stationery
13. Snuggling with B
14. Watching the snow fall
15. Listening to rain outside my window
16. Chocolate chip banana bread
17. Anne’s German apple cake
18. Chips
19. Bowen Island
20. Walking around Kilarney Lake
21. The P-Sharan pinhole camera
22. Sour key candy
23. Grapefruit
24. Bacon
25. German egg pancakes made by Boris
26. Handmade knitted/crocheted things from friends
27. Taking photos (Duh!)
28. Cuddling Maggie
29. Laughing until I cry
30. Soaking in the bathtub
31. Hot chocolate with whipped cream
32. Art supplies
33. Watching birds
34. Crows
35. Afternoon naps when it’s sunny
36. Crunching through fallen leaves on the sidewalk
37. Dancing
38. Singing
39. Making and sharing food with friends
40. Textiles from India
41. Strawberry rhubarb pie
42. Reading comics
43. Forest walks
44. Postcards in the mail
45. Packages from my family
46. Feeling inspired
47. Talking about art and creativity
48. Contax cameras
49. Toy cameras
50. Blank notebooks.
51. Cilantro
52. Scarves
53. Arm/wrist warmers
54. Lemon tarts
55. Laughing at farts
56. Picnics at the beach
57. Community gardens
58. Looking for Graffiti in back alleys
59. Snow covered North Shore mountains revealed after days of cloud
60. Walking along the water between Kits beach and Jericho
61. Riding my bike with a large group of people
62. Mango ginger stilton cheese
63. Fireweed honey
64. Teapots
65. Poofy duvets
66. Used bookstores
67. Knee socks
68. Weekend brunch
69. Taking art workshops
70. Fish shaped waffles filled with red bean paste
71. Photobooth pictures
72. Art night
73. The silver bird ring from my sister
74. Hand thrown pottery mugs
75. Yuuki chattering quietly to himself
76. Chasing Bogey
77. Artist studio tours
78. Buttons
79. Expired slide film
80. The sweet text messages from B I have kept on my phone for months
81. Writing lists
82. Flip flops in summer
83. Warm slippers in winter
84. Watching herons fishing at dusk
85. Looking through a fresh batch of photo prints
86. Letter press drawers as nik nak shelves
87. Tiny things
88. Poppies
89. The farmers market
90. Dahlias
91. Experimenting
92. Feathers
93. Smooching
95. Drift glass
96. Japanese maples
97. Cherry blossoms in spring
98. Watching eagles soar
99. Letting silence be
100. Patterned and colourful clothing

(It’s harder than you think to write one hundred things you love.)

From Free Will Astrology:

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): “It’s better to be clumsy than clever,” says an ancient Chinese book called *Poets’ Jade Splinters,* “better plain than affected, better crude than weak, better eccentric than vulgar.” That’s a good prescription for you to use in the way you live your life in the coming days, Leo. Here’s another observation from the same text that should also be helpful: “Inspiration enters at the border between hard work and laziness.” That suggests you’ve got to work hard and discipline yourself in order to earn the right to inspiration, but often the inspiration flows in when you’re goofing off or giving yourself some slack.

Traveling to Bowen Island just got a whole lot faster, easier, and fun with the introduction of the Granville Island Water Taxi service. Boris and I took it over to Bowen on friday evening, and came back on it Sunday night. It costs more than the regular bus and ferry combo, but getting home in an hour makes it all worth it. I’m looking forward to making the trip during daylight hours sometime and enjoying the view of Vancouver from the perspective of the water.

Good things from the weekend:
- Long naps on both Saturday and Sunday
- Adventures around Bowen with Boris and Kirsti that included a stop for hot chocolate
- Finding interesting objects for future art projects at the wild and crazy community garage sale
- Walking through the rainy darkness to and from the ferry
- Eating German apple cake and many other delicious things