Loving Pasta

There are so many ways to enjoy pasta...once you have been to Italy, eating pasta is uncomplicated and good..lunch on the deck, or a light supper with a crusty piece of bread and a salad..you are good to go....served with some salmon, lemon basil dressing, a few olives, shaved parmesan cheese ...delicious.

"Two" cute to pass up

Finally, a score! A pink gooseberry cinderella bowl....hopped right into my hands.."Happy Mother's Day" to me..these two little cats are a bit scarred, a chip here and a part of a bow missing. Cute and kitschy....they will be given as a gift....

Lunch tomorrow...

I love magazines, but hate to give them away, so the pile up in nooks and crannies..going digital really works for me, they are always there for me to read. I capture the recipes and file them away. This is what I will make for lunch tomorrow..summer at it's best.








these recipes from Martha Stewart June 2013

Vancouver love...

A trip to Granville Island Market is always a must for me..the produce, the flowers, the sights and sounds of a busy harbour..on a sunny day, it would be hard to find a more beautiful place. Of course it helps having a friend such as Shirley who lives aboard her boat "Adelante" right at False Creek. We shared a wonderful day, a walk around Strathcona ( Frosso's) neighborhood, getting fresh spotted prawns for supper, indulging in an afternoon movie ( The Great Gatsby) eating those wonderful prawns and catching up on our lives..... it doesn't get any better than this!

Saying the final goodbye to the "Girls"

Last week we finally put our two old Dalmatians to rest. They had both passed away in 2009. We bought a beautiful "Toba" Hawthorne tree in their memory..as we poured their ashes into the hole, planted the tree and said goodbye, my heart was full of emotion, a sadness swept over me and my eyes filled with tears..Jim felt the same strong sense of loss as I did..they were such sweet old girls..Cookie was 15 1/2 and Pebbles was 13 1/2..- a long good life well lived.












Last Night
I stood by your bed last night, I came to have a peep.
I could see that you were crying, You found it hard to sleep.
I whined to you softly as you brushed away a tear,
"It's me, I haven't left you, I'm well, I'm fine, I'm here."
I was close to you at breakfast, I watched you pour the tea,
You were thinking of the many times, your hands reached down to me.
I was with you at the shops today, Your arms were getting sore.
I longed to take your parcels, I wish I could do more.
I was with you at my grave today, You tend it with such care.
I want to re-assure you, that I'm not lying there.
I walked with you towards the house, as you fumbled for your key.
I gently put my paw on you, I smiled and said " it's me."
You looked so very tired, and sank into a chair.
I tried so hard to let you know, that I was standing there.
It's possible for me, to be so near you everyday.
To say to you with certainty, "I never went away."
You sat there very quietly, then smiled, I think you knew...
In the stillness of that evening, I was very close to you.
The day is over... I smile and watch you yawning
and say "good-night, God bless, I'll see you in the morning."
And when the time is right for you to cross the brief divide,
I'll rush across to greet you and we'll stand, side by side.
I have so many things to show you, there is so much for you to see.
Be patient, live your journey out...then come home to be with me.
Author Unknown

Today

I received this lovely postcard from my dear friend, Koralee..It is me to a T..I am always scheming on how to fit a few extra minutes into my day to go to some of my favorite thrift stores..Thank you for this Koralee, I think I will frame it, or use it as a tag for my purse when we go to the Farm Chicks Show in two weeks.

Market flowers..

Going to the Granville Island Market is always such a treat..heavenly flowers everywhere, the memories of their scent remains long after the flowers have gone...here are a few photos I took of these flowers that caught my eye. Thanks to my really good friend, Shirley for the amazing dinner aboard her boat..wonderful treat my friend!