june theme song

Yesterday my mom and I were talking about the interview with Nora Ephron that was replayed on Q. Specifically, we were talking about this quote, from her book I Feel Bad About My Neck:

If anyone young is reading this, go, right this minute, put on a bikini, and don't take it off until you're 34.

This afternoon I was tying up Lexi outside the bakery and I kid you not,  a young woman wearing only a bikini and flip flops strolled by. It was a fairly modest bikini in navy blue and she looked totally good BUT STILL..... The two women who were having coffee on the patio, and were probably in their late 50s, gave me this "did you see that?!?" look. I gave them the "oooooh ya" look back.

So in honor of that girl....

the queen of my garden

I've long been a lily lover but thanks to the red lily leaf beetle (pictures are unfortunately from my garden), irises have taken top spot in my heart. And this native iris is by far my favourite. Swoon!

film noir rufus

8th annual girls camping weekend

Our exploration of Manitoba parks continued this past weekend with our second trip to Hecla / Grindstone Provincial Park. The weather was less crappy than in 2008 but it wasn't exactly a beautiful weekend. We managed a few hours of hiking on both Saturday and Sunday without getting rained on, and both nights we were able to sit around the fire, but the rest of the weekend was rain, rain, rain.

Since the main points of the weekend are to eat good food, drink good wine and catch up on each other's lives, it was still a great time. Now we do a recipe exchange (check out the inspiring website that Shaunna discovered!) and start planning for next year.

Ready for anything! 

The lighthouse at Gull Harbour

A brief burst of sunshine

new job

First real day of work at my new gardening job. Kind of forgot what manual labour is like and expect that I'll barely be able to move tomorrow morning. Stinkin' hot day. Drank two litres of water and only had to pee once between 9:45 a.m. and 6:45 p.m. Needless to say, I came home sweaty. And rather filthy. It's bad when you can smell yourself. But I had a great time!

This weekend is the 10th year for the girls camping weekend (though we skipped two years early on and Shaunna got married in 2010, so it's only our 7th actual trip). Will report back in three days...