I went looking for stuff but found treasure instead.
Day 9 - Language
Something might have gotten lost in translation….?
📍Osaka, Japan
Day 8 - Yonder
“How much farther?” huffed the husband.
“Almost there!” I huffed back
📸📍Mt. Misen hiking trail, Miyajima, Japan
Day 7 - Panorama
The day we went, there was major reconstruction work going on around the Parliament. Viewing it from this angle hid the cranes and scaffolding 😉
📸📍 Major’s Hill Park, Ottawa
Day 6 - Well
I assume there is one somewhere….
📸📍 Hobbiton, Auckland, New Zealand
I have a ton of yarns waiting to be transformed into wearable items. Among those are acrylic yarns that I amassed back when I was just starting to learn to knit by hand. I took a hard look at them and picked out Caron One Pound which is as big as a baby’s pillow. 100% acrylic. But who’s gonna know based on these pictures?
P.S. This color is the queen of pain when it’s time for official photos. I can never get it right.
P.P.S. I may be an able knitter but I can’t sew to save my life.
Day 5 - Forest
Found this forest on a paper coaster
📸📍Kyoto, Japan
Want something beautiful to start your day with?
Here you go… Happy Tuesday 💖
📸📍 Domain Wintergardens, Auckland, New Zealand
“Even when all hope seems lost, keep talking because somebody might be listening.” - Jeff Probst, Survivor 34.
Day 4 - Orange
There’s plenty more where they came from.
📸 📍Major Hill’s Park, Ottawa, Canada
Mila the Chonky goes into monorail mode again.
Day 3 - Precious
My Precioussss
I meant to walk to the corner store to buy some fresh essentials (and additional food for the cats) but it has been pouring since early this morning. It’s been wet, wet, and more wet the last four days. I guess we shouldn’t complain as water from the heavens represents blessing in more ways than one.
📸 📍 Diosdado Macapagal Blvd, Manila, Philippines
Day 2 - Buildup
How long before moss entirely covers up the rock?
📸 Mt. Misen in Japan
Who doesn’t wish that?
📷 taken in Mt. Misen on Miyajima Island, Hiroshima, Japan
Day 1 - Abstract
In silent contemplation
I finally got collars that fit both calico kittens. Now, the outside world knows there’s someone who takes good care of them.
ANOTHER LOOK AT HONG KONG IN 2023
Back in March, my son and I were beyond delighted to find out that we were among the winners in Cathay Pacific’s World of Winners campaign. We both won free round-trip tickets to Hong Kong. How cool is that? Before I left for Canada, we booked our flights (together with my husband who paid for his) to this very cosmopolitan country for July 6-9. The last time we were in Hong Kong was in 2006 and we did the usual touristy activities- Disneyland, Ocean Park, Victoria’s Peak, among other attractions. This time around, we will be braver and try to get around the twin cities of Hong Kong and Kowloon using a wider range of public transportation. Let’s see how we fare.
It started out as dried coconut with strawberry and blueberry. I wanted to recreate a Bounty (chocolate bar with coconut filling) dairy-free counterpart for Meg. But the coconut mix turned out too sweet so I chucked it in the freezer and abandoned the plan.
A week later, I took out the coco mix from the freezer and filled a bread dough with it. Roll, cut, two twists later, and voila, delicious coconut twist bread for breakfast. Never throw out anything that can be reused and recycled, LOL.
When I see dandelions, Sid the Sloth (Ice Age) starts to speak in my head : “A dandelion! Must be the last one of the season!”
I’ve been in Toronto for a good month already. Most days I am bored, crazy bored especially when my daughter has to go to work on-site. It’s good that my YouTube Premium subscription allows me to watch all sorts of videos without the ads. Frankly, I didn’t think I could use my paid account here where I am far away from my home in Manila. Anyway, I’m not one to complain.
I whipped up a batch of oatmeal cranberry cookies just because. I ate one and whoa, it’s good. Very, very good. It is crunchy around the edges while soft and chewy in the middle. It’s a recipe by John Kanell of the Preppy Kitchen YouTube channel. I subbed raisins with cranberries because they’re what I have available ATM. Here’s the link to the video if you want to try it yourself.
This is the most delicious cookie that I have ever baked. That I used oatmeal makes for guilt-free eating.
It was my first full moon in Toronto this year and I was in awe.
When I am knitting and the heretofore aloof cat decides to make my birthday (yup, turned a day older today May 3rd) extra special.
Mila is the floofy and fat one (her sister Misty is quite the princess) and she knows how or when to turn on the charm. Ah, yes, she watched the video tutorial with me. Adorable, isn’t she?
My daughter’s senior manager teased her, “Are you getting pampered by your mom yet?”
I told her to show him what we were having for dinner.
And so I thought I got this jetlag thing beat… I’ve been awake since 2 this morning. Sigh.
