Farm Life

The family farm located in the northern regions of the Philippines. It's the most fertile land I have ever seen. They grow absolutely everything there. My next post will feature some of the plant life.

Room with a view

Carlo and I just got back from the Philippines. We had to make a stop over in Manila, and we were happy to find the newly built Manila Marriott Hotel. It was a gorgeous resting spot, one which I'm sure we will stay at again, but it did not feel like an accurate reflection of the city itself. The city at large presents a very different experience, one we sadly did not have time for on this trip.

Frosty Morning

Was taking an early morning walk near the duck pond in West Vancouver, and heard a peculiar cracking noise. On closer inspection it turns out the noise was coming from the swans on the pond using their beaks to blow a path through the ice that had formed on the surface of the water over night. Quite wonderful to watch. Wish I'd taken a film, but only got these photos.

Eley Kishimoto

My faves. Thought I'd share.

What we lack in snow we make up for in twinkle lights.

Love this town!

Star Light Star Bright

Re: Threads of Feeling

"From 1741 to 1756, women leaving their babies at the Foundling Hospital were invited to leave a token with the child as means of identification should they ever be in the unlikely position to return and reclaim them [...] These textile fragments, held at present in billet books at the London Metropolitan Archives, are too fragile to be put on permanent display. They have been touched by few and still bear the experience of the maker and the wearer. Close inspection reveals the hand-stitching that seals a hem or finished a cuff - a link to the individual who wore them more than 250 years ago and a reminder of their desperate plight and awful decision." (Selvedge Magazine, n.36 Sept/Oct 2010)

I find this to be an extraordinary redefining of fashion's ability to create identity. Fabric is an amazing medium in terms of its ability to retain memory, and this just reminds me how seriously undervalued it is in the art world.