"I know that the ones who love us will miss us."
Well said, Mr. Keanu Reeves. The exhale you make before you say this is very, very familiar. It’s the sound of someone that to their very core understands grief, it's real, raw and relatable.
It’s an exhale that hits me right in the feels ❤️💔.
I remember learning about the myth and tragic life/death of icon Blues musician Robert Johnson when I was a teen.
The legend was that he went to the crossroads near Dockery Plantation at midnight and sold his soul to the devil to become the best guitar player in the world. Within a year, Johnson would go from a novice guitar player to a master player whose sound would change the Blues world and become the roots of rock-n-roll.
Netflix's doc ReMastered: Devil at the Crossroads explores the myth and life of Robert Johnson. Go, watch it now!
Nora McInerny nails her TED talk about grief, it’s honest, genuine, funny, brilliant, and oh so relatable. I love when we can find humour that makes grief, dying and death a little easier.
Nora's husband died of GBM aka Brain Cancer just liked my mom.
This talk is great for those of us that have experienced grief first hand and those of you that are grief-adjacent (which is pretty much the EVERYONE).
ps - check out her stellar podcast Terrible, Thanks for Asking.
On Jan 6th, this beautiful soul left the world as he lay in my arms after I whispered to him it was okay to go. He passed away after a short, sudden and heartbreaking battle with Kidney Failure.
Beanie was a little kitty with a big personality that filled my heart with joy and love, he truly was one of the loves of my life. I will miss his headbutting summersaults, eye kisses, quirky meows, talent for self-petting, bossy snuggles, huge heart, vast capacity for unconditional love, sweet purrs, and so much more.
You will be in my heart forever Beanie, you taught me so much about love and I would not give up our time together for anything I only wish we had had more of it ❤️.
I take solace in the hope that you are sitting on my Mom's lap where ever she may be, and you are sharing with her your vast capacity for love with one of your one-of-a-kind snuggles.
I will always be grateful to Rhiannon for bringing this magical creature into my life, unicorns got nothing on Beanie. Thanks for dragging me to Pet Valu 11 years ago R. xx
As you all know I'm a bit of a history nerd and that includes the history of graphic design. One of my favourite periods of graphic design history is when they use to colourize B&W photos of food for both cookbooks and advertisements. To the modern eye, the photos looks absolutely disgusting but hey maybe if you've never seen coloured photos before you might just think they look delish! Below are some colourize photos that I found in a 1935 cookbook that belonged to my grandmother. My absolute fav photos in this book are the ones of the aspics, I find aspics to be weirdly fascinating. I love-hate them, the same way I love-hate colourized photos!
ps - If you find aspics interesting like me then check out food history podcast Foodstuff episode about aspics HERE.
Happy Halloween! Just remember don't drink the Kool-Aid!
I stopped by Yorkville Village today to check out Mode Canada 150's Then Now Next Fashion Retrospective curated by the Fashion History Museum. It celebrates 150-years of Canadian fashion history. The exhibit ends Oct 27th so if you want to check it out go now!
I love this awesome video on how vegan shoe brand Vegetarian Shoes makes their Para Boots. Their Para Boots are basically a vegan and ethically made version of Dr. Martian boots.
Listening to John and Clarence Anglin's 82-year sister lovingly talk about her brothers almost makes me believe that they survived their ingenious escape from Alcatraz in 1962, but only almost.
As per use Criminal: A Podcast hit it out of the park with their latest episode!
I was visiting my dad the other day in suburbia, and one of his neighbours who was a friend of my late mothers gave me a vintage camera that she had lying around in storage. She knew that I was a collector so receiving this camera was a real treat. The camera she gave me is very different than the ones I already have in my collection. It's a Kodak Vigilant Junior Six-20 a compact camera from 1939 - 1945. It would have cost around $39 at the time it was sold which is roughly $600ish today. In the pictures below you can see why the camera is compact!
Sticky Notes is another great film that uses dark comedy to capture both the essence of what a complicated and life-changing experience it is to take care of a dying parent and the grief that follows such a prolific loss.
ps - its available to watch on Netflix.
Just designed this logo for Durham Ontario-based Loving Hearts Day Care.
On a whim last night I decided to update my logo into something more "2017". I felt like I had reached the point where I had moved past the crafty, DIY, etsy-esque look of my old logo. I'm really digging my new more minimalistic, sleek, sophisticated, techy looking logo ❤️.
Summer hat goals via iconic 1960's Parisian actress Brigitte Bardot.
I found these vintage beauties rusting away in my father's garage. My father inherited them from my Mom's dad, and for two generations they've been used to hold nuts, bolts, odds & sods. These treasures are now mine to clean up and put on display in my apartment! I'm starting to have quite the vintage tin collection.
I found my Summer tuneage. I give you the sweet sounds of Hurray for the Riff Raff.
The Hooray For The Riff Raff's cover of The Ronette's Be My Baby is amazing. This song reminds me so much of my mom (miss you mom). She had a passion for dancing and music and introduced me to some great 1950's, 60's and 70's tuneage.
Cross stitching is making a come back in a very modern way. However, I still have an appreciation for cross stitching of the past like this piece that was created by my great-great-great grandmother in 1820 when she was eleven years old. Look at how detailed the almost 200-year-old piece is....
I just watched Cleopatra circa 1963 starring Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton. As Cleopatra, Elizabeth had 65 costume changes. The most costume changes ever until 1996's Evita. All of Elizabeth's costumes were amazing. However, I'm not sure how accurate they were, it was 1963 and all. My fave part of the movie was when during a confrontation between Cleopatra & Mark Anthony, Cleopatra's costumes drastically change at every cut, along with the actor's positions and scenery.
As promised my last coding project from my HackerYou coding class, my mock website for The Streets I Know. I created it with HTML, CSS (using flexbox!), some JavaScript and it's completely responsive!
