There’s lots of great stuff in the December/January issue of Dwell magazine for gardeners. Here’s the low down. First up, there’s the Terradome Terrarium from ModernPast. I love this. It kind of reminds me of the Eames version but cleaner. Maybe I’d keep my indoor plants alive (I know, *shame*) if I had this. Then […]
Archives for December 2006
What should I plant here?
So, there’s this wall at the end of our courtyard. It’s actually another building – BC Fur, a small family-run business that, despite my father-in-law’s “jokes,” doesn’t deal in neighbourhood cats. To my relief, they only wash sheepskins. Or so I’m told. Anyhow, there’s this blank, north-facing wall (shown above around Halloween, obviously) that I’d […]
Remembering
Today is December 6. It’s been 17 years since a single gunman entered a classroom at l’Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal, separated the men from the women, and opened fire. Fourteen women died simply because of their gender. In Canada, we remember this as the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women. And […]
More carnage
Thought I’d take a break between eating cookies from the cookie exchange I went to on the weekend (a great idea with devastating consequences. What the hell am I going to do with 70+ cookies? Exactly: eat them. All.) and knitting furiously, in the name of trying to get gifts completed, to show you some […]