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 […]
Van Dusen Gardens suffers snow damage
All the snow over the past couple days has been rough on our city’s trees. But perhaps the worst of it is that Van Dusen Gardens, a 22-hectare botanical garden in the heart of Vancouver, has suffered extensive damage. The Garden is reporting damage to over three dozen species of tree, both native and exotic. […]
Winter wonderful
My back patio this morning. Let me tell you about Vancouver. Viewed in light of the Canadian stereotype (igloos, sled-dogs, cops on horseback dressed in red, people saying “aboot” instead of “about,” Celine f*ing Dion playing on every stereo), Vancouver is the antithesis. (Actually, I’m not sure any part of Canada meets that sad criteria, […]
Feeling fertile?
It seems some celebs can’t go anywhere these days without exposing their no-so private bits. While no one really needs to see that, we admire flowers, while tending to forget that they are essentially a plant’s reproductive organs. Lysa Bromaroff reminds us by snapping Mother Nature in all sorts of compromising positions. Her company, Fertile […]
Matchstick garden
Stocking stuffer alert! The Matchstick Garden, available at the Curiosity Shoppe, is a cute invention that may even be useful for those who don’t have a lot – or any – room to store gardening equipment or tools. Each of these “matches” holds a few seeds. Rip it out, insert it into a pot of […]
Wish I’d thought of this…
How cool is this growing business card? It’s for a landscape architecture firm called Tur & Partner. It appears that it is embedded with seeds that, when watered, grow up through the landscape blueprints like little trees. Love it! Via Apartment Therapy.
Retro planters
Check out these funky retro planters from Pastense. First manufactured in postwar 20th century America, the planters reflected the era’s fascination with all things “space age” and “modern.” The Retro Bullet Planter is faithful to the vintage originals in shape, color, and the distinctive texture of compression-molded fiberglass. Available in three heights and many colours […]