14 October 12

It rained a lot and I only left the house so that I would have the things to make lentil soup.

13 October 12

Went for beers at the Alibi Room with Tamara, Steph, and Sarah. We were going to eat food there too but the wait was over an hour so we had dinner at the Irish Heather first. Then we were all old ladies and went home at like 10.

12 October 12

This poor chair sat on this street corner near my house for several days. It's too bad it got all rained on; it looked pretty nice otherwise.

11 October 12

10 October 12

the morning of the sale, everyone was out there waiting for the doors to open. they all wanted what they'd seen in those pictures.

09 October 12

Outtake from a photo challenge about legs. Click here to see the photo and words that go with it.

08 October 12

Stanley Park, from Coal Harbour. It's so beautiful there in the fall.
A couple more photos from this day here.

07 October 12

I went downtown to run some errands and saw this terrifying scene featuring ravenous pigeons on Granville Street.

06 October 12

We hosted an epic Thanksgiving dinner for 23 people. All our side dishes were vegan (excluding the turkey gravy and the stuffing that went inside the bird), and we had meat, fish, and vegan main courses.
pictured here: smoky lentil loaf, roasted beets, sage & rosemary stuffing, ginger-glazed carrots & green beans, cedar-planked asparagus with applewood smoked salt.
not pictured: maple-sage turkey with bacon, cumin-caramelized onion mashed potatoes, roasted garlic mashed potatoes, roasted brussel sprouts, maple-candied yams with pecans, mushroom gravy, tilapia fish cakes with mustard seed & cilantro, orange-fig cranberry sauce, butternut squash soup, potato leek chamomile soup.
desserts: pumpkin pie, vegan pumpkin pie, vegan apple pie, pumpkin cheesecake, cognac whipped cream, vegan coconut whip, vegan whiskey ice cream, vegan fig ice cream.

I was really glad to see Alice while she was in town, especially knowing I'm probably not going to see her until next May ;n; And even though Riley had to make his ferry back to the island and didn't get to stay for turkey, I was glad he could be there, since it's so rare to have the whole family together at once.
Our guests washed most of our dishes, which was a relief, and we had so much food that we ate leftovers for a week.

05 October 12

Thanksgiving fridge. Visible here: turkey, tilapia, ice cream being chilled, so many leeks, so many eggs, so many mushrooms, apples, celery, lentil loaf mixture. The drawers are jammed with vegetables, the freezer jammed with stock. Not to mention bags full of potatoes, squash, onions, garlic, and bread.