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Another sleeve session with Jude. It wasn't as bad as the previous two — maybe because of my cycle or maybe because the area was just easier... either way it was a funny comparison with me reading a graphic novel while she worked vs. the guy ahead of me wailing like a toddler. Still plenty of work to do, but at least now the tattoo looks a little more like one complete picture instead of two half-finished ones. Afterwards I was still feeling good so I met Jeff at the Wallflower for a beer & some food before going home to chill in front of the tv.

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I went to visit Amanda on the Sunshine Coast for the weekend, since she would be moving out of her little cabin at the end of the month and wanted to have a small farewell party. Dan & Tim were there too, and kindly offered me a ride back (I had quite the adventure trying to take the bus from the ferry dock). We went to the Persephone brewery, cooked hot dogs on the campfire, made focaccia bread, and smoked weed under the stars. The next day Kaylie and her girlfriend stopped by, which was nice because I hadn't seen her in months (or more). We sat on the patio at the coffee shop eating pastries and doing the NYT crossword, and then waited a bajillion years to get on the ferry. At least it gave me time to get gelato...

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Sometimes you need to face mask.

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Bo & Su being adorable at our barbecue. Jeff & I decided that with the free case of wine we won, we just had an outrageously large amount of wine, so we had some friends over to eat food and help us through some. Between 12 of us we managed to polish off 10 bottles! Not bad, friends, not bad.

12x12: May

CedarCreek Winery. Visited quite a few new wineries this year; some excellent, some not very good.


Chris & Jesse outside Summerhill. Who needs wine when you have kids' toys?

This is so west coast: their wine is organic, and aged in a pyramid because they believe the sacred geometry has an effect on it. Their wines WERE delicious, so who am I to say?


Tantalus Winery & Kristina.

Went to two disappointing wineries in a row and debated skipping the last and just calling it a day, but luckily we persevered and it turned out to be one of the best.


Bench Market in Penticton.

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Wine trip! The weather was lovely & so was the company. We went to a lot of new places, some not as good as expected, some incredible. Most of us bought just as much wine as last year, plus Jeff was the winner in a draw for a free case from the Okanagan Falls region, so we may have come home with four cases of wine.
You can view all the photos I took on this trip here.

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Bit of a copout I guess since it's only my hand, but it's the only shot I could find for that week. A page from my copy of Wreck This Journal, which I was really excited about for the first couple weeks but seem to have been ignoring lately...

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Chris at the May cookoff (with Kristina in the background). I won, with a macadamia nut & cashew cream tiramisu. It was a lot of work but was totally worth it!

12x12: April

Ohhhh my god I am overwhelmingly behind on photos, it's a little anxiety-inducing. BUT here are my twelve shots from April. The colour ones are Kodak Portra & Fuji Instax; the black & white are Kodak TMax.

Jeff & Dad, when we had him and Sharon over for a dinner of risotto & halibut.

I did a maternity shoot with Madeleine; who was about six months along at the time. She did not want me to share nudes on the internet, but we shot some film and a handful of digital exposures, some of which turned out quite nicely.

The view from Madeleine's apartment.

Bo & Su in the backyard, where we spent the afternoon eating snacks and drinking booze and then retiring inside to watch the Purple Wedding episode of Game of Thrones, where we cheered & clutched each other in horror & joy.

Gregg looking like a cool dad.


Obviously I didn't actually take this photo of myself in my ridiculous gardening hat (Gregg did), but I like it too much not to share.
Family dinner! I always forget how much I miss Riley until he's in town and we laugh so much.