How can I go back to eating pale, store-bought, off-season tomatoes after harvesting and gorging myself on all these tomatoes I grew this summer?

Cusp-of-fall bounty, bound for Living Edge Market, which serves those experiencing food insecurity. Herbs, lots of collards, patty-pans, beets, tomatoes, kale and more. #communitycare ##communitygarden ##foodsecurity #gardening

Anyway. Tofino and Ucluelet are gorgeous. So worth the trip.

Driving home after a vacation. Stopped in Port Alberni for food and to stretch our legs. Random dude in a truck loudly yells "Fuck Mark Carney! Fuck Mark Carney!" at my husband, who's wearing an Elbows Up t-shirt and walking our tiny dog. Sir, this is a McDonald's parking lot. Calm your testicles.

Harvested 14 tomatoes today—not even half of what's still ripening.

The abundance continues. More produce from the garden, bound for Living Edge Market. I'm convinced that food insecurity is more a matter of supply-chain and communication breakdown than a scarcity of produce. Grow food. Share food. #communitycare #communitygarden #foodsecurity #gardening #solarpunk

Thai lime leaves (aka Makrut) grown and shared by a neighbour. Will freeze these for making curries, soups and other Thai-inspired dishes. I really love growing, accessing and sharing food outside of commercial channels. #foodsecurity

This week's bounty, bound for the local free-food market. Underneath all the leafy vegetables are beans and squash. The red-and-green bundle to the right is shiso, a member of the mint fanily, used in Vietnamese cooking. #communitycare #communitygarden #foodsecurity #Esquimalt ##yyj #vancouverisland

This weekend's delivery to the local free-food market that serves neighbours in need. We can grow food, share food, have food. In the face of scarcity and loneliness and the housing crisis and the climate crisis and rising food costs, we still have this. #communitygarden #foodsecurity #hopepunk

Remember that pile of mint and lemonbalm that a neighbour gave me a couple of weeks ago? Dehydrated it and mixed it together for a delicious calming tea. Kind of blown away by how little came from all those fresh herbs, though. #gardening ##greenwitch #herbalremedies

Dehydrated the calendula and have started to do the same with some borage. Soon I'll be making a soothing, summery salve. Am I...becoming a green witch? #gardening #greenwitch #herbalremedies #borage #calendula

About 16 cups of calendula, given to me by a neighbour. Will dehydrate it and infuse the petals in carrier oils to make salve. #gardening #herbalmedicine

Pondering the truth and consistency of nature's cycles and how we are bound to them—whether or not we realize it. There's a lot I don't know, but I know we can count on that. How do we want to be with that? How do I want to be with that? How do you want to be with that? #creativepractice #dailyart

Put together some herb bundles (mint, sage, oregano) for my colleagues, as a thank-you for supporting my balcony garden at the office. #foodsecurity #gardening

Making unholy sounds as I sample this cilantro-and-garlic-scape chimichurri made from ingredients grown at the community garden. This stuff is going on *everything* and won't last the week. In fact, it'll probably be devoured by Wednesday. #communitygarden #foodsecurity #gardening

Today a neighbour gave me this massive bounty of apple mint and lemon balm. Plucked, washed and dried what I could and now it's in the new-to-me dehydrator, on the lowest setting overnight. Hoping I'll wake up to some lovely tea leaves. #foodsecurity #foodshare #gardening

Sweet little bounty for the local foodshare organization, as shared by community garden members.Thyme, rosemary, a huge bunch of French tarragon (not showing all that well in the photo), lettuce, rainbow chard. #communitycare #communitygarden #foodsecurity #gardening #localfood

Harvested about 5 cups worth of cilantro today from my three cilantro plants. Also, scored some free bok choy from our shared produce stand. If you're on a tight budget, find your local community garden—they may have a free produce stand. #communitycare #communitygarden #foodsecurity #gardening

Fortified my pea trellis, tied back the peas, trimmed the borage, replanted some greens, used some borage leaves as temp shading. Will later shade those areas w/cheesecloth so the seeds can germinate without excessive heat. Going to try eating the borage leaves tonight. #foodsecurity #gardening

My borage, planted from seed in late April, is getting big and is about to blossom. #communitygarden #gardening #flowers #pnwlife #yyj

Came home to a sweet, surprise art care package from my fave local artist @jbirdmclaughlin, and the infusion of joy to my soul is DEEP. #abstractartists #yyj

Love this rose campion growing next to my workplace.

June vibe: Sitting in my #communitygarden after a watering sesh. The breeze and sun on my hair and skin. Listening to birdsong and the hum of bees. Two dudes nearby have a lively, sweary discussion about linguistics and the usefulness of different letters and break down pronunciation and sounds.

Today I wrote about feeling like goo. #midlife

Indulged in some car karaoke to kick off the long weekend. EPIC. CHEESY. EIGHTIES. #80s #genx youtu.be/qeFm-rM51K4?...

I was very kindly given permission to create a little balcony garden at work. Planted a couple of tomato plants today. The collards I rescued from a free pile. There's other stuff but it looks janky atm. The goal is whimsy, food sharing and delight. #communitygarden #foodsecurity #gardening

Finished off the chive blossoms by steeping them in white wine vinegar. Will keep in the fridge and shake every couple of days for a week or so—whenever it's nice and deep pink. Then I'll strain out the blossoms. #communitygarden #foodsecurity #gardening

Remember that abundance of chives I was talking about a week ago? Just made some chive-blossom butter with some of it. Will freeze this half-pound brick and keep the other half in the fridge. #communitygarden #foodsecurity #gardening

An abundance of chives has come my way. Considering trying this as well as chive pesto. #foodsecurity #gardening www.milkglasshome.com/chive-blosso...

I really hope we will see substance behind these words.

RIP, Mike Peters. I'll think of you when I feel the rain in the summertime. #genx youtu.be/8D6pPgwafq0?...

Relieved.

Election day—the last day of the countdown I've done almost every day for a month. Today calls for a song with substance and power. VOTE! #canadianfederalelection #yachtrock youtu.be/tt4cR9szMS8?...

Today's #yachtrock offering, with awkward dancing as a bonus: youtu.be/KPZv1KIaP1s?...

Today's groove as we inch closer to election day. #canadianfederalelection #yachtrock #yachtrockformentalhealth youtu.be/FIF7wKJb2iU?...

Yacht rock song du jour youtu.be/C8Y0SZrPdX0?...

Well, shit. Not even 18 hours after a car wash. Birds, why you gotta do me like that?

Got mah chives seeds in. C'monnnnn, chives! *gestures witchily* #communitygarden #foodsecurity #gardening

Got almost all of my seeds planted in my #communitygarden plot. Peas, borage, lettuce, spinach, arugula, radishes, beets, carrots. Soon: chives, tomato starts, companion herbs around the tomatoes. This is my first garden—have only grown a few things in pots—so I'm excited. #foodsecurity #solarpunk

Dramatic sky for our walk to the advance polling station. Lines were relatively short—in and out within fifteen minutes. By the time we get home I'll have exceeded my daily step count goal. Good start to the day. #canadianfederalelection #vote

Today's dose of yacht rock. I'll be glad when the election is done. Feeling rather tired of the noise and anticipation. youtu.be/STugQ0X1NoI?...

A bit late with today's #yachtrock song as we count down the days until the #canadianfederalelection. This is such a catchy tune. And I just recently found out that Mick Jagger sings backup—without credit. Apparently, he just did it for funsies. youtu.be/j13oJajXx0M?...

The #sky always has something going on.

Today's vibe. Smooth, mellow, chill. Listen to this when taking a friend to advance #vote. #canadianfederalelection #genx #yachtrock youtu.be/Uw5OLnN7UvM?...

The views are Saxe Point park are always beautiful, but somehow especially so when walking Yolanda.

Advance voting is happening this weekend! The lines are long, but make it a good time by listening to this banger. #vote #canada #canadianfederalelection #genx #optimisticnihilism #yachtrock youtu.be/FTQbiNvZqaY?...

Today's serving of retro fromage. Eleven days until the #canadianfederalelection. youtu.be/DnkHf069fvA?...

Floccinaucinihilipilification.

Today's #genx #yachtrock song leading up to the #canadianfederalelection: "Into the Night". Oh, the #eighties: when creepy older men singing "love" songs about sixteen-year-old girls was normalized. We don't want creepiness of any kind to be normalized. So #vote youtu.be/zWHjJt4833I?...