FIFA watch party at Market Square, downtown Victoria, BC. Lots of awesome Canadian spirit! 🇨🇦

One of my favorites — Peter Henry Emerson, Gathering Water-Lilies, 1886.

Another beach treasure today. Hope you can work it out. 💕

Maybe there’s a tiny message inside.

The ‘dog days’ of summer get their name due to their association with the Dog Star, Sirius, found in the constellation Canis Major. The first visible rising of Sirius occurs during the hot stretch from early July to early September. Woof.

On a short journey, visiting yesteryear.

Mates, I’m not getting any younger, and there many great books yet to read. Away I go to the Salinas Valley to find out what happens between those beckoning and brooding mountains. #steinbeck #thetimeisnow

A heart petal blown in on warm winds from another life.

✨The final episode has arrived!✨ Watch Episode 9: Hoisting Anchors from ‘The Time Pirate Who Waits Ashore’. 🕰️Thank you so much to all who followed the Time Pirate on her journey! Link in bio or watch it here: youtu.be/zqyk0gUbkWI #thetimepiratewhowaitsashore

Washing wild strawberries for tiny pots of strawberry jam

Tiny film poems to sit in a corner of your heart. 💕 #canlit #timepirate

Book Cover of the Day:

Running out of words we listen simply to the sea. #artinspired #haiku #senryu

First year with these beauties in the garden!

Picked this up while treasure hunting books for my free little library. As you know, I often read books by serendipity. “Written by a farmer who is also a poet,” Jim’s storytelling is so easy on the ears and heart! 🫐🩵

Same. 🐝🥰

The collection noun for sea thrift blossoms is a wave.

Good morning from the cozy spot.

Never be in a hurry; do everything quietly and in a calm spirit. Do not lose your inward peace for anything whatsoever, even if your whole world seems upset. ~ Francis de Sales Je Shen (China b. 1973)

My favorite mother’s day cartoon from the stupendous @rosemarymosco.com

Birthday cake for breakfast. 🌅 If you see this, my wish is for you to simply share your human light today, somewhere in your corner of the world. ✨

Sailing into the blue today.

Some sunshine for you.

Annual pilgrimage to see the wild camas. 💙

I offered him a bowl of water; he accepted and then asked for the cheque. “I like this café,” he said. “The rooftop bar is especially nice.”

Apparently he’s here for the all-you-can-eat magnolia petal buffet. 🦚

My neighbour just texted me an urgent night message….there is a large peacock roosting on our roof. Be prepared for early morning squawking! 🦚 #yyjproblems #trulylovemycity

Apple blossoms have emerged on my wee tree. The worms have not ravaged them this year. I’m hopeful for a small basket of apples this fall. 🩷💚

Painting by Emma May Riley, ‘Glass of Water’ 2013. Oil on Canvas. Size 23.6 W × 35.4 H

Thrifted a mirror and hung it up today. My writing room refresh is feeling so much lighter now. ✨ #stillnotwriting #oneyearhiatus

A moment in our little Chinatown today. 🩷 #yyj

When the magnolia blossoms start to fade, they offer such a cheerful confetti. 🌸✨

Saved to my photo roll, for times when I need to remember these beautiful human beings and #Moonjoy

Beautiful story of a man bonding with a robin.

The Finnish word for an auction, huutokauppa, means “shout market” (or “shouting shop”) * read on for more of my favourite Finnish words (a thread in honour of today being Day of the Finnish Language)…

#levity ☺️

It's only worth going back to the Moon if it makes us look properly again at Earth, and appreciate how beautiful, precious and fragile what we have here is. The most famous images from Apollo aren't about the Moon - they're pictures of Earth. We need to stop taking our home for granted.

"Pink Moon Over Water". Georgia O'Keeffe. 1923 #WomensArt #fullmoon #Pinkmoon

The only star I would not return to the sea! ☺️

It is good medicine to stand under the soft canopy of a blossoming cherry tree. 🌸

Jef Bourgeau Girl with Yellow Hat

Little pop of colour on a rainy day.💕 #birbs #borbs

Artist ShouXin brilliantly captures the range of personalities of cats with his energetic pencil drawings. trib.al/R9wjsog

Thrifted (saved) an original Canadiana watercolour painting, and took it to the framing shop today for some love. 💚🩵 I hope the artist in the Great Beyond is smiling, knowing her work is bringing me joy.

Wow! A news announcement that made me spring ahead with joy! 🌟 #PacificTimeAllTheTime

When you notice a prism of light on the ceiling for the first time. ✨

Just heard two barred owls, calling back and forth to each other over the pine treetops, a long conversation under the crescent moon. My Swedie: We can never ever leave this place. ✨🦉❤️

Entranced and enchanted by this! ✨😍

Trees in the Sky, 1939 by Canadian painter Emily Carr #womensart

We found a bumblebee on our cold driveway tonight, immobile but one leg still moving. I moved her to rest beneath the heather bush, surrounded by gentle layers of dried leaves. I keep thinking about her tonight, her fate in nature’s hands…hoping my small intervention is helpful and forgivable. 🥺