sending down roots

My house is a cheery new shade of yellow. And the lease is renewed, which means another year in Kits for me.
And it means I can go even crazier on the garden.


Nothing is better than fresh garden peas.


Beets. A highly underrated veggie, in my opinion.



It's finally summer in Vancouver, in case that wasn't obvious.

green

My garden is growing! These pictures are my second set of window-sill starters - lettuce and bok choi and pansies. Peas and cucumbers and strawberries have been moved outside with general success. Radishes and sunflowers are also going strong... and I'm waiting on the rest. It's turning into quite the project.





As I result of all of this gardening, fashion has been abandoned. Sport shorts, first t-shirt at hand and hiking boots. My new uniform. There's constantly dirt under my nails and blisters on my feet.
But then Woo Vintage moved right next to my work on Main Street. I have found in the last little while that vintage stores on Main Street are very picked over, but Woo Vintage has stock that isn't the same tired plaid shirts and knit pullovers.
I found this neat little broach. Made of leather, it's a lady slipper orchid.

earthy things

We were delighted to find the UBC pottery club having a sale... and promptly bought these gorgeous blue and white dishes. Seriously, it makes eating that much better.
Plans are to join the pottery club next year.






Other projects include my garden - at this stage, it is not much more than some dug up beds in the backyard. But I bought a few plants this weekend, and today I planted some seeds. I've discovered it's actually pretty fun to grub around in the dirt, making big piles of weeds and soil. There is a reason why there aren't any pictures yet... it looks pretty horrible.
But my indoor collection looks neat and tidy!