Sunday Morning Snowstorm

A foot of snow between midnight and 3am.

We cut our way to Judith's sumac.

Ten Years After

Sometimes a picture arrives and you recognize yourself but have no idea when and where the picture was taken.

There are clues, like who sent it, who is cc'ed...

I still have that blue shirt, though a grease stain on the left breast makes it unwearable. I would have added it too my work clothes -- my gardening clothes -- but it is not that kind of shirt.

The person who sent me this picture is not the person who took it. The person who took it was cc'ed.

The picture might have been taken on Hornby Island in 2006 when Geoffrey and I visited the Shadbolt house and repaired Doris's herb garden.

(The picture was taken at a Van Dusen Gardens plant sale in Vancouver between 2003-2006.)

That's it. That's all I know.

Hornby Potters

Wayne Ngan, whose ceramics have recently found their way into the collections of some of the world's best-known contemporary art dealers, might be Hornby Island's most sought after potter, but it is Heinz Laffin's plates, bowls and cups that we break bread over.