The end of an era

After years of renewing aozora.ca I finally decided to pull the plug and let go of the domain. I don't know why it was so hard for me to save $50 a year and not renew the registration of the URL, but somehow I couldn't let go.

Seeing that my last post was almost 1.5 years ago, I think it's time!

If you are reading this and want to keep up with some of the stuff that I'm doing, you can find me here!

In February this year, we would have celebrated 11 years of intermittent blogging. That's over a decade! The internet has changed so much since then. Thanks for the ride!

clear night and shooting stars... aozora tomorrow.

finally! a web 2.0-y blog reader/tracker thingy: bloglovin'

i've included aozora: Follow my blog with bloglovin

escape!

i'm heading back to vancouver soon and the homeward bound countdown has started.

i will be going back for 5 weeks and andre will join me for two of them. i'll be taking duke, but sadly especially since we are still looking for a home for petey, he will be staying here in toronto.

the aozora team will be reunited on the westcoast as well. i think a post that is co-authored maybe in order.

can't wait to drink in the moist, coastal air, to be surrounded by greenery and to take rambling walks in my old hometown with duke.

quick update!

what with foster beagles (we had a 3rd dog staying with us 2 weekends ago). i didn't have a chance to report that the aozora team was reunited for a short while. we took a roadtrip down from toronto to the big apple too!

more updates coming soon!

about hyedie

hyedie is a graphic designer by day and web-junkie/jack of all trades art maker by night. after years of grumbling about her day job, she finally realized that the 9-5, monday to friday job just isn't for her. so she made the leap into freelancing and despite the very unsteady pay, is loving it.

when hyedie isn't in front of her imac, trolling through the hundreds of craft/art/illustration blogs that she visits daily, she can be found at the park with her boyfriend, playing with their dog; taking naps with her dog on the couch; watching home and garden TV shows or reading and doodling.

originally from vancouver, she now lives in toronto with her boyfriend and ex-hunting beagle.

about bianca

bianca was born and bred in beautiful (and rainy) vancouver, canada. she studied fine arts at the university of british columbia, which eventually landed her a plum job at a call centre. she decided there were bigger adventures to be had -- and in 2004, packed her bags and sketchbooks and headed for bustling (and rainy) london, england with a two-year visa in her passport and a few hundred dollars in her bank account. three-years later, she still lives in "the big smoke" and currently works in graphic design for a fine arts museum.

if bianca didn't need money, she would spend her days painting (preferably next to a window that gets the late afternoon sun), baking cakes and muffins, and cooking yummy meals for friends and family. her favourite gadgets are (in order): her espresso coffee maker, her rice cooker from hong kong, and her lomo from russia (with love).

bianca currently lives in west london, in the top floor flat of a victorian house (where the servants used to live) with a very lovely and patient man, and his seven guitars.

about aozora

bianca and hyedie are two friends, who met in university while studying art in luscious vancouver, bc. although they are now both living away from their hometown, they both keep the city dear to their hearts while working as graphic designers in london (uk) and toronto (ontario) respectively.

aozora.ca was originally set up as a space to share their artistic experiments and separate blogs. blog posts dwindled as life became busier, but with this new format they hope to return to blogging and sharing their thoughts and creations.

2008 marks the fifth year that bianca and hyedie have maintained a website together.

clear night and shooting stars... aozora tomorrow.