"i say love" turtle card

"i say love" turtle card
Originally uploaded by happy d.

happy v-day or anti-v-day - whichever you'll be celebrating today.

i'm happy to announce that somebody (that i don't know) bought a set of my cards from new jersey! and, not a big feat for many sellers on etsy, but i passed the triple digit view mark for these cards :)

london: portobello market - brusselsprouts

london: portobello market - brusselsprouts
Originally uploaded by happy d.

the saddest time of the week - when you have to go to sleep, only to wake up to a full week's worth of work days.

the photo: an oldie from my 2005 trip to visit b in london. click on the photo to see b and her lomo in action.

headphone_catgirl

headphone_catgirl
Originally uploaded by happy d.

illo friday: cats

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très cute!!

i love all these star wars parodies, but did you guys ever try this? it's the best: the sith sense

darth vader can read your mind in 20 questions. sometimes it took more than 20 questions, but he read my mind every time! i even thought of a turnip and he read my mind.

busy week! last night was m.i.a.'s concert (astro is right, very exotic music but i found many of her songs sounded the same) and tomorrow night is metric. coincidentally both concerts were/are at the phoenix concert hall. so along with obligatory dinners and parties this upcoming weekend, my explorations into hermit-hood have to be put on hold for this week ...

which is a little bittersweet because i want to populate my new online store with more items! my paypal verification went through and now i can start promoting the happy d five-and-dime. what do you think?

the mystery seed that 'a' planted at the you grow girl book launch party was a sunflower. which is a funny coincidence b/c along w/ my cosmos seeds, i sowed sunflowers too. three out of the four are developing heads, so hopefully i will have 3 more nice sunflowers blossoming on my balcony.

although, i'm probably jinxing my sunflowers by assuming that they'll bloom. earlier in the summer i thought i would have a bountiful harvest of tomatoes, but instead i only have 2-3 tomatoes on each of the plants. booo

lessons learned from my first year of balcony gardening is that plants need bigger planters!

a nice weekend just chilling with friends, i think people find the temperatures a bit more bearable these days with the rains alleviating a lot of the humidity. last night we spent the evening talking and laughing on a balcony of the george weston house on historic palmerston blvd. the house, like many turn of the century houses in the annex district, has been converted into apartments, but has retained the beautiful foyer and main, wooden staircase. the lobby area even has a 'g' and 'w' monogram created out of tiles.

tonight i made a pretty successful attempt at hiyashi chuka (japanese style, cold chinese noodles). i think i did ok, but next time i'll have to add a bit more vinegar to the sauce (kakejiru). a friend brought sake and another couple brought daifuku for dessert. a very japanese evening indeed!

some cool canadian chicks:

• esthero's follow up album is finally released! a departure from the moody first album, with stronger social commentaries and colabos with sean lennon and andre 3000.
• i've been keeping my eye on jillian tamaki since i saw her illos in the applied arts illustration & photography annual last year. her illos always have so much detail and great colour schemes. you can see her illos in the arts & entertainment section of cbc.ca (i've been visiting almost daily to see if there are any new jillian illos) and magazines like bust and the new yorker. wow!
• ... and you can't get any cooler or cuter than metric, well unless you are feist.