Lumen Festival is tomorrow in Waterloo. The city will be lit with artistic light displays all over town, and the evening is alive with crowds of happy people moving from one art installation to another. This is one of my favourite events in Waterloo.
Trumpet Flowers are already set up in the town square, and I’m looking forward to seeing these LED Swings.
It’s a great way to celebrate art and get people moving around outdoors.
Three TV shows I’ve watched or have been watching:
Butter. Parmigiano. Pasta. Salt.
How can four simple ingredients (+ water) result in such a delicious pasta? Magic!
Rob made Italian Chef Max Mariola‘s pasta alfredo the other day, and it was oh. so. good. I could eat it every day!
It’s Monday, which means most of us probably ask and get asked the “how was your weekend? question a lot.
Short answer: good.
Long answer:
I enjoyed a great weekend in and around Waterloo. It was sunny and warm, which meant I spent most of the weekend outside. I harvested a large colander full of cherry tomatoes from our veggie garden. We shared a meal with friends and saw Canadian musician Danny Michel perform at Bestival (the outdoor festival in Belmont Village). I enjoyed a long walk around Waterloo Park and watched the world go by as I sat on our beach (a small plot of sandy area overlooking the pond, which some people call a lake). I took my car through the car wash and then drove out to Stratford for lunch and shopping with a friend. I bought a ridiculous, amusing, and large octopus Jellycat that I will now consider an art feature / talking piece in our home.
And chores. There are always chores like laundry that get done on weekends. But noone likes to talk about that!
I’m glad I kept White Cabana alive even if I haven’t posted in two years. During this time, I have regularly shared links to old blog posts with friends (mostly for travel ideas). Each time I shared a link, I was able to have a little walk down memory lane, which made me smile.
And smiling is good.
Yesterday, I read through pages of my old blog posts. And you know what?
I really really really like White Cabana.
I have shared some beautiful spaces and objects over the years. I have shared some personal stories, too. I have shared so many travel photos. To my surprise, I still like just about all that I have shared. I was surprised to discover this actually. Even though a lot has changed in two years, there’s plenty that hasn’t.
I still dress in black and white.
I still use this Bentgo lunch box.
I still have an organized pantry in an antique French armoire.
I am still crocheting this blanket. Sigh.
I still would love a black and white striped sofa.
I still love doing the Globe and Mail crossword puzzle on Saturday mornings.
I still get this jumbo calendar each fall.
And I am still looking for the best kitchen garbage set-up. Help?
Reading years worth of my writing was interesting. It was interesting to observe the evolution of my writing and my blog. I clearly remember writing some posts, and I have no memories of others. I guess that’s natural.
Perhaps in two more years, I’ll be reading this blog post, remembering this time when I felt compelled to write.