Tree behind our place
Posted by Fiona on March 31, 2010 | 2 Comments
Last year I noticed a little tree behind our apartment building. It’s a fairly small, almost scrawny thing, but I liked how it was sort of growing around a rock. What also surprised me was how quickly it went from being all branches to having lots of little buds, to being in full bloom. The look of the tree really changed drastically. Over the course of the summer, I wished I had taken pictures of the different stages (by the time I realized this, it seemed a little late to start). I thought at the time that if we were still living in this apartment the next year, I should try to take photos of it. So here’s the first one…
My plan is to take one photo of it a month, starting roughly in April and going through the summer (if that’s possible for me this year!). Since today ended up being a warm and sunny day in Ottawa, I thought I should take the picture now. Other trees nearby are just starting to bud, and I didn’t want to miss the all-branch stage.
I also took a photo of this chalk drawing a few steps away. It looks like something I would draw if I were to doodle on the sidewalk.
New addition
Posted by Fiona on March 15, 2010 | 2 Comments
James and I finally got a dishwasher!
This is a really big deal for us. Having a dishwasher was pretty much the number one reason on our list of why we’d even consider buying a house, so it’s a relief to take that off as a priority (so now we only have to get a house if we are actually ready to buy a house).
Using the dishwasher is such a novelty right now. I think James ran the fourth load of dishes through it today (fourth since having it delivered to us on Thursday last week).
Here I am standing in front of the dishwasher:
And here James is getting ready to unload the (clean!) dishes:
We wheel the dishwasher into the kitchen when we’re ready to run it. So far, we’re pretty happy to have this as an option.
Another book
Posted by Fiona on March 15, 2010 | No Comments
I finished reading the latest book for my book club! A few weeks late, but I think I’m only the second one of us to finish it. I definitely enjoyed it.