666 - Packing day

Spent the day sorting, folding and packing things up.
Tons to be dropped off at Value Village, recycled and thrown away. Watching episodes of Desperate Housewives as I sort, fold and pack...

Ended the day with a good food day, a clean, uncluttered kitchen...and lunch for tomorrow in the fridge.

Grateful today for
a productive day,
and the flowers from B+G.

665 - Day at Home

Last night my mate and I were both feeling a bit of a cold.
A day at home with my mate, staying warm and resting.

Posted a photo of JYC - So grateful to be photographing him.

Grateful today for
a warm and healing day at home.

664 - Kenny

This morning we put Kenny's ashes to rest.
A service outdoors in the rain with family by Pastor Choi and then lunch together.

Grateful today for
a day remembering Kenny.

663 - Beautiful Sunday

A beautiful sunny Sunday!
A glorious day for a walk with my mate in the East Don Parklands. After our walk, we visit with Bill + Pauline.

In the evening, we go to a theatre to see the premiere of Puzzleface...the video that my mate and I were in earlier this year.

Grateful today for
the beautiful weather today,
the incredible forests we walked through
and the beauty of nature.

662 - Wellington

After a market morning, we stop in to see Wellington. It is progressing nicely.

Looking forward to seeing it all come together - and moving in.

Grateful today for
good progress at Wellington,
and the people who are making it all happen.

661 - Night at the Circus

Went to a Brown Bag lunch talk at the AGO this afternoon to see photographer/artist Todd Eberle. An enjoyable talk and lunch included.

In the evening we go to see the Cirque du Soleil show - MJ the Immortal. Show was great.

Grateful today for
a learning and entertaining Friday.

660 - Dehydrator day

After watching the Krazy Kracker lady, I spend the day making dehydrated crackers. 4 trays of crackers and 1 tray with 'onion rings'.

Made from carrots, tomatoes, celery and flax seeds and dehydrated for 10 hours / side. Very tasty!

Grateful today for
all the 'how to' videos online,
the people who post them,
and for a successful first time dehydrating.

659 - Busy Wednesday

Today was the last class in Naturopathic Medicine.
I am amazed at how quickly the classes went by.

One of the ladies in the class brought in a documentary - Forks over Knives. Watched it in the afternoon - another fantastic movie about food + health.

The evening is rainy and blustery as I go out with ceeBEE to see the World Press Photos and dinner at Mercatto on Bay.

Grateful today for
a full and busy day,
and a fun time finding our way in the Path with ceeBEE.

658 - Raw Entertaining

Always so great to have a Maria day. Huron truly sparkles after she is here.

Today the Macbook Pro returned home - a new machine.
Works beautifully and I got out of the store without buying anything...whew!

Had a good friend over for a raw lasagna dinner - made with eggplant, zucchini, tomato sauce and nutty 'cheese' layers.

Grateful today for
more great raw meals,
and friends to share them with.

657 - Raw 'bulgogi' wraps

A great day of exercise and raw food.
Lunch with my mate is a big green salad with alfalfa sprouts, and sunflower seeds with a lemon, olive oil dressing.
Dinner is raw 'bulgogi' wraps - with shitaki mushrooms as the 'meat'.

Grateful today for
Ani Phyo and her raw food recipes,
especially the Korean influenced ones!

656 - Lost Day

In catching up on my posts - today was lost.
Between the 4 of us at Huron, none were able to remember what had happened today.

The only thing for certain is the photograph taken in the morning at my Imac station.

Grateful today for
the beautiful morning sunlight in the living room,
our garden of plants,
and for memories from photographs.

655 - Crossing town

Had breakfast at Paddington's this morning - our usual market morning. Great to see Isabella back after her surgery - amazing how much energy she brings to the place.

After the market, we try to cross town...unsuccessfully.
The combination of the Scotia marathon and occupy toronto make it too challenging to cross the city.

Grateful today for
Isabella at Paddington's,
and a lively city.

654 - Neighbourhood Changes

The view from the kitchen window is changing.
Our usual view of graffiti on garage doors has become a construction zone. In all our years at Huron, rarely have we seen the inside of the garages.

Grateful today for
our neighbourhood,
and change.

653 - Catching up

10 days have gone by - catching up today on my posts.
Photo today is from a movie we watched tonight - Tron.

Watching this scene, I felt a tie to our recent diet changes...a fight scene turns into us taking control of our health - battling all the mis-information out there...

Grateful today for
a movie night with my mate,
and for our diet changes.

652 - Nutrition

In the last few days, I have heard of a few vitamin studies - studies that made vitamins look bad. Somehow not so surprising news coming a few days after "Food Matters" was available online for free.

Our class today was on Nutitional Medicine. Very interesting and informative.

It seems the more I learn, the more questions I have.

The body is a complex thing...

Grateful today for
a good class,
great workout,
and for a nutritious day.

651 - Alexandra @ 6 months

I have been taking photos of a pal's daughter every 2 months.
Today was the 3rd session - It truly is amazing to see how she has grown.
An adorable little beauty.

Off to the health food store to stock up on more raw yummies.
Still, can't resist the leftover turkey...

Grateful today for
a fun photo session with Alexandra,
a great health food store only a few blocks away,
and for Thanksgiving leftovers.

650 - Turkey #2

A glorious day for our second Turkey meal with family.
This time with the Song family.

My recollections of Song family thanksgiving meals are of a Canadian / Korean mixed meal. This year's dinner, made by rocketgirl, was an all Canadian meal - delicious and great.

After our luncheon, we go to the East Don Parklands for a walk. The forests are beautiful and massive salmons are seen swimming up river.
A beautiful and perfect thing to work off all the food...

Grateful today for
the wonderful summer like day,
a lovely Thanksgiving day,
and for all that is.

649 - Turkey #1

Incredible weather continues for Thanksgiving gatherings.
Thanksgiving in shorts is the BEST!

Snuggly cute moments with Jaiden, Liam and Cody...
Dinner by the pool while the turtle swims about getting his exercise...
So much to be grateful for.

Grateful today for
family gatherings,
Chef Straw and his incredible meal,
and for the glorious weather.

648 - Saturday in the Kitchen

A full house today with 2 more at Huron.
After a trip to the market, the day is spent in the kitchen - reading, making makis, chatting and eating.
Gazing out the kitchen window, I think of all the wonderful times we have had at Huron.
While I am sad to leave this neighbourhood - I know that fun times will continue at Wellington.

Grateful today for
all the people that have passed through Huron and made it such a special place for us,
and for a quiet evening moment drinking a beer with my mate in the park.

647 - Back to the Apple Store

Last night the mac book pro stopped working. No signs of life.
So...back to the apple store to have a genius look under the hood.
Looking under the hood - water damage is spotted - which means a new logic board.
My lucky day - the repair not typically covered under warranty is going to be covered.
Grateful for this, I decided to buy an ipad...now I am fully mac'd.



Grateful today for
Steve Jobs - thank you for all that you brought to our lives.

646 - Looking under the hood

A glorious fall day started with picking up my mac book pro - fixed!
On the way home, a quick visit with cosmic C and Maya at the Metro farmer's market and then home to set up my mac book pro.

Later in the day a visit with Scott.
A conversation about looking under the hood (of people)...As I looked for a picture to post - this one seemed to fit.
What I think may be under a hood - may or may not be there - not unlike the shadows and the unconnected stairs.
Seems that looking under a hood requires great caution.

Grateful today for
the beautiful weather,
and visits with friends.

645 - Botanical Wednesday

Our class this morning is on Botanicals - an amazing world of plants, and herbs.
With each class, my brain is stretched. There is so much information presented - so much I do not know.
My brain wants to package things and make them simple to understand and apply....
Yet, I know that life just ain't like that.

After class, a lovely lunch with Uncle Stu and Cosmic C at Live Food Bar.
A chic pea burger with a bun that the Elven Queen would enjoy - helped to get falafels and burgers off my mind!
Walking home on Huron is peaceful and beautiful. What an incredible day it is!

Grateful today for
the beautiful weather,
brain stretching information,
and for the Live Food Bar.

644 - Maria Day

Maria is here today - making Huron sparkly and shiny.
14 years with Maria, she is a part of the family.
There are no words to describe the luxury of a "maria bed".
Sad today that my mate is off to Edmonton and won't be in the maria bed with me tonight.

In the evening, I have an incredible dinner with 3 boys at Lee's.
Arrived earlier than the boys to have an oyster caesar and some edamame.
A great meal with lively conversation ranging from Nascar to raw food diets and all kinds of fun stories.

Grateful today for
a clean and sparkly home,
a fun evening out,
and Maria.

643 - The Moose Factory

Spent the morning getting organized...and the afternoon planning with the cosmic duo for a trip next June.
Through it all, I was soaking and blending nuts - almonds, sesame seeds and cashews to make veggie dips.
A nutty planning sorta day...

In the evening, my mate and I go to the moose factory to meet Sarah Thomson - Trinity Spadina's Liberal candidate. Great to meet her and Charles Pachter...and I got my first gift for JYC!

Grateful today for
the incredible city we live in,
the people who care about our city,
and for Canada Counts!

642 - Sleepy Sunday

A slow sleepy sunday...
Cleanup from last night's dinner is not too tough - thanks to BEE who took care of the kitchen last night.

Always great to have a relaxing day, snuggling with my mate in his nest.

Sad to hear of the death of a neighbour in a house fire and the death by shooting at Trinity Bellwoods...

Grateful today for
a quiet sleepy sunday.

641 - Super Saturday

Early start at the market, a cycle ride and a short rest before going out for a set at the Pilot.

Back home and preparing maki and kale salad for 8...spaghetti squash by BEE and mushroom pizzas by Cosmic C...
3 steaks were grilled with a rack of ribs to share - Leftovers: 2 full steaks and very few veggies. Wow. That's a definite switch for meals at Huron.

After dinner, we are all off to roam the streets in the Nuit Blanche crowds.

Grateful today for
a full day of activity,
the great meal made by all,
and for no rain while we were out at Nuit Blanche.

640 - More Maki Fun

A day spent cleaning the kitchen.
Clearing out old stuff to make room for new stuff.

Productive day ends with a workout, experimenting with makis (w/out rice) and an relaxing evening.

Grateful today for
quiet Friday nights.

639 - Supercharged Thursday

Starting at Metro Hall's market...walking with Cosmic C + Maya south through the green spaces..
A visit with ceeBEE and then more walking to Kensington Market for lunch at Urban Herbivore.

When my mate arrives home, we go out for dinner...to Live Food Bar.

Our meal is shared - an appetizer sushi, and the raw combo of pizza, tostadas, curry 'pasta' and ravioli.
Dessert is a decadent chocolate tart - only a few bites and the rest a take home for later.

Walking down Huron from top to bottom after dinner, paw'n paw with my mate...
A perfect end to a supercharged day!

Grateful today for
great vegan and raw restaurants in Toronto
cosmic C - for all the walking, talking and eating together - thanks so much for your excitement + enthusiasm,
and my open minded mate for sharing this raw journey together.

638 - Full Raw Day

After our class - today's session on homeopathy, we walk back to Huron for a multi-tasking workout...
As we workout, we watch Food Matters. Whew! Glad I had watched it twice previously...



Dinner is Spaghetti Marinara - raw, noodles are zucchini - and Asian Raw Kale Salad

A fully raw day ends with a great Scrabble game, and the arrival of our favorite dawg to the 'Flying Dawg Hotel'.



Grateful today for
the life energy in raw foods,
supportive friends,
and for my first raw dinner turning out tasty.

637 - Any Given Tuesday

The morning seems to zip by and I am having lunch with my mate at Yes to fresh.
After lunch, my favorite princess and I go to see the Envision Christmas gift samples...always good to spend time with princess.

Returning home, I get a haircut at the 'mysterious' place at the corner...just a few steps away from our door...
a fun experience meeting a neighbour and my mullet is gone.

Dinner is raw at Rikishi with Uncle Stu...and then to the Rivoli for a game of pool.

Grateful today for
great energy that carried me effortlessly through the day,
an afternoon with princess,
and viewing pool through the lens WITH good settings.

636 - JYC visits GoMo

After a workout with Maylee and my mate,
JYC comes with his ma, pa and grandma to visit Gomo, that's me! ('Aunt' on father's side, in Korean)

An afternoon walk to Grange Park, where JYC plays and runs after squirrels.
A light bite in Chinatown and they return home.

In the evening, mate and I have much energy...alone and undecided as to what to do?!
Time to relax in the quiet...and snuggles.

Grateful today for
MunHee - her loving and communicative relationship with Justin is beautiful to see,
time with family,
and especially for snuggles with my mate.

635 - Matie's Maki

Out for a walk in Kengsington Market - and it's pedestrian sunday!
It is a perfect sunny sunday and the market is filled with people.
Musicians in the street, latin foods cooking, reiki treatments and all the greatness of the neighbourhood.

Returning home, my mate makes beautiful and delicious maki for us to take to dinner tonight at Clareville.
We have a lovely visit and meal at Clareville.

Grateful today for
pedestrian days in the market,
my mate's maki,
and for the lovely visit this evening.

634 - Wedding fun

Off to the market again...our fridge overflows with fresh greens and fruits.
It is a beautiful sunny Saturday.

The day is relaxed and I finish reading 'the Help' - a book I could not put down and read in 2-3 days.

In the evening, I am off to see faces from a long time ago at a wedding reception.
The reception is at the top of the city at Canoe. A setting sun is the backdrop for a lovely meal and a great time.

Grateful today for
the facebook friends who recommended books to read,
an evening of celebration with friends and family,
and for a fun time dancing!

633 - Different Kind of Dinner

Rainy and dark today.
Feeling good energy from the raw foods this week.
After 5 days of adding raw foods, green drinks etc.. I am happy that we have had minimal amounts of meat and other cooked foods.

Dinner ideas are a bit more challenging and I continue to work through the different recipes...
Tonight, we noshed on maki rolls - with brown rice, carrots, celery, pickles, avocado and sunflower sprouts.
Turned out quite delicious and more filling than I thought they would be.

Grateful today for
a good week of good food,
and especially grateful that kimchi is a raw food!

632 - Apple

Two days ago, I went to the Apple store to see if they could have a look at my misbehaving MBP.
uh, oh...no appointment.
This morning I went back - with an appointment.

Arriving at the store 5 minutes before it opens, there are already 20 people waiting for the store to open.
As we file in, I cannot help but feel I am in a strange cultish environment...Still, I love their technology...

Grateful today for
the extended warranty I forgot I had,
the quick service at the Apple store
and a new hope that my MBP is not completely dead!

631 - Superfoods

Off to my second class - this one was on TCM - Traditional Chinese Medicine.
Quite interesting and so great to be learning for learning's sake!

Workout with Maylee after the class and then a walk together to the organic store in Kensington Market to pick up some superfoods.

The trail mix of goji berries, cacao nibs, coconut shreds, pumpkin and sunflower seeds is tasty and my mate is feeling supercharged.

In the evening, we are both treated to a night of laughs by Vero. Thanks Vero - it was so fun to catch up with you and laugh together.

Grateful today for
superfoods and a super fun day.

630 - Kale Drink

A busy day with a business meeting at Huron this morning.
Started out with my fresh kale, and apple smoothie - not so smooth really, more chewy - quite energizing and surprising tasty.

No coffee - sipped on green tea during the meeting.

Last night I watched Food Matters again - this time with my mate. Reluctant at first to watch a documentary, he enjoyed the film and is ready to increase his raw food consumption.

Grateful today for
the incredible energy I had today,
and for my mate's openness to do this with me.

629 - Thinking about Raw

Over the summer, I experimented with sprouting a potato - didn't last too long, however it grew roots in water..
Then there was a delicious melon - and the seeds are sprouting! Can't imagine that a melon will grow in the window...

As I read and think about raw foods, I am amazed by the life energy from seed, water, soil and sun.
Still working on the getting the best foods into my mate and I. The objective is better health with tasty foods that are nutritious and good for us.
Starting this week to try and get as much raw vegetables, fruit and superfoods into our meals...
Beginning with veggie/fruit smoothies for breakfast, drinking tons of water and attempting to replace coffee with green tea...

Grateful today for
the energy and freshness of raw foods,
all the information that I am treading through,
and all the people online that provide such great resources, stories and recipes on raw foods.

628 - Food Weekend II

More cucumbers to pickle today...trying to make the most of the cucumber harvest and the pickling spices at home.
A new recipe to try...hoping that they will turn out to be tasty.

Between the cucumbers and yesterday's chicken broth - I have washed, used and rewashed every large pot in the house.
What a workout that is!

Everything is now packed away - pickles in their jars, broth in jars for freezing and for souping...

Grateful today for
another batch of pickles - 5 jars made from $7 of cucumbers,
a gallon of chicken broth,
and grateful that my mate made dinner tonight.

627 - Food Weekend

Off to the market early this morning.
We return home with our shopping cart overflowing with farmer's goodness and flowers in hand.

One hour at the market - 2 hours cleaning and preparing everything for storing...
Back to making a chicken broth...

Nice to have dinner at C+C's before we go out for some Saturday night fun.

Grateful today for
the great harvests from the farms,
good food to eat,
and a day of lots of raw foods.

626 - Food Matters

I have been feeling that the question of good diet is a very entangled one.
There are seas of information on diet, nutrition, farming, sustainability...
No matter where I turn, there is more information to confuse and entangle my brain.

Food Matters was a great movie that helped to put a few things into perspective...
Keeping in mind that it is also a perspective.

Raw foods... superfoods...nutritional therapy...hmmmm....
more to research and consider...

Grateful today for
a focus to think about re diet,
the killer workout with Maylee,
and for a day that without planning ended up being a vegetarian day.

625 - Neighbourly

It's been great to have C+C as neighbours.
Texting back and forth - TIFF movies to see, lunches to share...
so much to do together...

Went to see a TIFF movie this evening - A Happy Event.
With no idea what to expect, we both very much enjoyed the movie.

Returning home, we are visited by our neighbours for a quick evening visit...
Love those spontaneous drop-ins!

Grateful today for
an enjoyable TIFF movie - with no lineups,
our vibrant city,
and neighbours.

624 - Back to School

An odd feeling cycling to the UofT campus today.
The street is bustling with students as I head into a class on Naturopathic Medicines.
Can't quite believe that it has been a few decades since I was last actively here...

A workout after class and then off to meet friends for a sail and dinner.
Busy day with lots of activity, conversation and fun times.

Grateful today for
Maylee - thanks for letting me know about the class + for the workout,
friends from way back - nice to hear BS (before sabee) stories...

623 - Scrabblin'

A fun scrabble match...
As always the game is challenging - opposing teams help one another and maintain a healthy competition...

Grateful today for
a house full of great scrabble players,
great meals and fun scrabble games.

622 - Diet Roulette

Perhaps it is the 'back to school' momentum that is making me think about diet...
looking online to see what the best diet is for optimal health.

The recollection of a friend who had success with "Eat right for your blood type" is starts my online search...
No shortage of information, forums, criticisms and success stories...
Now the author of "Eat right for your blood type" has a new one - the Genotype diet. AAARGH!

By the end of it all, happy to continue on the diet we are on - shopping at the farmer's market and continuing with Alice Waters recipes and consuming a little less meat and wine.

Grateful today for
the sea of information available,
for not getting lost in that sea
and for returning home.

621 - Harvest Moon

Matie is off in the early morning to go golfing.
BEE is back from her travels.

After a trip to the liberty farmers' market and dim sum at a new place, we spent the evening out on the boat to watch the sunset and the harvest moon rise.
Took two cameras out and had a fun time shooting with my mate.

Grateful today for
the awesomeness of nature,
a full day of activity,
and for BEE's safe return home.

620 - Cycling around town

Out for a cycle this morning.
First to Queen's Park where mom is at a Christian festival - Jesus in the city,
then to the lakeshore.

Initially planning to cycle to the beach, my mind changes as I pass the ferry station.
Taking the ferry to the island - it is a beautiful day for a cycle around the island.
So nice to be cycling with no cars!

Returning back to the mainland, I hook up with CEEbee and cycle west on the lakeshore to the humber river and then return home.
Wheww! The longest cycle I have done - 45 km.

Grateful today for
the beautiful breezes and warm sun,
our incredible toronto islands,
and a good day of cycling exercise.