I love the idea of spice cookies: lots of ginger, nutmeg, cinnamon, and because Im just that kind of girl: cardamom. I love how the molasses, when baking, fills the house with a warm chewy fragrance. What I dont love? Overcooking the cookies to the point where they are more like snaps (as in “ginger”) than anything else. Im not disappointed in how they turned out, Im just not thrilled either.
Like my other crafty endeavours, Im a bit of a perfectionist when it comes to my home baked (or hand …

The books on a person’s book shelf tell a lot about a person, and my bookstack is a shows a pretty good cross-section of my interests. There are books on webdev, photography, Canadian politics, food and drink, and knitting.
The Rick Mercer Report: The Book
DOM Scripting
The Business Side of Creativity
Favorite Socks
Cook with Jamie
Transcending CSS
Thirsty Work
Understanding Exposure
You know what Im missing? Fiction! Does anyone have any suggestions?
5 Meaningful Books
I didnt realize it when I wrote this post, but I was tagged a few weeks ago …

I love the bit of green peeking through the stone arches. Queen’s Park is such a lovely building, too bad it’s contents are less than desirable.

I love secret alleyways, even when they are so only for me. This lovely walkway was behind (in front of?) Hart House at U of T. I especially like the lamp post, which reminds me of the one in Narnia. I’d love to return here in winter and take another look.

November 4, 2007. Hart House, University of Toronto. Canon XTi: ISO 400, 50mm, f/4.0, 1/1500 sec.
After nearly six years of blogging, I’d gotten bored of blogging. Facebook was fulfilling my online social needs and marmalade was falling to the side. When I brought home Chloe, my lovely, shiny, Canon Digital Rebel XTi and her smaller sister, Ickle (a Canon SD850 IS) I knew it was photoblog-time. I moved my domain off of Rick’s server (thanks again for hosting me for so long!), and started fresh with Host Gator. The …