yesterday was exciting.

jay and i --upon the invitation of his cousin bobby --took a little trip to the halifax county rehabilitation centre... the former digs of many physically and mentally handicapped individuals. it was built in the 1930s and has sat derelict for over two years (bob, who works as a props guy, had to pick up a few items from ( Read more... )

here's the exterior of our place ( jay and i live on the 3rd floor... our bedroom window's on the left; the other two are the livingroom.) the house was built in 1870. i'll post some interior shots when it's tidier. the metal stairs behind the lilac tree are like cheese graters... i live in fear of taking a tumble on them and losing half the skin ( Read more... )

woke up this morning to the telephone ( Read more... )

pretty lullaby

mum used to sing a very similar song to myself and my sis when we was wee. her version went as follows:

a fair little girl sat under a tree ( Read more... )

Saturday night jay and i went to see "they".
don't make the same mistake we did. period.
the film (i use the term loosely) let out after midnight, and jason and i had to traverse the mall and a number of pedways to make our exit. i love the mall at night ! this one's a relatively highfalutin' place... it's connected to a nice hotel and there was ( Read more... )

had a swell day today. dad picked me up just before one o'clock and gave me $220 toward rent, bless his heart. we went then to a polish deli for to get some sandwiches. i'd never been there-- the place was replete with polish everything (imagine that!). there were two glass cases, overfull with pork and turkey and cheeses, and a *whole wall* of ( Read more... )

jay and i had a loverly adventure tonight.
we hoofed it to a greasy spoon i'd had my eye on but had never patronised- johnny's snak bar. the interior was worn and charming, with many windows and hanging plants and a green&white colour scheme. mirrors, a map of the province, a faded lithograph depicting a ship at sea, a child's construction-paper ( Read more... )

tess and jade stayed overnight... at the moment they're watching 'elvira, mistress of the dark' and squishing my rat. nice to see them and all but still puzzled as to why i volunteered to mind children on my vacation from minding children. altruism? hmmm. there's food for thought. i remember arguing with charis (why am i unable to make links!!??) ( Read more... )

belili and i and our respective boyfriends went to an agricultural fair yesterday evening. the midway was rained out so we spent an hour or two fondling farm animals. there was ,in a big, flashing contraption, a chicken that could beat anyone at tic-tac-toe. it was amusing watching the men try and prove themselves. there was a basketball champ ( Read more... )

on friday jay, nancy and i, very spur-of-the-moment-like, decided to pick up and drive to montreal ( Read more... )