i love leo!

I just heard about this movie, not sure if it is old news? I really do enjoy Leo though (he gets better with age!) and I thought Romeo & Juliet (by the same guy, Baz Luhrmann) was well done. I'm interested to see this!



♥ Callah

summer* sun (*spring)

I did something this weekend I don't often do - booked the WHOLE weekend off from teaching, just because. I had four full, glorious days to enjoy the rare gorgeous, sunshiney long weekend, also coinciding with James' and my one-year anniversary.

Cookng up tofu for the first time. YUMMY stir-fry with General tao sauce. 

Bowling!! I actually broke 100 and got second place (a mere 2 points behind) in one game!

Frank - James won him for me :)

All dressed up for our anniversary dinner on the lakeshore. Actually wearing this to a wedding too but probably with straight hair, looking at this picture!

Terrible self-portrait!

Burlington lakeshore

Sunday- picnic day!

Beautiful.

Enjoying every minute of the sun!

My man's a stud. 

Cool kite.

New summer dresses.

I also did a TRX class and tried tennis for the first time, so it was a very active weekend. I definitely need some practice with the tennis but it was a lot of fun! I feel so relaxed and not ready at all to get back to work tomorrow! How were your weekends?

♥ Callah

van gogh- up close

I think it was twitter that led me to discover the Van Gogh exhibition opening soon at the National Gallery in Ottawa. Reminded me of my visit to Holland last year... maybe I will get around to sharing more photos sometime soon.. I took SO MANY and barely posted any!

Here is one from the Keukenhof gardens. This image below was created entirely of flowers, based on Van Gogh's self portrait. (you would probably not believe how Van Gogh is properly pronounced in Dutch if you have not heard it before - it doesn't sound pretty!)

Sadly, Starry Night (which was my first favourite painting, which has now been replaced by Girl With a Pearl Earring, also Dutch!) won't be on loan. Excited to see everything else though!

♥ Callah

Brilliance.

These cost a small fortune, considering what they are ($5 for 3) but wow, perfect for me! With my long hair having a tendency to get in my way I always keep a spare elastic around my wrist. Now it's not tacky! (they also come in gold tone).

♥ Callah

My mani

This is my attempt at a fade out glitter manicure. Not bad for my first attempt! Practice makes perfect. right?

♥ Callah

Hairdo

This is the easiest hairstyle ever, idea courtesy of pinterest! Dutch braid (i.e. inside out French braid) from the side and finish in a bun. I couldn't manage to hide the elastic though! (didn't figure that out til the car ride home).

♥ Callah

Christ Church cathedral

Read over on a cat of impossible colour that they are tearing down the ChristChurch cathedral.

(my snaps from 2008). So sad!
♥ Callah

group shot

Thanks to Breathe into Motion for the pic. Can you find me?! (click to enlarge!)

♥ Callah

Valentines surprise

:) (of course I photograph the hell out of everything!)
(P.S. there's another new post below too!)

♥ Callah

Weekend happenings

The past weekend was full of awesome things- including the long awaited city and colour show at Massey hall and a day of workshops with one of my favourite yoga instructors, Eoin Finn.

The yoga studio was a gorgeous converted factory in Cambridge- what an amazing setting!

I'm hoping to take an advanced teacher training with Eoin (you pronouce it Ian, if you're wondering!) in September in Vancouver - we'll see if i can afford it!

P.S. no baby and it looks like probably while I'm in Cuba next week!

♥ Callah

What I made

Shower invites (well, the envelopes anyways) for Cole & Stephanie's family baby shower!

(Colours not accurate... hipstamatic-ified!)

♥ Callah

Somebody That I Used to Know - Walk off the Earth (Gotye - Cover)

This is so good. It's a cover performed on ONE guitar. The girl, Sarah, is also a Moksha teacher! Too cool.

♥ Callah

Kindergarten art

In the office with my dad and found this paperweight I made him as a youngun. That must have been some strong glue, still holding strong!

♥ Callah

new years eve

James & I spent day #2 in the city before spending the evening with my aunt & uncle. We took a walk around the city post-snack, pre-dinner to check out what was going on around town.

Latte art to start our day (ok, afternoon) at Dark Horse - yum!

Picked up dessert!

Yonge & Dundas Sq - absolutely nothing going on except this cool tree.

Skaters at Nathan Phillips Square - up close!

The tree at the square.

The countdown is on! 

We streamed the countdown that happened at Nathan Phillips- crazy to see 40,000 people packing the square that had been pretty empty, considering, hours before. The live stream froze with 5 seconds to go, so we spend the first moments of the new year laughing our asses off - a good way to ring in 2012, i think!

And so, the countdown is on - 7 weeks (minus one day) til beach vacation! Booked it today, new year off to a great start - and back to the grind tomorrow, so not looking forward to that!

♥ Callah