Lotus
frost has struck impatient petals
warmth within the bud will outlast the frigid
spread your roots beneath you
when the storm dies, the cold gives up
your promised beauty will bloom
all is stored within you
within the corolla
there is no dim
open your eyes
life unfolds around you
at darkness end
illusions are unveiled
shadows made light
open your petals colour the air
in the stillness
blooming lotus
I will find myself
within you
Vancouver is holding onto to its chilly temperatures, but the cloud and the snow has been replaced with clear, beautiful skies. Possibly Tuesday. With some woolen layers it was nice enough to walk around in. Great weather to show off our city, much better than rain.
We were hosting family this weekend from abroad, and we sure did do some walking. Perhaps more than 30 kilometers over the 3 days, going from one Christmas event to another.
Friday night had us at the tree lighting festival and then to Bright Nighis in Stanley Park. Then we had a delicious meal of Spanish tapas at a local eatery. So good.
Festive-type pictures to follow on a later post. For now, please meet our Elf gang. We got Squirrel, who was our first Elf; then came Cuddles; then came Tickles, Cookie, and final Stitches the cobbler Elf.
Saturday had us at Candy Town, the Yaletown event, the highlight of which was a horse drawn trolley; then we zig-zagged around the city to check out lobby displays with a warm drink in hand. We went home and the boys had some Carnivore pizza; I saved my calories for later. Then we twinkled or icy toes over to Canada Place for their window display.
I left the boys to their own devices for the evening and went over to a dear friends for red wine and charcuterie and some docu-viewing.
Been a lovely even-filled weekend.
We are going to close out the weekend with a roast and probably some more Christmas viewing.
Hope the season is kicking off wonderfully for you too.
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Your first elf is drunk! Or at least aiming for that Grand Marnier.
Here we are all decorated and I have been spinning 78rpm Christmas songs. Advent calendars (chocolate for the boys - Lego for me) are supplied, consumed, and toyed with. No baking, yet. I'm looking for some decent recipes that don't include half a pound of sugar or naught but bleached wheat.
Well follow along ... none of my recipes include sugar or flour. Go grab yourself some stevia drops, collagen and powdered gelatin, and play along. I made a pumpkin cake a few posts back that tasted wonderfully and filled the house with a delicious smell. I topped it with a whipped cream and cream cheese icing. A Japanese pumpkin is best because they are low carb; orange pumpkin is not. The cake is not low calories but as long as you are watching your over all carbs, staying to reasonable portions, and walking each day, your waist line and blood sugar should remain untouched. Moreover it was filling and great source of protein. This morning I had a slice of yule log that I made with my coffee. I'll probably blog about that later today.
Cream cheese icing is almost always a winner for me.
I'm going to try some almond flour cookies, I think. I have a collection of gluten free baking items for one of my boys. Time to put that to good use.
Almond does make a good flour alternative ... I have found. For pie crust add some ground walnuts or pecans to give it more texture.
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