The Edge of the Woods is a liminal space - it’s where meadow and field meet its wild sibling. It is the transitional portal where shapeshifting begins. It gives us choice - is the summer sun too hot? Step into the shade! Too cool? Lie down in the meadow. Wanting to hide away? Step into the woods. Looking to be found? Stand up in the field!



The Edge of the Woods is where all magick begins...
Greet me here in that liminal space,
Between the dusk and the dawn.


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So sayeth the dolphins...

I cleaned up my friends' list of a few live LJs that were not interacting with my own. I'd say "it's not you, it's me" but in this case it was most definitely you! :-D

I wish you well.

Psychedelic barred owl spotted on a utility pole on our street:

It’s finally snowing. I have a glass of triple chocolate milk stout (Flying Monkey’s Chocolate Manifesto - 10%, yum!) and am watching it drift slowly down from the front porch, after a walk outside to enjoy it. My heart is happy!



I used to always make these hearts in the snow on my walk in to werk.

There’s a pan of lamb and spinach curry + Indian spiced okra on the stove, ready for dinner.

I’ll take another walk this evening to enjoy the glow of the Christmas lights that are still up - I’m glad we haven’t taken ours down yet, now that we finally have snow!

Whenever I see this vehicle, my first thought is always hiking boot.




As you can see, it’s been absolutely grey here for days on end. I don’t mind the grey, but the wet ground is undesirable. I miss winter. Proper winter, with snow, and ice, and frozen, solid ground. What is this bullshit Vancouver weather?!?

Modern day housing developers have decided humans really don’t need to have yards and gardens… All this could be yours for $700,000!

Another omen! Which begs the question: why aren’t people putting away thier Hallowe’en decor?




I was up and at werk at 6am today... I was wide awake, and there was shit to be done, so I figured why the hell not? This is a big deal for me! Usually I'd lounge in bed until 7am or so.

By 9am, I had done quarter of my werk-day's tasks, and had walked 5km on a new-to-me-walking trail that follows a small creek. My body was starting to flag at 4.4km, but I stabilized my core, and finished strong.

I'll wrap werk early today bc of my early start. I'm also defrosting our downstairs freezer, which has had a thick build-up of ice in it for the past year bc the door wasn't completely shut one time. Oops.

Anyways - I'm tired, time for a lunchtime nap.

That first step is a doozy…

Out seen while walking. Hope it’s not an omen…

My friend Artemis has ‘Tales From The Outside’ and Topo has ‘Seen Along The Way’ - collections of the fun and confusing things they capture while out and about, which I always enjoy. I was thinking that I need something like that, but the reality is that I already do… ‘Random Beauty’ has always been the name of the album I use for cataloguing such images since the mid 90’s when I first got into sharing images online over various so local media-esque platforms.

I’ve been negligent about adding to it, and I need to get these photos off my phone, so expect backdated uploads of Random Beauty images coming your way…

This is a clever use for plastic forks seen while out on my morning walk earlier this week: