shades and colours

Yesterday while editing photos for posting, I decided to work some more with one of the photos to see what I could come up with. I've done this before when the artistic mood struck, such as working with shots in black and white and other options. This shot shows the stove top and one of the kitchen counters. I'll show the actual photo in another post coming up very soon (all the related photos are ready for posting) but have a close look at this one and comment if the mood strikes.

Now that the sun has made an appearance and I've decided to go for a walk (with my camera along, of course). I'll likely head down to the Fraser River at Sapperton Landing and take some shots there. Then I'll stop at the grocery store for fruit on the way back. When I return home, I'll be busy in the kitchen again. Its soup night, a mix of onion, potato, carrots, celery, green beans, sausage, herbs, sea salt and water. And its all very good stuff! Meantime, enjoy the remainder of your weekend and have an awesome week!!! - V

Stuff moved in today

Today was the big day! The movers arrived with a truck loaded with my stuff. It was all unloaded in a few hours. They arrived near 11 am and were done before 2 pm but I was busy checking off things as they were brought into the apartment. Now the work of sorting what remains and what goes to the auctioneer starts. That should keep me busy for the next couple of weeks or so, unless I end up having some help, in which case, it'll all move faster. The auctioneer returns from vacation on January 7th, so I hope to have much of this sorting completed by that time.

The bedroom is somewhat organized but when you come out to the entrance to the apartment, you can see the work that is ahead of me. The photo below is of the curio cabinet which is going to the auction but you'll also see me as a mirror image in the glass of the cabinet.

The living room may as well be considered a storage room for the moment until all this sorting is behind me but the kitchen in the image below is likely the most organized at this point. You can see the dining room cabinet on the left. I found one of the legs loose, so I'll have to re-glue that first before loading up the cabinet with china, platters, cutlery and such. Its a good thing I noticed the problem first. This piece of furniture was originally made by my father back in 1958 and its starting to show its age after years of use (and several moves).

The kitchen has a basket where I keep tubers and fruit. There are plenty of potatoes plus some ginger. The fruit needs to be replaced with fresh fruit which I buy weekly, some more frequently than that. Then in the dining room I have a GT (Gay Times) calendar hanging on the wall. The calendar is open to the December page which is shown in the photo below. Ah, I could use the help but I'll have to be content with them looking on. More later!