Irish Cedric

Cedric is in Ireland and has not been out much, mostly so that folks around here don't think that I'm batshit crazy for carrying a small gnome on my person wherever I go. Rolling green hills aplenty but here he is seen frolicking in the enclosed yard instead (for obvious reasons)

Green grass gnome

Writing Devices

From to-do lists to letters, a large amount of time is spend writing. I enjoy penning it all down. Recently my Mom gave me a gift that she herself received almost twenty years ago: A limited edition 14k golden Mont Blanc fountain pen. My own Parker ink-stick in need of repair is back home in Canada so when I opened the package I was stunned with silence...Her thoughtful gesture put a lump in my throat.

Next to having the most beautiful handwriting EVER my father collects unique fountain pens and has the counter part of this particular Mont Blanc which my parents both received when we all lived together in Gabon. I can't wait to buy ink and start scribbling away! Hand-written letters are going to be mailed! Dipped in cerulean ink...

My new scribbler

New Beginnings

Local Northern-Irish Dulse will be part of my diet in 2014. Next to local bacon, smoked Irish brie, finely crafted beer and other rural delicacies that make life seem so much more vibrant after leaving the Middle-Eastern desert (insert wink)

Kelping it