Bird's eye views

I know I am breaking a cardinal rule of photography here by taking a picture with a window in the background, but so be it. Squint. A friend gave me the mint plant on the windowsill. It is in a pot given to me by a cousin. I bought the white orchid on Great Suffolk Street and the violet one in Borough Market. The plate I bought in Hollywood. The lamp I bought on The Cut. The beer tankard is a leaving gift from my colleagues in Toronto.


Here is a longer view of it all.


Kitchen table with picture taken from train of mountains and lake in Alberta.


A shot of the shelving unit I built. The vase is from Mum's friend Marie. She bought it for me when I went to visit her in Grayshott.

Injection to pen collection

I bought a new pen this week. It's chrome with black swirls and contains blue ink.


I bought it in a shop called The Ultimate Gift Shop at Queen and Yonge Streets.


I've been collecting souvenir floaty pens for a long time. They are all fine point pens with blue ink.


The trick with floaty pens is to buy only the ones made in Denmark. If they are made anywhere else toss them directly into the trash because the quality is substandard.

There are two basic models of floaty pens made in Denmark. The ones with the solid, flat chrome pen clip have "Made in Denmark" etched into them lengthwise. The ones with the clip made of thick wire have "Made in Denmark" imprinted in circular relief with very tiny letters on the end of the pen. Beware of imitators!


Sometimes people give me floaty pens, but most I have collected myself from trips I have made.

Bloorcourt Village shop window

There's not really a lot to say about this window display. It accentuates the creepy sensation dolls can emit.