Like mother, like daughter
Watching tv is justified if you’re making something at the same time. I’ve tried to show her how to finger-knit a few times before. This time the learning curve was steep (she would’ve sworn if she knew how), but she persisted.
The Nutcracker
Yesterday Tilda and I joined many, many little girls in dresses and went to see the Australian Ballet’s production of the Nutcracker. I really liked our seats in the thin wraparound edge of the balcony – we may have missed some of the action behind the Christmas tree, but we felt close. Even better, there [...]
Perogies
I enjoyed eating perogies while we were in Canada – who wouldn’t? – but you can’t just walk into a supermarket in Australia and buy a bag of frozen perogies. Today I harnessed my Ukrainian heritage and made perogies, even though my Ukrainian grandmother apparently preferred not to make them herself. I made the potato/cheese/onion [...]
Home again, home again, jiggedy jig
My last Goonis and puppies picture. Doesn’t she look capable? Well, we made it back to Melbourne. Tilda found the flight from Toronto to LA (5 hours) pretty boring, as there was no personal video screen (she declined to watch Ocean’s Thirteen). Our stop in LA (3 hours) felt longer than I thought it would [...]
Last day, first day
It was our last full day in Toronto, and the last day of Sam’s summer vacation before starting Grade 6 tomorrow. We headed out to the Toronto Zoo, where I had childhood memories of walking long distances in the heat. Now I have adult memories of walking long distances in the heat, although we went [...]
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