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Happy Birthday Islay!

Posted in Uncategorized on February 27, 2009 | 5 Comments »

How time flies! Little Islay is already 2 years old. Why it seems like it was only yesterday that she was Anna’s suckling-babe.. Here she is at the gypsy encampment ‘Gardencourt’ back in Aug 08 at daddy Bob’s 40th bash (zat your Belle Gueule?) and most recently strolling along Grant Ave. in San Francisco looking [...]

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The Red Red Railing

Posted in Uncategorized on February 23, 2009 | 6 Comments »

Now that a recent photo of the Manor House has been posted, faithful Garden Courtiers can admire the ornamental wrought iron railing that encloses the second-storey deck.  It was part of the house for almost as long as I can remember (and that’s a long time, gentle readers).  Thirty or so years ago,  it was [...]

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The heart ♥

Posted in Uncategorized on February 14, 2009 | 3 Comments »

Yesterday, when Kate was ‘reconnecting’ with S. after her action-packed week away in the U.K., he told her that on the day before she left for London he had felt a big pain in his heart. Then S. said, “Kate, you know the heart is an antenna”..”it’s an antenna to God. That’s why it beeps.”
Beautiful. 
We’re [...]

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summer/winter

Posted in Uncategorized on February 10, 2009 | 2 Comments »

these were taken winter 09 and summer 08 on my yashica 44 LM

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Happy Birthday Sonia!

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , on February 8, 2009 | 4 Comments »

I’m a little late getting this post up but here is the birthday girl with her boa..friend. Joel’s not the jealous type! Sonia who’s 30-something is spending this day of days conferring with confreres at a conference in Ottawa of all places. Try and get in a skate on the old canal. It’s Winterlude, Dude.
Many [...]

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Kate is 100

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , , , on February 6, 2009 | 3 Comments »

Filmed during Kate’s 60th birthday party in New York, three short years ago.
Happy Birthday, Kate.
Love, Lil ‘n’ Syl

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Happy Birthday Kate!

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , on February 6, 2009 | 7 Comments »

Today is the birthday of the great Gardencourtisane, Kate. She’s 30-something. Kate and Debo are off to London to celebrate this awespicious occasion with Martha, Brad and Rufus. Martha has returned to the Royal Ballet Covent Garden and its hit production of Kurt Weill’s Seven Deadly Sins after last year’s rapturous response and Rufus [...]

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Happy Birthday Kathleen!

Posted in Uncategorized on February 3, 2009 | 2 Comments »

Kathleen who inspired the creation of the Gardencourt site with her sensitive drawing of the homestead is celebrating her birthday today. She’s 20-something. This pic of her lit by the feu de joie was taken the night of the 2009 New Year’s festivities when it was -30C. Dane just announced that it’s also Gertrude Stein’s [...]

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Dream

Posted in Uncategorized on February 2, 2009 | 2 Comments »

I have a recurring dream. It’s always the same. I’m trying to find this winding and fast-flowing river in a light-dappled forest of tall deciduous trees. If I had to situate it geographically I’d say it was SW of where I live in Eastern Ontario and maybe 20 miles N of the big Lake. I [...]

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