I feel as though I should post

So I thought I would sneak in a brief post in between a dinner of wonderful Paul veggie stir fry and Lu's need to send an email. Aka I realized no one had blogged for a long time and felt like I should make a feeble attempt to appease the spirits. Hmmm...what has happened in the past few weeks indeed. Quick recap:

Susan has gone from eating individually packaged single serving yoghurt (and getting hell from me) to making her own! In a $2 thermos from the Sally Ann we put milk and a bit of store bought yoghurt and it turns into proper yoghurt overnight. Like magic. By the way...don't try it with almond milk. Verdict from the various liberal arts students is that there are competing bacterial cultures...some of which are orange. Business student verdict is "OH MY GOD ITS FREAKY." Nice to know we have a scientific conclusion. We've also tried making soft cheese...quite tasty... and I came home from work the other day to find homemade pickles. Which means I am making veggie burgers for everyone on Friday. Excellent.

Last week on my day off I biked out to Diana Lake, which is about 25km away, and spend the day absorbing sunshine. Of course the cannery is, yet again, in a mild(er) fog bank so the sun was very welcome. It only took just over an hour to get there, which surprised me, so I arrived around eleven, and spent the afternoon reading a book and jumping into the lake. Even made it home for dinner in time...which, let's be honest, is the important part.

The McBride Street Market, which is a classy corner store-esque establishment that resembles an abandoned attic or garage, has started selling fruit from the Okanagan so this means tasty oatmeal with peaches and almond milk! Anne would like me to add that it also sold the small cucumbers used for pickling, and stocks something called "east indian cucumber" that resembles a green churro. I have yet to buy one, as today I wanted to try vegetable marrow (squash?), and was lacking change. Just as with most upscale grocery stores, they only accept cash and did not have change for the $50 bill given to me by the ATM so I could pay Susan for my ferry ticket. FERRY TICKET! Excitement. Much excitement. Next week Susan and hopefully Sam and I are off to Haida Gwaii for a week of hiking and camping and trail-mix eating. We are too lazy to actually pack a stove or cookable food...so the trail-mix eating was not a joke. Our luxurious meal shall be that of pre-baked potatoes.

Alas, that is all I do have to ramble about at the moment...I look forward to a weekend of trail-mix cookie making, further attempts at cheese making and, of course, working at the cannery. If this is my last post then...well...Haida Gwaii is known for having the largest black bears in North America. And the most ferocious squirrels. Plus...my outdoor exploration partner is from Toronto. Enough said.