The Pear Tree

Tablescaping for Spring

editor — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 05:46:35 +0000

Most days, our dining room table stretches itself across the room, sad and bare. The only ornamentation on it is a collection of deep scratches and scars, inflicted by two over-zealous preschoolers, who would no doubt have a hay day with a setting of fine china.

Ode to the Pansy

editor — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 22:23:06 +0000

“And there is pansies, that’s for thoughts.”

- Ophelia from Shakespeare’s Hamlet

I think I was about three or four years of age when pansies became my favourite flower.

It all started with my great Aunt Rex, my grandma’s sister, who was visiting from Toronto one summer. She was, up to that point, the most elegant, most glamorous woman I had met. She was thin, stylish, and spoke with an affected accent that sounded very old Hollywood. And everything was “mahvelous,” “fantastic,” or “superb.” She had naturally wavy auburn hair, drank hot tea and never took her high heels off, not even in the house.

Hello Hello!

editor — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 21:44:01 +0000

Well hello there – long time no see!

I haven’t said ‘hello,’ or much of anything else, for far too long and so, today being Monday, I think it’s time I said, once again, HELLO MONDAY!!!!!!

Guest Posting

editor — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 18:47:26 +0000

I know, I know, it’s been a while. Rest assured, I have been writing… it just hasn’t been for The Pear Tree blog. One of the things I’ve been working on will be revealed in due time, but in the meantime, I wanted to share a link to a guest post I did over on an online publication called Spectrum.

Once Every Four Years

editor — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 20:19:45 +0000

Our local newspaper is collecting photos taken by Kelowna residents yesterday, which was Leap Year 2012. Some of them will appear in an upcoming issue, and the rest will be posted online.