Jenny and I have been in Vancouver, BC for about a year and a half now, after I got my permanent residency in 2019. The weather’s gradually been drifting from a rainy spring to what we hope will be a slightly less-rainy summer. The rare clear days have been gorgeous, though! This was from way back in January:

COVID’s still A Thing, of course, but with (relatively) low local case counts, loosening guidelines from health authorities, and no new and obviously awful variant on the immediate horizon, we’ve started opening up a bit. Jenny spent six weeks in East Africa for work this spring, we’re tentatively planning to see some family over the summer, and if the pandemic and fire season are both kind I might even try to put together my long-delayed road trip up to the Yukon! Fingers crossed.

I took a pottery class this spring, too. I hadn’t thrown anything since high school, so the results are still a little amateurish, but they’re not too shabby and I’m sure I’ll improve with time.

Meanwhile, Jenny’s been quilting! She’s still deciding whether she’s hunting for a new hobby or not, but while the spirit possessed her she produced this lovely piece with some kitenge fabric she brought back from Kenya: