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Lights, Melody, and Bertha

I tested out some fairly new equipment the other day with Melody in her bedroom. The great thing about this equipment is that it's easily portable and I can bring it anywhere I'd like, including small spaces like bedrooms or even walk-in closets (although that's debatable). You're probably wondering who Bertha is, well I decided to name the backdrop that.

Macaron Day

Nadège patisserie is one of my favorite cafés/pastry shop in Toronto - they serve delicious, genuine Parisian food that brings me nostalgia and makes me miss the little treasures of Europe.

Every year, Nadège hosts Macaron Day and partners with an organization called Meal Exchange - a charity that engages youth to alleviate hunger locally. You can also find the photos on Hearth magazine, a lovely lifestyle magazine that features a variety of work. They just released their first volume which you can purchase on their website.

a spoonful of sugar

"A spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down"

Anyone who knows me knows I am an avid Mary Poppins fan, thus quoting her words, but I thought it would suit the post quite nicely. As I mentioned before, my aunt and cousin are visiting from Switzerland, and she is a wonderful cook and a dessert expert.

So we ended up baking a lemon raspberry tart alongside a chocolate mousse.

I brought the goods outside to have a change of aeshetic, color, texture, etc. It started to snow, but just enough to show up ever so slightly in the shots.

Making chocolate mousse is surprisingly simple - we melted 300 grams of chocolate, and in order to have a good balance of chocolate and mousse, you take 12 egg whites and whisk them until very fluffy. Then, mix the chocolate and mousse together gently and keep in the fridge until you decide you want to devour it.

Stoney's

Yesterday, we went on a small adventure with my aunt and cousin visiting from Switzerland to show them around and spend some needed quality time with them after not seeing them for five years.

We went to visit the lake and later took them to a charming bread company called Stoney's.

I must say that the butternut squash and pear soup was a wonder. Although that's quite bias because anything soup and butternut squash has my approval, but it also had my aunt's approval who is a food guru.

basement nostalgia

It's bizarre to think these photographs were taken 4, maybe even 5 years ago. I remember using the basement in my old home for photos like these, with only light coming from the bathroom since I didn't own any external lights (and still don't), but I cherish the days when all I had was my Konica Minolta and my sister as my only muse and curiosity as my main drive for photography.

Sadly, my first camera died last year (moreso it's just not turning on), but I will eventually order another online seeing as they aren't built anymore nor sold in stores anymore. Either way, I look forward to challenging myself this year to create as much personal work as I can.

Much love to you on this Wednesday evening, dear reader.