may the road rise to meet you

sage, juniper, rosemary, starry solomon’s plume

Memory of a quick visit to Annemieke Boots’ studio in Amsterdam. What’s not to like ? Shot by Thibault De Schepper

A man herds sheep with the help of his collies in Scotland, 1919. Photograph by William Reed, National Geographic Creative

Blackberries illustration from my Instagram feed. 

I feel very whole in the kitchen. Maybe it’s some sort of cellular, ancestral memory of all the women that came before me, centuries of kneading and braising and simmering woven into my DNA. I feel their hands working in my hands. A muscle memory. I’m making a five-course Christmas Eve dinner for Andrew and I, and these Canadian classics have the coveted spot of the dessert portion of the menu. Butter tarts are an iconic Canadian dish - I’ve read that they originated from the tarte au sucre that ‘Les Filles du Roi’ used to make in 1600s Quebec (then New France). These young French women, recruited by Louis XIV as breeders for the New World, have an incredibly interesting history - I highly recommend having a read through the wiki page! I can’t believe I thought Canadian history was boring in school. (Unfortunately, I couldn’t find a Heritage Minute on the gals…)

Good☀️ Morning✨ Have a wonderful day!

BACHT Drawing & Illustration

Chai Apple Pie