bookhou at home

thank you everyone for your very kind words - it warmed me up. your comments are so appreciated.

here are pictures of the oblong gusset pouches that I did for laywines a lovely shop in yorkville that specializes in fountain pens. I still have letterpress cards to print - so they won't be there just yet. I will also make these style pouches for myself - and if you like them maybe I will post some on the etsy shop. john and I snuck away for a couple of hours (thanks allyson for babysitting) - to have a nice dinner with barbara and art at apalla a very enjoyable indian restaurant on queen west. it was so nice to have a few hours to ourselves and I think it helped us recharge our parent batteries.

have you noticed any changes to my photographs - for a few weeks I have been enjoying the nikon d90 - I use to have a d60 (it's in a good home now) - I originally decided to make the switch because of the video option - I find there is also a difference in picture taking. I am not the world's best photographer, but I have to tell you - I applied to ryerson for their photography program and had missed my interview (not on purpose) and decided I wanted to try all the other visual arts instead of concentrating on just photography and went to ocad- hmmm what would of happened. I often think about paths we take and if we went a different way - what would we end up doing. there are elements of photography I still linger about - the atmosphere and the stories - the formal elements on one side and the narrative elements on the other. you must watch michelangelo antonioni's blow up based on julio cortazar's story - using elements of photography to make suggestions that are not fully answered - you are left to fill in the gaps.