Mist and shiny things

It's a beautiful day today - not in the conventional sunny and bright way, but in a mystical Vancouver way. I woke up with Dragon as Friday is my morning yoga day, and was really undecided if I would be bothered to go. I was tired and it was gray and raining outside - but I held my ground and after having breakfast and chatting to Henri off I went.

The rain. It wasn't as much rain, as mist lingering. Touching softly my face, engulfing everything in it - mountains, the sea, other side of the city. This is something I love about Vancouver weather - when rain is what you have, rain is what you learn to love - this kind of mist I've never seen anywhere else. England was foggy, at times very foggy, but it's more sort of drier fog - not this kind of moist gentle haze.

For a while there I imagine Vancouver like it was few hundred years ago when First Nations people lived here. Deep forest, sea, mountains and mist - quiet and eerie. In fact, weather like this takes me back to Vancouver Island and the rain forests there.

And down to earth - when I was just coming from yoga there was a Fedex courier downstairs who was just trying to deliver a package for me. For once, my timing was good... The package contained a gift for Dragon - after seeing my shiny iPod Shuffle he remarked that something like that would be nice to have at the gym, so I decided then that if I got my money from Emo and it was good, I'd buy an iPod for him as a present for all patience and care he's shown me since we moved here. So today it arrived, with an engraving he had chosen - a shiny silver iPod Mini. And oh my, it's absolutely lovely piece of gadgetry and I'm so jealous of it. Honestly my Shuffle is enough for me for what I need it for - but the little (or big) geek in me can't help but to fall in love with sexy piece of kit like that.