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$.getScript("http://chimplr.heroku.com/js/fancybox/jquery.fancybox-1.3.4.pack.js", function(){ initFancybox(); }); } if (fancyboxLoaded) { initFancybox(); } var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-565147-2"); pageTracker._trackPageview(); Tumblr (3.0; @kpwerker)http://kpwerker.tumblr.com/<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/b3d601f70111497e71856df5a8ba2fad/tumblr_mn6fp9zPsp1qzpgm9o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>This place is seriously my new favourite place. Art by Andrea Jonker. (at Hot Art Wet City)</p>http://kpwerker.tumblr.com/post/51036504947http://kpwerker.tumblr.com/post/51036504947Tue, 21 May 2013 18:48:44 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/763cced38be06b0bab89db22e35c9166/tumblr_mn6fkjLRQu1qzpgm9o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Now. (at Hot Art Wet City)</p>http://kpwerker.tumblr.com/post/51036270795http://kpwerker.tumblr.com/post/51036270795Tue, 21 May 2013 18:45:55 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/c1cec33bc0e6c59aea38f0206139a6a7/tumblr_mn5xxgyIIG1qzpgm9o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>It finally arrived! I can’t wait to dive in. cc: @emilymachar</p>http://kpwerker.tumblr.com/post/51006732050http://kpwerker.tumblr.com/post/51006732050Tue, 21 May 2013 12:24:52 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/5863d386942035dd83204bedbd6e6610/tumblr_mn4je3UMZ01qzpgm9o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>The fort still needs to be hemmed and we may need to glue the PVC pipes, but O seems to like it. A lot.</p>http://kpwerker.tumblr.com/post/50952383593http://kpwerker.tumblr.com/post/50952383593Mon, 20 May 2013 18:13:15 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/a659f93ebc3ea80a32adffb17a0b94e0/tumblr_mn4btoIl3c1qzpgm9o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>I HAVE SEWN CLOTHES! Ok, super simple newborn pants. But they are clothes a human can wear!</p>http://kpwerker.tumblr.com/post/50939692809http://kpwerker.tumblr.com/post/50939692809Mon, 20 May 2013 15:29:47 -0700<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/1bff975cb214fa76c915b86aafe87fcc/tumblr_mn2fw13WRK1qzpgm9o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Building a fort!</p>http://kpwerker.tumblr.com/post/50855370785http://kpwerker.tumblr.com/post/50855370785Sun, 19 May 2013 15:02:25 -0700[Owen spent the night at his grandparents' yesterday.] This morning, in our quiet house –<br /> Greg: This peace? We should try to create this when Owen's actually here.<br /> Me: Mmm. Yes. Let's build him a reading fort!<br /> <br /> Right now Greg's wrangling some PVC pipe. Later this afternoon we'll figure out how to cover it in fabric, which Owen can help us do.http://kpwerker.tumblr.com/post/50853906490http://kpwerker.tumblr.com/post/50853906490Sun, 19 May 2013 14:44:15 -0700winning<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/960aede07b639682b9fc3e37fe07dfce/tumblr_mn29m3UZBY1qzpgm9o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Happiness is when a neighbour offers us this before taking a box of old stuff to Goodwill. #fragglerock #score</p>http://kpwerker.tumblr.com/post/50844261969http://kpwerker.tumblr.com/post/50844261969Sun, 19 May 2013 12:46:51 -0700scorefragglerock<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/d0ca3178c57cff833d07eb21d0974375/tumblr_mn278xOLKo1qzpgm9o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Also “helping”.</p>http://kpwerker.tumblr.com/post/50840146473http://kpwerker.tumblr.com/post/50840146473Sun, 19 May 2013 11:55:45 -0700<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/3af4dcc6c575db87747d5e28b8fd63d7/tumblr_mn2646oPLM1qzpgm9o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>He’s really very helpful.</p>http://kpwerker.tumblr.com/post/50838204542http://kpwerker.tumblr.com/post/50838204542Sun, 19 May 2013 11:31:18 -0700<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/345a85b2b9fb44c38ccc548930b9130e/tumblr_mn1x42xtGz1qzpgm9o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Portrait of my Sunday morning in a quiet house.</p>http://kpwerker.tumblr.com/post/50823911176http://kpwerker.tumblr.com/post/50823911176Sun, 19 May 2013 08:16:50 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/afcc9df0685142ad7a019ff96f70118d/tumblr_mn11pvqvXi1qzpgm9o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Beach. (at Centennial Beach)</p>http://kpwerker.tumblr.com/post/50785518206http://kpwerker.tumblr.com/post/50785518206Sat, 18 May 2013 20:58:43 -0700<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/e86abd8c97981e31f6b136d03d00ad43/tumblr_mn0v4uGmfM1qzpgm9o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>What a freaking gorgeous day for a wedding. (at Boundary Bay Regional Park)</p>http://kpwerker.tumblr.com/post/50775630887http://kpwerker.tumblr.com/post/50775630887Sat, 18 May 2013 18:36:30 -0700<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/6fdec4a89d4fc23fa243912bcc09bf33/tumblr_mmz2mg6SYH1qzpgm9o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>There’s a couple taking a crochet lesson on the other side of this ball winder. Totally adorbz. (at Urban Yarns)</p>http://kpwerker.tumblr.com/post/50697014402http://kpwerker.tumblr.com/post/50697014402Fri, 17 May 2013 19:23:04 -0700<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/f605ab2073a7f8ea7b66aa05132e1ff8/tumblr_mmyg9j12371qzpgm9o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>My mom made Owen an Antler Sweater! #knitting @alexaludeman</p>http://kpwerker.tumblr.com/post/50664738209http://kpwerker.tumblr.com/post/50664738209Fri, 17 May 2013 11:20:07 -0700knitting<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/9c5ba89d466eed9b4055f41c5046bff7/tumblr_mmy7edHTLT1qzpgm9o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Sprout!</p>http://kpwerker.tumblr.com/post/50654896712http://kpwerker.tumblr.com/post/50654896712Fri, 17 May 2013 08:08:37 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/8678aac19d27c7f28817c84f0eae8339/tumblr_mmy6jmkTy41qzpgm9o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Honest-to-god lily pads. I marvel at them every day! (at Camosun Bog)</p>http://kpwerker.tumblr.com/post/50654030676http://kpwerker.tumblr.com/post/50654030676Fri, 17 May 2013 07:50:09 -0700<blockquote><p>Remember when I posted photos of <a title="The Trees Had Eyes" href="http://www.kimwerker.com/2013/05/03/the-trees-had-eyes/" target="_blank">the trees in the woods near my house that had been given ceramic eyes</a>? <a href="http://www.rachaelashe.com" target="_blank">Rachael</a> found out who did it! <a href="http://opencityprojects.com/blog/aesthetics/sentinels/" target="_blank">Peek-A-Boo, Eye See You | OpenCity Projects</a>.</p></blockquote><p><a href="http://www.kimwerker.com/2013/05/17/where-the-trees-eyes-came-from/" target="_blank">View Post</a></p>http://kpwerker.tumblr.com/post/50653532501http://kpwerker.tumblr.com/post/50653532501Fri, 17 May 2013 07:39:19 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kojs29L9OU1qzd1jno1_r2_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://jeannr.tumblr.com/post/165291081/i-made-a-flow-chart-that-we-might-better" target="_blank">jeannr</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><strong><big>I made a flow chart, that we might better understand.</big></strong></p> <p>Once upon a time I was falling in love, and now I’m only falling apart.</p> </blockquote>http://kpwerker.tumblr.com/post/50608994899http://kpwerker.tumblr.com/post/50608994899Thu, 16 May 2013 16:08:38 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/8005291bf5870142967ace377a16db57/tumblr_mmwtdbSHBV1qzpgm9o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>My first infographic. #shiny #notreally</p>http://kpwerker.tumblr.com/post/50600294490http://kpwerker.tumblr.com/post/50600294490Thu, 16 May 2013 14:07:59 -0700shinynotreally