Confession: February is not my favourite month. I love the cold, and I’ve got the world’s best parka, but I’m fully ready for it to be not-February.

I’ve done the embrace winter thing with a lot of cozy fires, mulled wine, cross country-skiing and I’ve been dreaming about summer — sitting on the edge of a dock, picnicking in the park, but the best antidote so far has been heading over to the Thomas Fisher Rare Books Library and writing away under the towering books.

Man, I love that place!

The other few thing that have helped February be as un-February-y as possible have been:

– these heaps of love letters all over the place

– Andrea’s heaps of colour and perfect Sundays

– Casey‘s hilarious Valentines (and of course her wood-embroidered maps — my single favourite possession!)

– The incredible music on Treme. (And Bunk playing the trombone! Ha!)

– Brunch. Because brunch makes everything more awesome.

– TYPE Book’s incredible windows by Kalpna Patel. She is a marvel, that one. Check out her most recent one!