May 2012

gardening

A Love – Hate Relationship…..

I have a love-hate relationship with Lily of the Valley.  I know those seemingly innocuous flowers that have delicate sprays of tiny bells – and I am surprised that someone has not written a fairy tale about how those “bells” came to be – how could anyone not just love, love, love them?   Well […]

gardening

A Love – Hate Relationship…..

I have a love-hate relationship with Lily of the Valley.  I know those seemingly innocuous flowers that have delicate sprays of tiny bells – and I am surprised that someone has not written a fairy tale about how those “bells” came to be – how could anyone not just love, love, love them?   Well

Art, unicorns

Steel Wool…?

I was walking along Mt. Pleasant on my way to get a coffee at my local Second Cup, when I couldn’t help seeing these charming – not too sure what to call them but maybe they are lawn ornaments.  Anyway the Wild Bird Seed Store – that may not sell bird seed anymore or maybe

photography

Tea Time at the Diner…..

Maybe an unlikely spot for a cuppa tea – lots of Java no doubt – but quintessential British tea – maybe not so much!! Another heading in my photo scavenger hunt is “time.” I came across this beauty in one of the home decor shops on Mt. Pleasant. This shop always has the most amazing

photography

Tea Time at the Diner…..

Maybe an unlikely spot for a cuppa tea – lots of Java no doubt – but quintessential British tea – maybe not so much!! Another heading in my photo scavenger hunt is “time.” I came across this beauty in one of the home decor shops on Mt. Pleasant. This shop always has the most amazing

Art

Ingrained….

Another heading in the photo scavenger hunt is “grain.” I had actually seen these figures last year and I remember taking a picture of one of them, then.  Well, here were three in a grouping, today!! The carvings suggest, I think anyway, that the figures were actually in the wood all the time and the

Art

Ingrained….

Another heading in the photo scavenger hunt is “grain.” I had actually seen these figures last year and I remember taking a picture of one of them, then.  Well, here were three in a grouping, today!! The carvings suggest, I think anyway, that the figures were actually in the wood all the time and the

Toronto

Nailed on Mt. Pleasant..

If you were ever thinking of starting a business or starting a new business, please don’t make it a manicure, pedicure, a.k.a. spa, salon. take a look. One of the headings in my photography challenge was “street.” So I walked along Mt. Pleasant early this morning and took some “street scenes.” I couldn’t help noticing,

Toronto

Nailed on Mt. Pleasant..

If you were ever thinking of starting a business or starting a new business, please don’t make it a manicure, pedicure, a.k.a. spa, salon. take a look. One of the headings in my photography challenge was “street.” So I walked along Mt. Pleasant early this morning and took some “street scenes.” I couldn’t help noticing,

knitting, words

Knit it again, Sam…..

…or how to be memorable in how you say, what you say.  I came across an article in the paper this morning on famous movie lines and why they have become memorable. It seems that a few computer scientists from Cornell University analyzed scripts from over 1,000 movies; fed them into a computer and had

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