July 2014

hiking, travel

Three Days, Three Months or Three Years…….

We are planning to go away for a few days to a cottage near Algonquin Park. My husband is still using up holiday time and this trip will use up four days. I never thought that I would find taking holidays a chore, however, having one a month for the last four months or so […]

hiking, travel

Three Days, Three Months or Three Years…….

We are planning to go away for a few days to a cottage near Algonquin Park. My husband is still using up holiday time and this trip will use up four days. I never thought that I would find taking holidays a chore, however, having one a month for the last four months or so

Food, reality

An Evening of Sliders Part 2

My eldest, who was away the evening we did Sliders Part 1, decided that he would like to try making some. He hadn’t cooked much at home, while he was working in catering and complained regularly that he didn’t have time for his Art. Now that he is supposed to be working at Art full-time,

Food, reality

An Evening of Sliders Part 2

My eldest, who was away the evening we did Sliders Part 1, decided that he would like to try making some. He hadn’t cooked much at home, while he was working in catering and complained regularly that he didn’t have time for his Art. Now that he is supposed to be working at Art full-time,

Food

An Evening of Sliders Part 1

My husband has always wanted to try the salmon burgers from De La Mer, the fish shop on Bayview. He said to the kids one night, “how about salmon burgers for dinner on Saturday?” Silence, some nose twitching, an indiscernible moan or two. I then suggested that we buy one burger and split it four

Food

An Evening of Sliders Part 1

My husband has always wanted to try the salmon burgers from De La Mer, the fish shop on Bayview. He said to the kids one night, “how about salmon burgers for dinner on Saturday?” Silence, some nose twitching, an indiscernible moan or two. I then suggested that we buy one burger and split it four

Art

Art and the 3D Printer…..

I’ve been thinking a lot about Art this week. – that’s the medium as opposed to the man 🙂 My son is working on a few commissions and a series for a gallery showing, as well as putting some of his pieces up online. I often wonder how that “works” – putting your art up

Art

Art and the 3D Printer…..

I’ve been thinking a lot about Art this week. – that’s the medium as opposed to the man 🙂 My son is working on a few commissions and a series for a gallery showing, as well as putting some of his pieces up online. I often wonder how that “works” – putting your art up

reality

TV – Love It or Leave It

Every year my husband’s company takes all its employees away for three days and two nights to a series of workshops punctuated by very good meals and the amenities of an upscale hotel in the country. I have to make the best of being left at home. It reminds me a little of the movie

reality

TV – Love It or Leave It

Every year my husband’s company takes all its employees away for three days and two nights to a series of workshops punctuated by very good meals and the amenities of an upscale hotel in the country. I have to make the best of being left at home. It reminds me a little of the movie

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