Friday Art - Little Super Heroes

 Welcome to Friday Art!  I am showing a (3" x 4") portrait I did of my great nieces as Super Heroes.

Linking to Nicole's Friday Face Off and Gillena's Art for Fun Fridays.

Rain's Thursday Art and Dinner Date - Hair and a breakfast dish

 This is my 'hair' piece for Rain's Thursday Art and Dinner Date, an ACEO (2 1/2" x 3 1/2").  I like doing hair.  These are likely hair extensions!

Daughter L puts delicious breakfasts together, here is how she decorated a pita bread with avocado and scrambled eggs with sausage.

Wednesday Memes

 

Weird Water

 This is a simply magical 3 minute video from BBC Ideas on why water is weird.  Every drop of water on earth has been reused and recycled over billions of years.  There is water all over the solar system.  It discusses the capillary action of water to get valuable nutrients to plants, even through our own blood vessels.  It said that hot water freezes faster than cold water under certain conditions.  It led to me googling on this Mpemba effect.

I love learning.

Sabor Dominicana Coffee Beans

 One of my sisters travels a lot and she gave me these coffee beans from the Dominican Republic.  Husband M ground them in our old coffee grinder and we can't wait to try some.

Taste of the Kingsway

My Columbian Chicharron Meal

Antique Car exhibit

photography disclaimer

 Husband M and I went to the Taste of the Kingsway  a few weeks ago, a summer food festival.  One of his sisters lives in the area and invited family members to attend.  The event had not been held for 2 years during covid.  There was a live band and there was a decent crowd this year.  

The street food prices were expensive compared to the years when the meals were offered for $2.  Restaurants are trying to recover.

More importantly, it was nice to get together with family again.

An Irresistible Deal

 My friend S gave me a $1 Chapman Ice Cream coupon and told me that a local supermarket was offering buy one get one deals on this type of Ice Cream.    So off I went and got these 2 boxes of ice cream sandwiches for a total of $6.99!

Son K was surprised but delighted that I bought this as I am always talking about healthy eating. I don't think it's too bad.

Friday Art - Great Nieces

 Welcome to Friday Art!  I am showing a 3" x 4" portrait I did of my small great nieces.

Linking to Nicole's Friday Face Off and Gillena's Art for Fun Fridays.

Rain's Thursday Art and Dinner Date - Harvest Dinner and Kale Soup

Welcome to Rain's Art and Dinner Date. I am showing my harvest dinner piece ACEO (2 1/2" x 3 1/2").

 For the dinner date I am showing these guacamole chips that daughter L made in the summer. She was using up this tub of guacamole dip and added some shredded cheese to the mix.  

I also made some kale soup using my bean soup recipe.  Simply add the chopped up kale in the last 10 minutes of simmer.  I used white beans here.  It was so good!

Wednesday Memes

 

A welcome treat

 My friend S dropped off some farm fresh, husked corn the other day along with a couple of her garden tomatoes and a bunch of fresh oregano.  It was a welcome treat!

She had gone to a celebration of life, a farmer's wife.  Disturbing that she was maybe only 65-67 years old.  They roasted 2 pigs and there was a lot of corn.  So S took leftovers home.  My sister remembered my departed mom saying it is bad luck to bring food home from a funeral.  Let's hope not.

Some interesting cosmetic products.

eye repair cream, face cream, chapstick, body oil

 One of my sisters gave me these gifts when she visited recently.  They are some eye repair moisturizing products and body oil.  From what I googled, body oil is to be applied to wet skin for best results.  I have already tried in on my feet, why not?

Another sister pointed out these are CBD (cannabis containing products)  non-active I hope.  That sister embraces new things for sure!  The 2nd photo shows the products opened up as I now have a new face care routine!

Sharing is caring

My friend S dropped off some tomatoes from her garden a few weeks ago, she appreciates that I shared my neighbour's Chinese chives with her as I got so much.
 

Robot servers

 We went with a good friend to a Chinese dim sum restaurant recently.  I had never seen robots in there serving the dishes before.  Each robot had a table number displayed and you could remove the dishes from the trays yourself.  Someone came to help us if we didn't take the dishes off the robot trays.  You can't help thinking that more servers were out of jobs now.  

Friday Art - Little Flower Girl

 

Welcome to Friday Art! I am showing a 3" x 4" portrait I did of my small great niece in her flower girl outfit.  She never made it down the aisle as she was too tired that afternoon after participating in hair and makeup morning!  Her bigger sister was able to participate.

Linking to Nicole's Friday Face Off and Gillena's Art for Fun Fridays.  

Rain's Thursday Art and Dinner Date - Silhouettes and ChickenTeriyaki

I did an Eagle Silhouette for Rain's Thursday Art and Dinner Date.

 For the dinner date I made chicken teriyaki and seasoned Japanese rice.

First I baked the chicken legs 375F for an hour, turning after 30 minutes. Then I made my own teriyaki sauce..  Then mixed the sauce with the chicken legs.  It goes well with seasoned Japanese rice (or sushi rice).

Teriyaki Sauce:

2 tbs soy sauce

2 tbs mirin

2 tbs sake for cooking (I probably used drinking sake)

1 tbs white sugar

 Mix the ingredients together and reduce the sauce to 70%, it takes about 5 minutes.

Wednesday Memes

 

A few leftover wedding flowers

I took this photo last week of a few wedding flowers that were left over, they still looked so pretty.
 

Cosmos

Son K and I spotted these lovely cosmos on display on a recent walk.
 

Amaryllis update

Amaryllis bulb

bulb to paper bag

 Around Christmastime last year I had received an amaryllis plant.  According to what I researched I had planted it outside in the spring, the stems had died away and it was time to unearth the bulb.  I have stored it in a paper bag in the basement and at the start of December I will bring it out, repot it and hopefully it will bloom again with careful watering and sunshine.

Feta Proscuitto Wraps

 This recipe is thanks to Iris who posted it recently.  I can't seem to find the exact post.  Husband M loved it.  Thanks Iris!

I wrapped cubes of feta with oregano or mint in slices of proscuitto and browned them in a bit of oil.  Very simple!  Daughter L found them too salty for her taste, cannot please everyone!

Friday Art - Flower Girls and Quill Art

 For Nicole's Friday Face Off I am showing a painting I did of the flower girls at daughter L's recent wedding.  They are my great nieces.  The little one actually did not make it up the aisle, it had been a long day for her.  They had attended hair and makeup in the morning wearing little makeup robes to match the bridal party women.

For Gillena's Art for Fun Friday I am showing this pretty quilled art card that a friend gave daughter L at her wedding.  The other photo describes a bit about quilled art.  It is an ancient Egyptian art form that involves rolling strips or coils of paper into art forms.

Rain's Thursday Art and Dinner Date - Apples

 Sharing a throwback piece I did for Creative Tuesdays back in 2014 and now for Rain's Thursday Art and Dinner Date's 'Apples' theme.  It is on textured cardstock (8 1/2" x 11 ") in acrylic.

For the dinner date I am sharing some matzo ball soup that I made for  you today.  I poached seasoned fresh salmon with a box of low sodium chicken stock and added matzo balls pre-made from a mix into it.  It is yummy!