The Train Incident

Daffodils at the grocery store

Welcome to the Ides of March, the date Julius Caesar was assassinated.

Daughter L was on the train downtown last week when she reported that a man of about 30 - 35 years of age started screaming on her train 'can someone please help me, I just need $62, I just came out of hospital you know, why won't anyone help me'. He had his hands in his pockets which made the situation even more scary. Eventually he moved on to another train where security apprehended him. I felt compassion for this mentally ill man, that he was not getting the mental support he needed. Happily daughter made it to her destination safely.

Sunday Sketches - Atop the Hill

Oops Sunday Sketches is cancelled this week, fyi.

This is the piece I had done for Sunday Sketches. It's also the Ides of March. It's done in my art journal in watercolour crayon and pencil. I called it 'Atop the Hill'.

General Tso's Chicken

My exciting news is that husband M and I got tickets to the Queen + Adam Lambert concert playing in Toronto this summer! My sister told me to join one of Adam's fan clubs and we got a special password which enabled us to get tickets 5 days before the general public.  American Express also had 'Front of the Line' early access.  M had fun just booking the tickets, and the fan site crashed by evening with all the traffic.  Luckily we had already got tickets.

Laugh along with me at this French Comedy Routine.

Son K took this food photo while out with some of his friends recently. He says it is some kind of sesame chicken, called General Tso's Chicken? Well, it does look yummy!

Do you know it is the Ides of March today (when Julius Caesar was assassinated)?