Happy Halloween

Happy Halloween!  I did get treats for the kids, we don't usually get very many these days.  Yesterday the school kids were all dressed in costumes.  Husband M and I were at McDonald's restaurant in the evening and I saw this cute little girl in a ballgown.  She told me she was Sophia the First.  I also saw Dorothy from The Wizard of Oz, and Little Orphan Annie, great costumes.

Paint Party Friday - Halloween

For Paint Party Friday, I did a piece for Halloween what else?  It's on an index card in watercolour pencil.  Have a fun, treat-filled weekend!

Unfortunately

I was planning to attend my friend's husband's 75th birthday party tomorrow night, but she called a couple of days ago to explain that the gentleman had fallen off his toilet after flushing and broken a rib.  Not the best way to celebrate a birthday unfortunately.  He is awaiting knee replacment surgery for both knees next March so it would help explain his loss of balance.  He is also overweight. My friend was at work when it happened so they ended up in emergency that night as he was in such pain.  All they gave him was a light morphine prescription and they are thinking of having the dose increased.

What can I say, I mailed his birthday card and hopefully he can have his party at a later date!

On Homeless Youth

There was a moving article in the paper last week concerning Toronto's homeless youth. It heartbreakingly profiled 5 homeless youth. I was surprised to learn that half of the featured shelter clients are from middle to upper income families. One in 5 are LGBTQ. I learned that youth need different supports. They need basic life skills such as how to rent an apartment, cook, manage finances, and face a loss of family ties. There is a need for long term housing versus emergency shelters. Oh what a world we live in.

Creative Tuesdays - Black Cat

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Welcome to Creative Tuesdays!  The theme this week is 'black cat'.  I did a Halloween greeting card on black cardstock in acrylic.  It reminds me of a 'Cats' tshirt from the broadway musical that I used to wear back in the day.

Here's a photo of the card:

A Lovely Weekend

We had a lovely weekend.  Daughter L's boyfriend's family visited.  We went to one of those new escape game places on Saturday and we all had the best time solving puzzles and trying to escape from this room.  We didn't, but went quite far, needing 2 more steps to 'escape'.  Afterward I made this dinner pictured above, it was a mild jerk pork, a warm potato salad, bread stuffing, brussels sprouts, turnips, carrots and a tossed salad.  The pork was perfectly cooked so it was a great meal and everyone enjoyed.

We also cut this delicious ice cream cake that Daughter L and her boyfriend had got for his parents as they have birthdays coming up close to Halloween.  I love these ice cream cakes that have a mixture of both cake and ice cream.

On Sunday we went downtown to see a show called 'Motown' which was very good.  The music was quite loud but it was the life story of Berry Gordy which was very interesting. Unfortunately on the way out of the theatre this large older man using a walker fell going up the steps.  They were trying to decide how best to help him up and out of the theatre.  He was blocking an entire aisle, poor man.

After the show, we went to a restaurant for a nice dinner and packed leftover pizza to take home.  Husband M decided to give the pizza to a couple of homeless young people lying on the street as we walked back to our car.  They were very thankful.

And that was the weekend, a very full one.

Sunday Sketches - Fall Scene

This is a quick sketch of a fall scene done on an index card in watercolour pencil based on a photo I took a few weeks ago.  Happy Sunday Sketches!