Vigil

flowers at the grocery store

There was a #torontostrong vigil held in the city yesterday to show grief and support for the victims of the deadly van attack last Monday. Thousands showed up including our Prime Minister and local politicians. They have not found any international links to terrorism and it seems the killer has mental health issues.

In other news, the daffodils have started blooming finally and we are to have a summery week at last!
There is a lot of road kill recently in the form of skunks (not a pleasant smell in the air).  There was even a rabbit leg on the sidewalk yesterday, sigh.

Always a pleasure

It was time once again for me to receive a batch of free samples from Samplesource. In return they will ask you some questions on what you thought of the products.

Ikea visit

I was at Ikea recently and noticed they had changed their floor signs, now they are projected from the ceiling. This seems a smart idea, what do you think?

Besides having a meal, I didn't do much shopping. I just purchased the 2 chocolate bars pictured below.

overhead projector

Paint Party Friday - Baili's Lamp

Welcome to Paint Party Friday! Baili posted a touching story of her lamp and how much it means to her. It inspired me to paint it for you today. It's done on textured cardstock (6" x 6") in permanent marker, outlined with a black PITT artist pen.

I received these beautiful package from Gillena which included some pretty ATCs, in a recent swap we did.  Thanks Gillena, it was so fun to receive your package!

The Basketball Game

free t shirts on every seat

We got 2 free tickets to a Raptors Basketball playoff game last Tuesday as our friends were going on vacation and couldn't use them.  Daughter L and son K were happy to attend. The Raptors won so everyone got free pizza slices. Apparently they put free t shirts on every seat for playoff games so that was another great bonus that night.

Scribble Picnic - Quilt

Welcome to Michael's Scribble Picnic! The theme this week is 'quilt' and here is my landscape inspired quilt. It is an ACEO (2 1/2" x 3 1/2") permanent marker on canvas, outlined with a PITT finepoint black marker.

Unprecedented Tragedy in Toronto

10 people are dead and 15 injured after what appears to be a terrorist attack in Toronto yesterday afternoon. It was one of the first beautiful spring days of the season and a busy area of the city was filled with pedestrians. This rented van ploughed through people on a sidewalk, an unreal situation.  The 25 year old (terrorist?) was apprehended in a dramatic takedown. The brave cop really kept his cool and did not shoot the perpetrator.  Sending prayers to the victims of this unprecedented tragedy.

What is interesting is that as the tragedy unfolded, I was in  touch with family members in England and the U.S.  They seemed to know more details than I did at the time.  Thanks to my blog friends for your kind thoughts.