Happy Halloween 2020!

 We decided not to participate this year in terms of decorating and distributing candy, but hope your Halloween is a happy and safe one!  In fact they have advised against trick or treating in our area this year.

Paint Party Friday - Halloween Bunny

 Welcome to Paint Party Friday!  I have a little Halloween Bunny ACEO for you today.  Isn't he cute?

Rain's Thursday Art Date - Halloween Party

 Welcome to Rain's Thursday Art Date!  I brought a cake to the 'Halloween Party'!  It is an ACEO (2 1/2" x 3 1/2") using oil paint markers.

Japanese Milk Bread

 Nicole posted a recipe for Japanese Milk Bread and I couldn't wait to try it.  My sister in California told me not to slice it, just tear pieces off, so I did that.  It is hard to stop at one bite, forget doing just a taste.

Pasta with peas and proscuitto

I was watching Giada on TV and she was doing this pasta recipe with peas and prosciutto.  I decided to buy some proscuitto and try a simple version of it from memory. Giada uses a lot more cheese.  

2 cups of frozen green peas thawed, I used sweetlets

2-3 cloves of garlic minced

4 slices of proscuitto cut into smaller pieces

9 oz of spaghetti

1/4c grated parmesan  cheese

3-4 tbs olive oil

cook the spaghetti.  saute the proscuitto 3-4 minutes until the pieces are crisp.  remove from the pan.  saute the garlic, add the peas.  mix in the pasta, proscuitto and parmesan cheese.

Seasonal Decorations

 

Husband M and I went for a fall walk the other day and saw this lawn nicely decorated for the season.

They were advising a socially distanced Halloween and maybe extending the candy from the end of a stick this year.  Then they advised against trick or treating.  We had decided not to participate anyway.

My friend S who is a school administrator thinks online school doesn't work for most kids.  They are not challenged to learn in this way.  In fact this March once they learned that March grades would be accepted to pass their year, they stopped working, rationalizing that they didn't have to.  

Meanwhile Ontario reached an all time high of 1042 Covid cases yesterday.  Husband M noticed there are people in the stores not wearing mandated masks.  Hmm.

Surprise blooms

 I had a few more blooms from one of my sunflower plants last week, They lasted about a week before the pesky squirrels got to them.

Do you schedule your posts ahead of time?  I often do a week to a week and a half ahead and I can always go back to make modifications.  Then if some days are busier than others I have posts ready to go as I post daily.