Where's the Cat?

There really is one if you look hard enough you’ll find it. Good luck.!!!!! Well to be honest, my friends have found him, and one of them had to tell me where he was!

And wishing you all a Happy Valentine's Day! Hope you get lots of roses!

 K will be giving one to a special girl at school, I don't know if I'm ready for that, but ...he has a few special girls.

 I made delicious red velvet cupcakes courtesy of The Southern Lady's wonderful recipe.

Magical Mondays - Boathouse

For Carol's Magical Mondays, I'm sharing this photo of Stephen Leacock's boathouse that I saw in the weekend paper. I looked at it and went 'omg!' when I saw the pure reflection of the boathouse in the water. Truly a magical image!

I trudged through the freshly fallen snow to church yesterday, it was cold and sunny. Church was busy as they were enrolling the new batch of First Communion (grade 2 kids). There didn't seem to be a lot of them this year. We sang 'This little light of mine' as their welcome song. There was a lady there conducting the music very energetically to a full choir. Every so often she would turn to face the congregation and conduct us too. Everyone looked tired and seemed to be barely paying attention to her. I noticed there was an organist there, usually it's a lady on piano. At the end of the mass the priest told us we could go collect our tax receipts as they were ready. Yes, it's that time of year!

Sunday Sketches - Bottles

For Sophia's Sunday Sketches I did an acrylic ACEO entitled 'Bottles' (what else?)  Hope you like it!

We had to shovel a fair bit of snow yesterday and it was sunny and quite cold (-12C). We've been so spoiled this winter, it seemed strange and actually it was good exercise! We had takeout fish and chips for dinner, complete with malt vinegar and tartar sauce. It's funny how fried food just disappears so quickly. It was delicious.

The big news of course is the death of Whitney Houston. I was a fan.

Have you tried the new blonde coffee at Starbucks? I liked it, as it's not as dark as their regular coffee.

Sweet Saturdays - Perfect Roses

For Diana's Sweet Saturdays I am posting a photo of these perfect roses I took at the grocery store this week. Aren't they gorgeous? Have a great day!

My sister and brother (who live in the States) have recently cancelled their telephone land lines, we've been instructed to call them on their cell phone numbers. This must be a growing trend. Indeed, L and her roommates at university decided not to get a land line this current school year. Have you done the same yet?

Paint Party - Valentine

It's Eva and Kristin's Paint Party Friday!  It's such a fun art blog hop and growing so fast.

I did an acrylic ACEO entitled 'Valentine'.  Hope you like it!  It's supposed to be a dress with random hearts arranged at the bottom, by the way!

Inspiration

'The only way to conquer your fear of the unknown is to face it and get the job done.'  Inspiring words and I heard them on a home improvement TV show by chance.  It's not even a show I particularly like but the words hit home and applies to life, not just to home improvements!

I saw this recipe for broccoli soup in the 2012 Milk Calendar under the month of January and decided to make a version of it. It was delicious and healthy!  I used half a cup of shredded cheese instead of 1 cup and didn't puree the soup as I enjoy the chunks.  And I didn't add any additional salt.

Kalamata Olives and Aged Cheddar Appetizer

I was inspired at a recent dinner party where the hostess laid out a selection of delicious cheeses with melba toast and olives among other things. So I got a bottle of kalamata olives and melba toast and paired them with some aged cheddar I had at home. I thought I would recommend it as a great taste sensation. You may not like olives but it does add that extra 'kick' to the appetizer. Hope you'll give it a try! And I forgot that melba toast is only 80 calories per 4 slices!