Brave

I got this in an email and thought I'd share (haha!):

M and I went to visit his sister-in-law who had a very recent mastectomy due to a return of breast
cancer after 18 years.   Apparently it is a different form of cancer this time.  She is a strong woman and it seems they have caught it in early stages  due to a timely annual mammogram.  Her kids are all grown up now for which she is relieved.  Do you know our hospitals are so crowded that this is a day surgery procedure, you are in and out in the same day!  This is scary, but that on top of wait times for surgery is really stressful.  She was lucky to have her surgery escalated, but this is not always the case and even the most critical cases can wait well over a month.

In other news, a guy at L's workplace had his identity stolen a couple of days ago.  He found out his phone number and address had been changed and $900 worth of phones had been ordered for delivery to his 'new address' on his Fido account.  They seemed to know his birthdate as well.  In addition to that, 2 of his credit cards had been compromised.  Their boss said she never puts anything in the garbage containing her address or her name.  This is a scary thing.

At the top of the Eiffel Tower

Do you want to see Paris, France from the top of the Eiffel Tower ?
This is so COOL!

Click here and you are on top of the Eiffel Tower scanning Paris ! It may be a bit slow coming up and I wish
they had picked a clearer day, but still pretty neat. Don't forget to try all the buttons at the bottom of the photo.

So I'm at the gas station yesterday and paying at the pump only to notice they have changed the payment procedure quite a bit at this place.  The machine was asking me to authorize the maximum payment amount??? on my credit card.  Then it asked me to enter my pin number before approving the purchase.  After I got through all the steps, I was given a receipt for the actual amount I spent.   I'm machine challenged to begin with, but once I'm familiar with the procedure it won't be a problem in future.

Creative Tuesdays - Underwater

Welcome to MMm's Creative Tuesdays...I chose to do the 'underwater' theme as I thought it would be prettier than anything I could find 'underground'!   It's acrylic paint on acrylic paper (4.5" x 3 ")

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Summer Festival 2012

I was at the town summer festival with my friend S on Saturday. There was a lovely parade and threat of rain kept the large crowds away although it was busy enough. It was nice to see all the families out, including grandparents! The local politicians were out waving to the crowds. There were quite a few marching bands and some young dance troupes from the local dance schools, they were a delight. There was even a car with someone dressed up like Queen Elizabeth, Diamond Jubilee and all that!

At the Festival, I picked up a brochure listing non-invasive plants for  a southern Ontario garden and was surprised to find that English Ivy and Periwinkle are considered invasive and unwanted.  I will therefore keep a close eye on my English Ivy, it does tend to get out of control and stifle the other plants.

On Sunday, M and I went back to the Festival and had lunch there.   We shared a peameal bacon sandwich with mustard and sauerkraut, roasted corn on the cob dipped in butter and we had Starbucks blonde coffees.  I bought some strawberries from someone's farm.  The lady told me never to wash strawberries until you are about to eat them as they get soggy.  I should remember not to do that.

 There were tethered hot air balloon rides with a long lineup.  It's something I might have tried, tethered I mean.

It rained on and off but we had fun!

Sunday Sketches - Sunrise

For Sunday Sketches I was inspired by yet another one of Jim Steele's Cape Breton sunrises (as pictured in the photo below). My painting is acrylic on acylic paper (6.5" x 4.5").

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Barley Water

I ate lunch at an Asian Mall in the fast food court the other day.  I decided to have Tom Yum soup as pictured from a Malaysian/Thai place.  The dish came with a different type of drink called barley water which I had never had before.  It tasted slightly sweet and was simple and plain.  I didn't mind it at all.   The Tom Yum soup on the other hand was VERY spicy.  I've had it before, but at a different place and I didn't remember it being that spicy.

I noticed quite a few business people there having lunch.  In fact, 2 gentlemen next to me were conducting a serious business lunch and debating on sales strategy.  One guy was having a bowl of delicious looking Vietnamese food, and the other got Pad Thai noodles.   It was an interesting lunch hour!  Yum!

Tom Yum Soup

Barley Water

Barley Dregs

Paint Party Friday - Beer Birthday Card

Welcome to Paint Party Friday and the first of JUNE!  I decided to paint a birthday card for my husband's upcoming birthday in early July.  It's acrylic on acrylic paper (2" x 6").

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