Paint Party Friday - Castle in the Mist

My 'Castle in the Mist' is done on an index card in watercolour pencil and crayon. Happy Paint Party Friday!

The Street Light

I've been noticing this street light in the neighbourhood. It has been on all summer and I finally decided to report it to the city. I made note of the pole number and located the correct department in the online services and am assured that the problem will be addressed within so many days. There is even a service request number which I can use to check the status of the request!

Old String Game

I vaguely remember playing this string game over and over when I was a kid, do you?

If I liked beer I'm sure I'd like this new butter tart beer created in a town just outside of Toronto, in Ontario.

And it looks like they have found an obesity gene. There is obviously a lot more to understand about how it works.

One of my sisters is in town, visiting from Florida.  She says they were about to land in Toronto yesterday, the plane touched down, then suddenly swooped back up into the air.  The pilot later announced that he saw another plane taking off on the same runway just as they were about to land so he had to do that.  It was a very scary experience.

Funny Minion

For a bit of good news, son K has secured another field placement starting in September.  Fingers crossed this one will be better than the last one which did not work out.  Time will tell if he is meant to graduate with a full college diploma next year.  He already qualifies for a certificate.

In the news, the Toronto library is rolling out book machines at Union Station, a major transportation hub.

And there is a tadpole disease threatening frogs.  The frog population has been in decline for years and according to the article, some think we are in a mass extinction of animals and amphibians similar to the dinosaur age.

One for the readers

I thought this was a good one for the readers out there:

Here is an interesting sports story. A young baseball fan used hockey tape to make his own hockey jersey featuring a new pitcher David Price. Twitter got a hold of it and Price is giving the young fan an authentic Price Toronto Blue Jays jersey!

Sunday Sketches - Castle Window

This piece is done on an index card, I was inspired by all the lovely ICAD pieces I have been seeing on other blogs. This is my view from an old castle window, we just had a blue moon in July, so perhaps this is a celebration of that!  Happy Sunday Sketches!  Thanks to Alexandra for hosting.

Feast for one or two

Son K had an old friend visiting from out of town recently. The friend said he wanted to eat Chinese food, so they went to a restaurant that the friend likes. This was what they ordered for the two of them. K said his friend ate most of it himself as K wasn't that hungry! This friend is very athletic, 21 years old, and I have no doubt he is able to burn off all the calories.