Hors D'oeuvres

Daughter L made these bacon cheeseburger hors d'oeuvres for some of her friends this past weekend.  I think she gets a lot of her ideas from Pinterest.

Spring Snow

I went for a walk yesterday morning and took this photo for you.  It was still cold from a surprise spring storm on Sunday night so the snow is still around.

Did you know it was Doris Day's 92nd birthday this past Sunday April 3?  I've always liked her since I was a little girl, and one of my favourite songs of hers is 'Que Sera Sera'.  It makes me happy listening to it.  She says she is young at heart and loves to laugh, doesn't think about her age.

Do you have a favourite song that makes you happy?

Tesla

Tesla Model 3

For the car lovers, the Tesla Model 3 is all the rage these days.  It was unveiled March 31st and there were lineups for the pre-orders.  The car won't be available until 2018.  The base list price is US$35,000 for this electric car.  The successful model S is around $70,000 so the model 3 will make Teslas more affordable for the general marketplace.

CEO Elon Musk is being compared to Steve Jobs of Apple, he is a (crazy) entrepreneur who took a lot of risks to debut the electric Tesla cars.  As entrepreneurs will do, he sold his shares as a co-founder of Paypal for US $165 million, almost lost it all when he started this new Tesla venture which has really taken off.  His net worth is now 13.5 billion US.

Delightful Delivery

It seems about once a year I get this special offer from Shutterfly for 12 free mix and match stationery cards.  I can never resist and was delighted to receive these attractive boxed cards with 6 selected designs from my original art collection.  I just had to pay the postage.

Sunday Sketches - Moon

Welcome to Alexandra's Sunday Sketches.  This is a 3" x 5" greeting card in acrylic.  It might be one of my most simple pieces yet but it speaks to me.

I stuck the card on this tabletop and don't they look great dancing under the moon?

New Movie

pretty fence

I noticed this pretty fence on a walk, nice house too.

Demolition

I didn't manage to get photos of the demolition of this small plaza, but the machinery is in place to build a new condominium.



We saw the new Batman vs. Superman movie this week.  Daughter L wanted to use up a bunch of half price movie coupons that were about to expire.  As might have been expected, I thought the movie was yuck, very depressing and violent.

At any rate, have a great Saturday!

Paint Party Friday - Galah Bird

Welcome to Eva and Kristin's Paint Party Friday!  This is a Galah Bird done on good quality green cardstock (6" x 6") in watercolour pencil and washi tape.  The Galah is a type of cockatoo common in Australia.  They are in their early fall season now so I thought I would put a scarf on my Galah.  I thought it would to give my piece a one-of-a-kind touch!  Don't you feel cozy just looking at him?

Washi tape is kind of fun, I should invest in some different colours and patterns!

And have a Happy April Fool's Day, hope you don't get pranked or that it's a good one!