Paint Party Friday - Treehouse Practice Run

Welcome to Paint Party Friday!  This "Treehouse" piece is done in my art journal in watercolour pencil (8 1/2" x 11").

The current Creative Tuesdays theme is 'Treehouse'.
Won't you join us? You have until October 18th to link up!

I will be posting a different treehouse for the CT theme, this is a 'practice run' I guess!

Early Sunday Morning

Early this past Sunday morning I set out for church, running a few minutes late, coffee in hand. It was cooler out. A neighbour's medium-sized dog barked loudly, he seemed to be tied to a tree but I went the other way just to be sure, there were no owners in sight. I noticed a jogger, and a few walkers out.
A squirrel scampering off with an apple in his mouth crossed my path. I admired the still blooming garden flowers along the way.

The church deacon gave the homily in mass. He spoke of gratitude on the birth of his first grandchild late last month. The child was over 9 pounds. He wished the congregation a Happy Thanksgiving weekend.

Fun at Step Class

My step class was fun the other day. The instructor played a lot of catchy older songs from the 70's and 80's, starting off with 'What a Feeling' by Irene Cara. She said to her friend in the class 'This next one's for you Jane (not her real name)!' As it started, Jane guessed which one it was, and the instructor said 'She has your legs!' Jane said 'I wish!' It was a Tina Turner song 'Rolling on the River', haha.

Here is some leaf art for your enjoyment today:

Put My Foot in My Mouth

Hope you enjoyed today's leaf art!

Husband M and I were in our local McDonald's restaurant for coffee when M noticed our former neigbour sitting at a table. I went over to say hello. In the course of our conversation I noticed his female companion. He had not introduced me, so being a curious (sometimes friendly) sort, I said 'Is this your daughter?'. He said 'No, it's a friend'. After I walked away M said to me 'I knew that wasn't his daughter' and I hadn't known his daughter well enough to recognize her. Then it occurred to me that it might be a date, as the man had been widowed since January this year. Then I realized I may have put my foot in my mouth to have assumed it was his daughter, which implied he was with a much younger woman! Oops oops and oops, it's not the first time I have been guilty of embarrassing blunders, how about you?

Cauliflower Mash

I finally decided to try a low carb cauliflower mash after reading Low Carb Diabetic's recipe here. It is a winner! I liked the fact that this recipe didn't call for a food processor, a potato masher works fine. I do own a really nice food processor, but prefer a simple hand mash.  I used a small amount of full fat (as opposed to light) old white cheddar cheese and it added a lot of taste!  Of course the more cheese you add, the better.

Denise in VA also had a nice cauliflower mash recipe using a food processor here.

Sunday Sketches - At Work

Welcome to Sunday Sketches from England. This piece is done in my art journal (8 1/2" x 11") in watercolour pencil. It's called 'At Work'.

I cannot comment on some Google+ blogs as I have not converted. But I will visit your blog and leave a reply on mine. Some Google+ blogs are set up to allow me to comment.

Kind of Funny

Husband M and I celebrate our 28th wedding anniversary today. It is also the Canadian Thanksgiving long weekend.

I took my mom for some lab tests recently. She has some memory loss. The X-ray guy was asking her 'Are you Elfreda?' and mom wasn't answering. I came into the room and she says to me quite seriously 'who is Elfreda?'  I said to him 'That's her middle name, she is Doreen!  Problem solved.  It was kind of funny.

It was raining one early morning and I took these shots of wet leaves on the pavement for you: