Pappasito's

Fajitas and Shrimp

Tres Leches

My travelling sister (who lives in Florida) was in Dallas recently.  She feasted at Pappasito's in Dallas, Texas.  Filet mignon fajitas and crab encrusted shrimp in the first photo and a Tres Leches dessert in the second photo.  From what I can google, Tres Leches is 'a light, airy sponge cake soaked with a mixture of three milks: evaporated milk, sweetened condensed milk, and heavy cream' thought to have originated from Nicaragua.  She was actually attending the final set of Queen/Adam Lambert concerts with her friends.  They are Adam Lambert groupies.

In other good news, my sister no longer has diabetes, she thinks it was all the walking and exercise she did on all those Baltic cruise excursions.  It made her lose 5 pounds.

Scribble Picnic - Fill in the Blank

Welcome to Michael's Scribble Picnic. It's a 'Fill in the Blank' week and we have to have at least one square with an 'X' in our piece. My entry is done
on coloured cardstock (4 1/2" x 6 1/2") in permanent marker and acrylic.

Solar Eclipse

My brother who lives in Arizona took this cloudy eclipse photo yesterday with his phone.  Luckily it was cloudy as he did not protect his phone.

In Toronto, we experienced 70% coverage which was so much fun. We used our solar eclipse glasses and I also made use of my cereal box viewer. There was a lot of excitement in the city.

Morning Walk

Well the solar eclipse is all the rage in North America today.  Here is a link to see how the eclipse will look from anywhere in the US.

Anyway, I thought I would just share a few photos from a morning walk with you!

Sunday Scribbles - Pathway

Welcome to Jennifer's Sunday Scribbles! My piece is a 'Pathway' based on a photo I took. It's done on cardstock in acrylic (4 1/2" x 6 1/2"). Please feel free to join us at this new art co-op.

Solar Eclipse Glasses

I bought these ISO certified 12312-2 solar eclipse glasses from Amazon about a month ago in preparation for viewing the Aug 21st solar eclipse. It should be partially visible from Toronto. There have been such dire warnings against looking at the eclipse directly I am now scared to use these. I am thinking about making a simple pinhole projector from a cereal box.  Here is a one minute video showing you how to do that.

According to this article, the eclipse will be partially visible in Toronto from 1.10 pm - 3.49 pm peaking at 2.30 pm with 70% of the sun covered.

Paint Party Friday - Gone Weeding

Welcome to Eva and Kristin's Paint Party Friday! This piece sums me up for the summer, it's called 'Gone Weeding' and it's what I've been doing every day since about May. It's a great excuse to spend time outdoors! This is done with permanent markers on good quality coloured cardstock (6" x 6").