Scribble Picnic - Let's Dance

It's time for Scribble Picnic's 'Let's Dance' theme! My piece is an ACEO (2 1/2" x 3 1/2") permanent marker on canvas, complete with musical notes.  Can't wait to see what everyone else came up with!

A Good Children's Book

Kay has been reading with her ten year old granddaughter KC and this book called 'The Great Trouble' piqued my interest and I was able to borrow it from the library. It was an enjoyable, informative children's book, very well written and researched so I thought I would share with you. It is a story based on the 1854 cholera epidemic in London. They discovered the disease was being spread through drinking water and not through the air as was suspected.

The author Deborah Hopkinson attached a very informative reader's guide at the end of the book. She discusses where she gets her writing inspiration (from books she reads). She talks about the characters in her book, both fictional and historical, about the setting of the story and even includes an interesting discussion on cholera in general. It occurred to me that I would be a better writer if I had read more books like these as a child, especially if they included these helpful reader's guides.

Winterlicious 2018

The restaurants in the city of Toronto run a prix fixe Winterlicious restaurant program to encourage business in the slow months. We went to Tabule restaurant with some friends recently. Pictured above is my delicious falafal salad which I chose to have with my chicken entree.  It came with a tahini dip for the falafels.

On Ticket Insurance

Husband M went online to buy me a couple of tickets to the Hall and Oates and Train concert coming to Toronto in June.  A girlfriend has agreed to accompany me.  We were happy with the tickets he purchased.  However, shortly afterwards we received a second email to acknowledge our purchase of ticket insurance in the amount of an extra $17.  M realized he must have clicked that button in error.  He said you have a certain amount of time to complete your purchase and he was skipping through all the options in a bit of a hurry.  Fortunately, he was able to call the insurance company and quickly cancel the transaction.  No doubt ticket insurance is important these days, but the 2 tickets were not a horrendous amount of money.  Hopefully we will be ok.

I am still not comfortable with some online purchases for fear I might miss something, but it is unavoidable these days.

All the rage nowadays - a feminine product

Warning, some of you may want to skip this post as it contains information pertaining to a feminine product.




Daughter L and I were walking through the drug store when we came across this item called 'The Diva Cup' (pictured below). She told me it was all the rage these days, it is worn internally, similar to feminine tampons and it is all you need for that week and can be reused for years and years. This was new to me, but might be especially useful to a certain demographic for travel purposes.  The blue cup is for women who have previously born children, so it must be a wider size.    Here is information on how it works.

Paint Party Friday - At the Beach

Welcome to Kristin and Eva's Paint Party Friday! My piece is entitled 'At the Beach', an ACEO (2 1/2" x 3 1/2") acrylic on canvas, outlined with a black PITT artist pen.

My daughter was doing some painting and had some leftover paint she wanted to use up.  I came over with my ACEO canvases and blended some white with brown and came up with a flesh coloured background.  L said it looked like sand on a beach, and this piece was born!

Snacking Candy

Welcome to February!

I have been snacking on this candy.  When you look at the package it is deceiving, you see dark chocolate and you get the idea that there are blueberries inside.  It gives the impression of being healthy but it is candy after all.  I try to keep it to a handful at a time.