Scribble Picnic - Fill in the Blank

It's time for Scribble Picnic's 'Fill in the Blank' theme! Michael decided on a rectangle shape, so I went looking around the house for inspiration and saw this step wooden stepstool. Here it is as an ACEO (2 1/2" x 3 1/2") in permanent marker on canvas, outlined with a PITT finepoint marker.

Arugula Update

Many of you will remember we got these arugula seeds in an envelope with simple planting instructions. After many weeks of gentle nurturing I feel obligated to tell you that the seeds never sprouted for whatever reason.  When the weather improves I will dump the soil into the garden.

Autoshow 2018

Son K and I were downtown at the Autoshow yesterday. I took this photo of the CN Tower from the bus terminal.

Koenigsegg

Bugatti

It is the Family Day statutory holiday today in our province of Ontario, as it is in many parts of Canada.

I came across an interesting article of how 'a student took a photo of a single atom'.

According to the curious Ph. D quantum computing research candidate,  "The idea of being able to see a single atom with the naked eye had struck me as a wonderfully direct and visceral bridge between the miniscule quantum world and our macroscopic reality".  You can click on the link above to see the photo of his atom.

Here is the atom:

Here is the larger photo from the article:

Winter Arrangement

I got this flower arrangement as a Christmas gift. When the red and white flowers died, I removed them and have been keeping the oasis in the container wet to keep the greens alive so I can still enjoy the arrangement as pictured above.  It retains a wintry feel.

And it was just over a week ago that I hurt my back while shovelling some light snow.  It is feeling much better, in fact I am back to normal 9 days later.

Sugar Free Banana Cake

This sugar free banana cake recipe  that I found was very succesful. Sugar free in that it has no added sugar beyond 3 mashed very ripe bananas and the half cup of dried cranberries I added to the mix. It is a dense cake, if you like fruit cakes you will like this one.

My late mom would've turned 80 today.  RIP mom.

Paint Party Friday - In the Mountains

Welcome to Kristin and Eva's Paint Party Friday. This piece is an ACEO (2 1/2" x 3 1/2") permanent marker on canvas. I love mountain scenes and here is one for you today. I mistakenly posted two pieces last Friday, my pear still life and this mountain scene, so I am reposting this mountain scene for those of you who missed it.

2 ingredient cinnamon sugar bagels

Laurie spoke of these 2 ingredient bagels on her blog and I decided to try it. They taste like a sourdough bread due to the use of low fat yogurt. I used the recipe which included a cinnamon sugar topping.  They are weight watcher friendly bagels so you may want to add some jam to yours if you make them, as I did.  I've never made my own bagels before so this was definitely worth a try and came together very quickly.