A Getaway Finally

jalapeno, and banana pepper

We headed out on Aug 23rd to spend a few days visiting daughter L's fiance's family at their cottage in Muskoka.  They often take us for a boat ride  up the lakes.  We stopped off for a lovely lunch at the Sherwood Inn.  I chose to have fish and chips, they served it on a version of 'newsprint' as they do in England.  My sangria was refreshing.

You can spot a myriad of stars up there in the blackness of night.  For the first time I made the effort to see 'The Big Dipper'.  From there you can locate the North Star off of which hangs 'The Little Dipper'.  It is more faint so I could not see it.

This was our first getaway for the year!

Other friends have a cottage about an hour south, so we always try to stop by and see them on the way home.  They gave me a jalapeno and a banana pepper they picked from the garden as we were walking around!

 

Beet Juice with pulp

I had a lot of fresh beets and decided to make beet juice in the blender.  This recipe produces the beet juice with pulp.  There are juice machines that do it without pulp and have more elaborate recipes.

2 cups of water

6-8 medium beets peeled and quartered

some squeezes of lemon juice

blend until liquified in a blender.

I added a tablespoon of the pulpy juice with a cup of orange juice and it tasted good and feels healthy.  You could mix it with any juice.  

Cute Sign

 I saw this cute sign at a shopping mall the other day.  It says 'Parking spot for parents new and to be'

Amish White Bread

 I made this Amish White Bread using this recipe.  It was easy to make and was chewy and delicious.

About a week later I made it again.  Here are the photos of the new batch:

Paint Party Friday - Valerie's Bachelor's Button

 Welcome to Paint Party Friday!  I am showing an ACEO (2 1/2" x 3 1/2"), it is based on a photo of Valerie's Bachelor's Button.  She takes wonderful photos.

Rain's Thursday Art Date - Expressionism

 Welcome  to Rain's Thursday Art Date.  Her theme is Expressionism.  I found a good link that describes it here.  And here is a video that also goes through the history of expressionism. However, I took my inspiration from Mark Rothko, an abstract expressionist painter, he was a pioneer in colour field painting.  It is something I could more relate to.

 This is  my abstract expressionism piece, an ACEO (2 1/2" x 3 1/2") in alcohol ink:  

My September Calendar Page

Welcome to September!  Here is my art calendar page.  The quote I chose was

“September: it was the most beautiful of words, he’d always felt, evoking orange-flowers, swallows, and regret.”

― Alexander Theroux, Darconville's Cat