Welcome to Rain's Thursday Art and Dinner Date! This is is piece for the 'In the Laboratory' theme, some Erlenmeyer flasks.
Thursday, October 12, 2023
Rain's Thursday Art and Dinner Date - In the Laboratory theme and Wax yellow beans
Welcome to Rain's Thursday Art and Dinner Date! This is is piece for the 'In the Laboratory' theme, some Erlenmeyer flasks.
Wednesday, October 11, 2023
Tuesday, October 10, 2023
New Air Fryer and Brussels Sprouts
Husband M bought a new air fryer. He had been thinking about it for awhile and the sale price seemed good.
My first attempt at air frying vegetables were these rather charred brussels sprouts. Fortunately they were still edible!
It seems an air fryer is pretty much a convection oven, smaller thus hotter. They work by circulating hot air with a fan giving foods a crispier finish.
Monday, October 9, 2023
Happy Canadian Thanksgiving and Kettleman's Bagels
Daughter L found some authentic Montreal style bagels within a reasonable distance and brought some for us to try. It is called Kettleman's bagels. Apparently to be called Montreal style bagels, they have to be boiled in honey water. They are moist, chewy and delicious!
Hope you are having/had a Happy Canadian Thanksgiving Weekend!
Sunday, October 8, 2023
Time Flies
It is husband M and my 35th wedding anniversary today! Time really does fly. I have been feeling my age when I heard that the Scarborough Light Rapid Transit line was being discontinued. It opened in 1985 as a part of the Toronto subway system. I remember using the brand new line to get to my job downtown.
Daughter L recently did some volunteer work as part of her job's initiative, at a wonderful charity called Nova's Ark. She told us the charity was started by a former high school principal who quit her job to pursue this initiative. The owner accepts severely autistic children who benefit from animal therapy. It is a small animal sanctuary with therapy animals such as a kangaroo, a lynx, a camel, a zebra and many more. The owner needs a lot of food to feed the animals. She gets donations of food that would otherwise go to waste from places like Costco and the local Sobey's. Daughter L's volunteer work consisted of cleaning the stables, it was hard work she says. It was moving to hear of the owner's purposeful life, it made me think of Mother Theresa. She made the point that disability can happen in seconds, nobody is immune. We cannot separate ourselves as if it does not involve us. Her stories of the autistic children she helps are moving. Sometimes it is good to identify a charity such as this for our donations. Cancer, heart foundations already have a lot of donors.
Linking to Gillena's Sunday Smiles.
Saturday, October 7, 2023
Florida Memories - After the Trip
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| St-Viateur bagels |
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| Florida avocados |
Friday, October 6, 2023
Friday Art - Another Wedding Card
Welcome to Friday Art! Daughter L had asked me to do a wedding card for her good friend's wedding and this is another one I had done in the series. We did not use this one.








