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.

For the dinner date, I am sharing my roasted wax yellow beans.  420F for 20 minutes in the oven, with olive oil, herbs and seasoning.



Wednesday, October 11, 2023

Wednesday Memes


 
I'll take the caesar salad please!





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

St-Viateur bagels

Florida avocados 

A week after I arrived home, I met up with my good friend to celebrate her 65th birthday.  She brought me some bagels from her recent trip to Montreal.  St Viateur bagels are world famous, moist and delicious!  I enjoyed them with these avocados. I brought them fresh picked from my cousin's farm in Florida, they finally ripened, creamy and buttery tasting.


 

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.

Linking to Gillena's Art For Fun Friday,  I forgot to do a face for Nicole's Friday Face Off. I guess there is a face there.