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Some thoughts from the host: ‘In the Pink’ – means perfect condition or in good health, so that could be human or not! ‘Tickled Pink‘ – means delighted, so I’m thinking happy, fun and of course delighted. That could be you or the subject of your photograph. Pink – anything that is coloured pink but don’t worry if it isn’t pink! And the extra challenge for those of you up for it – can you manage to combine all three like I did last Saturday?The only thing you must ensure is that your main photograph is square, and don’t forget to pingback to one of my posts with the tag #InthePink.
Peonies are one of my favourite flowers, my second is gerberas.
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I attended an AGO Intro to Art for Extreme Beginners from 2 to 5.
I was early (quelle surprise!) so wandered around.
I just love the back of the AGO! So different from the front.
Cool mural as I looked for my classroom,
The class covered painting, sculpture, print making and drawing over three hours. We started with painting and were given a model of two propped up skeletons dressed in a straw hat, another in a construction vest and hard hat sharing a pitcher of wine on a table.
NOT my attempt! Mine was marginally better. Fun start, with the instruction doing a good job of guiding us.
We moved onto sculpture where the instructor was also very good and helpful. We were told to do a head bust.
My first attempt, ever, at sculpting!
Print making followed, with a dismal instructor who had no agenda, hopped from step to step and left most of us frustrated.
Last was drawing, good instructor but by now we were short on time. Still fun, first exercise was to draw your partner's face without looking at the paper!!
I made Indian meatballs with onion bhajis and naan for dinner. Well, that was the plan but I was zonked from my artistic afternoon so we ordered chicken instead.
We finally watched The Shape of Water and really liked it! We had seen a display of Canadian made movie costumes back in May that included Shape so I am showing them here again.
Another gorgeous day and we took a late afternoon walk along the lake.
I was looking for this new art installation but John spotted it first (and he didn't know about it).
Looking towards home, we're on the left.
None of these buildings were here when we moved in six years ago but they have brought shops, bars and restaurants along with a good general grocery store.
I made up the meatballs for lunches this week. We've done a great job eating from our freezer and pantry over the last few weeks but I felt like a roast.
Roast beef and potatoes with carrots, peas and corn.
We didn't get off to a good start, I had booked us both for mani-pedis at 10 AM at a local place about 5 minutes away. Long story short, girl who made my appointment is back at school, girl outside didn't have keys, owner stuck in traffic, come back in 15 minutes? Eh, no, this is not how to run a business.
John headed out to golf and dinner with a friend.
I wanted to check out Joe Fresh on Queen St. West.
Queen St. West has quite a few fabric/bead stores west of Spadina, but not as many as in the past.
We decided on an early pizza dinner at Pizza Libretto before taking the Front St. bus to the Distillery District to the theatre to see an in-house written and produced by Soulpepper.
What a show! I now need to brush up on my Hemingway and learn more about this period in history and music that includes Josephine Baker, the Harlem Hellfighters.
I need to read about the character that Cole Porter wrote this song -Ada "Bricktop" Smith, here sung by Bette Midler.
Based on the memoirs of the great author Hemingway, A Moveable Feast: Paris In The 20s provides audiences with an intimate and insightful look into the legendary Ernest's time in Paris. Take a trip down the Seine with Hemingway's friends, his struggles and his own personal observations all to beautiful and melodious music.
John went golfing and I needed to get the Letter L for the roundup.
So I took the subway to Lawrence West, a station I have never been in.
And then down to Dundas Square.
Quite a gold car!
I'm missing some photos that were on John's phone, which he lost on the golf course, hopefully it will be found!
BOOKS
September 2018 - Gift shop Queen St. W Toronto ON
Anatomy of a Scandal is about the power of men in high places, quite relevant in light of today's new stories about rape and women's fear of revealing these travesties especially when the are very young.
Also reading Two Can Play at the same time.
Some thoughts from the host: ‘In the Pink’ – means perfect condition or in good health, so that could be human or not! ‘Tickled Pink‘ – means delighted, so I’m thinking happy, fun and of course delighted. That could be you or the subject of your photograph. Pink – anything that is coloured pink but don’t worry if it isn’t pink! And the extra challenge for those of you up for it – can you manage to combine all three like I did last Saturday?The only thing you must ensure is that your main photograph is square, and don’t forget to pingback to one of my posts with the tag#InthePink.
September 2018 - Toronto ON
Spotted while poking around HomeSense.
And Bath and Body Works
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For the letter of the week for this round I am going to go with all things TTC, Toronto Transit Corporation.
Starts with "L"
Lawrence West station opened in 1978, as part of the subway line extension from St. George to Wilson Station.
Upon entrance from the Lawrence Avenue bridge over Allen Road, the bus waiting area and the train platform are apparent. This openness is achieved through glazed walls and a large stairwell. The glass is framed with distinctive orange-painted metal. The platform level features exposed concrete walls, with a long strip of skylights above the tracks with the same orange framing used throughout the station.
Rectangular prism benches with rectangular tiles of yellow, orange, and brown hues are unique to the station. Similar tiles are used on the floors and centre pillars.
Spacing... Aerial Highways, a large 300 foot ceramic tile mural designed by Claude Breeze, spreads across the north face of the main station building above the bus platform.
And was under construction when I went there today.
Leader Lane
The street was renamed Leader's Lane after the Toronto Leader, a newspaper whose offices were located there from 1852 to 1878.
It was the site of York's first jail and "hanging yard". The original jail, a log building, built in 1796, at the corner with Colborne Street has long since been demolished, but several buildings remain on the street which are over 100 years old.
