Picnic

July 2018 - Toronto ON

Saturday
Cee's Odd Ball Challenge


Around our building.

The hottest day of the year and John asks for pot roast! So in the slow cooker it went.
Lemon cheesecake with lemon curd for dessert.

Sunday
Inspired Sunday
One Word Sunday
#RoofSquares - Final
Monthly Theme - Spirit


A lazy day with some baking.
Carrot coconut bread with lemon cream cheese icing - perfect, moist.


CANADA DAY

Monday
Monday Mural Liberty Village
Foto Tunes Gordon Ligthfoot
Wordless

Enjoying the warm weather sitting on the balcony on a holiday Monday.

Tuesday
Tuesday Treasures Gordon Lightfoot and Massey Hall

I headed out to College Park and scored some t-shirts for John at $15 each in Winners'. Got a shelf for the kitchen to store the coffee mugs.

The food court opened yesterday at Union Station, they hadn't opened last year due to all the construction, nice to have it back.

There is entertainment as well.

Wednesday

I headed out for a mani-pedi and then picked up fruit for our breakfast tomorrow.

John  went golfing and I went out for lunch where I ran into a cousin in law so we ate together.

Union Station

A Plain Jane from Harry's Burgers, delicious.

Then to Dundas Square to check out the sales, nothing bought.

Thursday
Thursday Doors College St.

We decided to have breakfast by the lake. We made fruit salad with yogurt dip, brought the coconut carrot cake and a big carafe of coffee with our books and spent a couple of hours enjoying the peace.

This was the view looking west, as people headed into work at 8 AM.

And our view as we had breakfast.

It turned out to be the hottest day of the week as far as I was concerned. We took the car to the east end to try out a pizza place that made its own gluten free pizza dough, Queen Margherita. They have three locations but I chose this one thinking we could wander Queen St. East but the air was stifling.

This is Italian style pizza, not your North American chain type. There are also blanco pizzas but we ordered rosso.

Quiet, because we came in late afternoon.

This was my pizza, their homemade tomato sauce is very good also.

John's gluten free - he really enjoyed it. In a pinch, I would eat that crust too.

Great mural across the street.



Leslieville began as a small village in the 1850s, which grew up around the Toronto Nurseries owned by George Leslie (1804-1893) and sons, after whom the community is named. Most of Leslieville's residents were gardeners or were employed at one of the brick-making factories in the area.

Alexander Muir, the composer of The Maple Leaf Forever, was the first principal of the Leslieville Public School, one of the first buildings in the village. Muir was inspired when a brilliant maple leaf fell on his jacket from a Leslieville tree.

Click here to see another Leslieville mural honouring Muir painted by Elicser.

 When we lived in this area we frequented this garden centre, overpriced but stunning plants.

We had a fantastic thunderstorm around 9 PM, a spectacular light show. Photo taken as storm was passing over and the sun started to set.

Friday
Weekend Roundup
Weekend Reflections
Cee's Which Way Challenge

Lunch with my BFF and some shopping. The 2018 Brain Project has begun! We found some at City Hall but the lighting was not right for photos. I'll go back next week.

The Art Show is on this weekend, I had planned on going tomorrow but it really was too hot to enjoy it. But we did a quick lookaround.

By far my favourite pieces by Emanuel Pavao, done with household tape!

BOOKS

Birdo Bloor St. West Toronto 

I may have found a new favourite author with Wild Abandon.

My commute read was Eight Flavors The Untold Story of American Cuisine.
Then I started Gentlemen and Players by Joanne Harris, whom I always enjoy.

I began In a Cottage in a Wood. I'm getting rather tired of whiny, thirtysomethings moaning about their deadend jobs and thinking the world owes them something.

I had read SweetBitter a while ago and didn't really enjoy it. But I watched the series and preferred it, which is unusual.

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Monday Morning Blog Club
Through My Lens Monday
Photo Souvenirs
Our World Tuesday
Wanderful Wednesday #wanderfulwednesday

Wednesday Around the World at Communal Global

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