T for Tuesday

 T Stands For is hosted by Elizabeth and Bleubeard

November 2022 - Toronto ON

Some Christmas mugs I found lately.

And some crafty mug ideas I found. Source is indicated.

Source

I couldn't find a source for this.

Signs 2

Joining Tom at Signs2.
Wordless Wednesday Wordless Be There 2day



Las Vegas NV

Treasure Island

New York New York

Tuesday Treasures

 Tom the backroads traveller hosts this weekly meme.

Travel Tuesday

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My Corner of the World

London England

Since I have been bingeing The Crown, I was reminded of our visit to Kensington Palace on a beautiful May day.

Kensington Palace in London is a working Royal residence. Of great historical importance, Kensington Palace was the favourite residence of successive sovereigns until 1760. It was also the birthplace and childhood home of Queen Victoria.

With formal gardens, water features and 265 acres of parkland, Kensington Gardens must be one of the most beautiful of the London parks. While open to the public, it somehow has an intimate feel, due to its association as the ‘back garden’ of Kensington Palace, home to many members of the Royal Family.

Queen Victoria sculpted by her daughter Princess Louise.

I love this trellis but can't find any information about it.

In 1981, in the part of the palace that George I had built for the Duchess of Kendal, Apartments 8 and 9 were combined to create the London residence of the newly married Prince of Wales and his wife, Diana, and it remained the official residence of Diana after their divorce until her death. Her sons, Princes William and Harry were raised in Kensington Palace and went to local nursery and pre-preparatory schools in Notting Hill, which is a short drive away. According to Andrew Morton, the palace was a "children's paradise" with its long passageways, a helicopter pad, and many outdoor gardens, including one on the roof where the family spent many hours.

Blogger and Comments

 November 2022 - Toronto ON

I am also experiencing that annoying Blogger problem with comments. The only way I can now leave comments (even on my own blog) is by opening an incognito window, then logging into my Google account.

Monday Mural

  I'm linking up at Monday Mural

November 2022 - Toronto ON

We picked up gluten free cannolis on Friday and finally got a shot of the finished mural.

Well, John took it, as I stepped out to take it!

Arturo Parada

Work in progress - photo courtesy of Holy Cannoli Facebook.

Before Long Branch became a village, it was the home to Loyalist Col. Sam Smith, who was one of the earliest settlers in Etobicoke. His cabin was located near Etobicoke Creek and survived into the 1950s. Col. Smith was granted a large tract of land for his service in the Queen's Rangers in 1797, which eventually extended from what is now Kipling Avenue to the original course of the Etobicoke River (now Creek), and south of Bloor Street to Lake Ontario after Col. Smith acquired additional parcels of land. The southern portion of this tract would include all of Long Branch and the westernmost portion of New Toronto, south of the railway line.

STOP

  One Word Sunday

September 2022 - Victoriaville Quebec

Happy Anniversary

 November 27, 2022

This one's for you, Babe.

Love you, John, very much.

Sweetie Pie

 Linking up at Marg at The Intrepid Reader

Weekend Coffee Share

Sunday Salon

Sunday Post

                                                   2021 - QUEEN ST. WEST

November 2022 - Toronto ON

Saturday was a lazy one as John's neck was still sore, the worst day so far. 

Sunday I cleaned out the fridge, made beef stock from leftover steak bones, did laundry etc.

His neck was feeling much better by the end of the week.

My knitting is coming along.

Buffalo on Sunday 7 feet of snow!

John went to Costco on Monday $370 later...but we were out of a lot of stuff and he did get three packs of ground veal, two large packs of bacon, a ham, and large packages of boneless skinless chicken thighs and skin on thighs. There were also a lot of fruit and vegetables, butter, cheese, sour cream, coffee etc.

Friday we went to Farm Boy for a "few things" $175 later. To be fair, we have been using up a lot of freezer and pantry items in the last couple of months.

We also stopped to get gluten free cannolis.

My hibiscus is happy to be inside.

As is the geranium!

Tuesday we were both up early expecting the cleaning lady at 9, we have to tidy up first!

She messaged that she had to see the lawyer about her permanent residency so could she come tomorrow afternoon or next week? I said next week, I didn't want her in the afternoon. She had just asked on Sunday if she could switch to Tuesdays until the end of the year. But now she said she will continue on Wednesdays. She's had a rough time lately, her little 6 month old was in the hospital with that nasty RSV that is going around.

I was going to get my hair cut at 10:30 but got lazy.

Wednesday 

We lost 1-0 to Belgium.

Thursday I was supposed to meet my BFF for lunch, but she realized that the Toronto Argonauts (Canadian Football) victory rally would be right at Union Station so everything would be packed at lunch hour so we rescheduled.

John went for an MRI and x-ray on his hip/groin. This was the view as he took the bus home.

The restaurant is our building is ready for Christmas! Use this link https://fb.watch/g-ioyjdcBH/.

The lobby is being decorated for the holidays.

I am tired of our cushions in the living room so ordered some from Amazon. They came on Friday.

COOKING

Saturday I used the last of the ham we had frozen with mashed turnip carrot potatoes and Brussel sprouts.

Sunday roast beef (on special at Longo's) roast potatoes broccolini and gravy.

Monday Mongolian beef (leftovers) and rice. John loved the sauce from this recipe and it certainly improved the rather boring leftover beef. I added peppers, onions and tomatoes.

Tuesday Quiche (leftover ham) with mushrooms and salad

I finally baked this gluten free bread mix I had bought last year! And wouldn't you know it, it was absolutely perfect! Best bread ever...and it is discontinued!!!!

No wonder it is so good, it was created by Thomas Keller's chefs at French Laundry. I searched recipe blogs for a good gluten free bread and found that many also liked this flour. I couldn't find it anywhere to buy, mostly out of stock. I finally found it at Healthy Planet Canada and bought two bags of the flour and one bag of the wholesome flour.

Wednesday quiche and salad

Masala roast chicken with spicy onions, I added tomatoes. You can use any type of chicken, I used thighs. The recipe also includes potatoes but we had salad to use up. This is a very tasty dish, although we wished the skin had gotten crispier.

Friday steak, peppers, mushrooms and onions.

WATCHING

The Man with the Iron Heart (released as HHhH in France and Killing Heydrich in Canada) is a 2017 biographical action-thriller film.
In 1942, the Czech resistance in London sends two young recruits to Prague to assassinate Reinhard Heydrich, the most ruthless Nazi leader who is the Reich-protector, head of the SS and the Gestapo, and the architect of the Final Solution.

The Stranger  is a 2022 Australian psychological crime thriller film starring Joel Edgerton and Sean Harris. Based on the non-fiction book The Sting: The Undercover Operation That Caught Daniel Morcombe's Killer by Kate Kyriacou, and inspired by the murder investigation of Daniel Morcombe,the film follows an investigation of a child abduction case, with an undercover police officer (Edgerton) in a sting operation tasked with getting close to and forming a friendship with the prime suspect (Harris). Really good, dark and sinister.

Netflix’s Norwegian crime thriller drama series “The Lorenskog Disappearance” is a dramatized semi-fictional retelling of a high-profile case that shook Norway in 2018. Following the abduction of a billionaire’s wife from their own house, the Norwegian police looked into various leads and theories to try and solve the already convoluted case.

I'm still on The Crown kick, almost finished season 5.

I watched The Traitor King about Edward's involvement with the Nazis.

John recorded (for me!) Prince Andrew: Banished and we both watched it.

READING

The Other Husband was a decent read with a bit of a stretch plot, rather convoluted.

Read The Last Queen. It tells the same stories as The Crown with lots of background and additional details on those episodes. I totally enjoyed it.

Oddly, the book does not cover the Al Fayeds' background at all, other than mentioning the elder bought Harrod's and the incident of the photo taken of Diana and Dodi on a private yacht.

Began Good Husbands.

Tuesday Treasures

 Tom the backroads traveller hosts this weekly meme.

Travel Tuesday

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My Corner of the World

December 2016 - Orlando FL

The Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art houses the most comprehensive collection of the works of Louis Comfort Tiffany found anywhere, a major collection of American art pottery, and fine collections of late-19th- and early-20th-century American paintings, graphics and the decorative arts.

Being the Friday before New Year's finding a parking spot was tough. But we lucked out the second time we drove through the museum parking lot as someone was just leaving.

Click here for some incredible shots of the Chapel.

My jaw just dropped when I walked in and saw this window.
Door panels C 1905.

The Tiffany collection forms the centerpiece of the Morse Museum. It includes examples in every medium he explored, in every kind of work he produced, and from every period of his life. Holdings range from award-winning leaded-glass windows down to glass buttons. It includes paintings and extensive examples of his pottery, as well as jewelry, enamels, mosaics, watercolors, lamps, furniture and examples of his Favrile blown glass.

Louis Comfort Tiffany (February 18, 1848 – January 17, 1933) was an American artist and designer who worked in the decorative arts and is best known for his work in stained glass. He is the American artist most associated with the Art Nouveau and Aesthetic movements. Tiffany designed stained glass windows and lamps, glass mosaics, blown glass, ceramics, jewelry, enamels and metalwork. He was the first Design Director at his family company, Tiffany & Co., founded by his father Charles Lewis Tiffany.

Windows c 1895.

Louis Comfort Tiffany loved daffodils—a flower that heralds spring and is rich in symbolic meaning. Not only did he cultivate them and plant them prominently at his Long Island country estate, Laurelton Hall, he created his own versions in glass for windows, lamps, and column capitals.

The peacock necklace was crafted by jeweler Julian Munson (Sherman) for exhibition between 1903 and 1906.

Comprised of enamel, opal, amethyst, ruby, sapphire, demantoid garnet, emerald, chrysoberyl and gold, this is the most important existing work in this medium. The front medallion features a peacock mosaic of opals and enamels surrounded by amethysts and sapphires. According to the Morse Museum, exhibition pieces like this one were finished on both sides, and the back of this necklace features an enameled design of pink flamingoes.

A little fuzzy but it gives you an idea.

These were John's favourites, part of the American Arts and Crafts display. I wish I had taken the folder with the information, as I can't find anything online.

Madonna and Child window, c. 1890
Exhibited: World’s Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893
Leaded glass
Tiffany Glass Company, New York, 1885–92

In 2011, the Morse Museum’s opened a wing in which to exhibit its collection of art and architectural objects from Louis Comfort Tiffany’s celebrated Long Island home, Laurelton Hall—the largest repository of these materials anywhere.




The exhibition features the restored Daffodil Terrace and approximately 200 objects from or related to the estate. These include prize-winning leaded-glass windows, iconic Tiffany lamps, custom furnishings, as well as art glass and pottery in Tiffany’s personal collection.



The Daffodil Terrace

The Daffodil Terrace, installed in a glass-enclosed gallery, is situated with a view of an expanded garden courtyard at the Museum and presented in a manner related to its original location at Laurelton Hall. The 18-by-32-foot outdoor terrace exemplifies Tiffany’s unique and dramatic style. Supported by eight 11-foot marble columns that are topped with bouquets of glass daffodils, the terrace’s coffered ceiling is composed of hundreds of stenciled wood elements and molded tiles in three bays. The central bay features a skylight covered by six large panels of iridescent-glass tiles in a pear-tree motif.

Summer and Autumn

The “Maiden Feeding Flamingos in the court of a Roman house” window c. 1892

Reception hall gallery

Highlights from the dining-room installation include: a 13.5-foot-high, mosaic-decorated marble mantelpiece that is one of Tiffany’s most forward-looking designs; a 25-foot-long Oriental rug; a domed leaded-glass chandelier 6.5 feet in diameter; and a suite of six leaded-glass Wisteria transoms.