May 2019 - Rome Italy
Trastevere on a rainy day.
Once a door?
AS a lover of street art I was disappointed by all the graffiti in Rome.
Even just random scribblings.
Thursday, December 5, 2019
Thursday Doors
Linking up at Norm's Thursday Doors.
May 2019 - Rome Italy
Trastevere on a rainy day.
Once a door?
AS a lover of street art I was disappointed by all the graffiti in Rome.
Even just random scribblings.
May 2019 - Rome Italy
Trastevere on a rainy day.
Once a door?
AS a lover of street art I was disappointed by all the graffiti in Rome.
Even just random scribblings.
Tuesday, December 3, 2019
Glow
Dutch's Photo Challenge
January 2018 - Toronto ON
Click on the link above to see more photos.
Festival of Lights at the Distillery District.
January 2018 - Toronto ON
Click on the link above to see more photos.
Festival of Lights at the Distillery District.
Signs 2
Joining Tom at Signs2.
Wordless Wednesday Wordless Be There 2day
August 2019 - Toronto ON
Queen St. West ghost sign. Beare's Stationers and Printers. Badly faded, the top row said Office Furniture.
I haven't found any history of the company.
Interesting that the company now occupying the building, black sign, WorkPlace One offers private and shared offices, coworking spaces, meeting rooms and virtual office solutions in Toronto and Kitchener.
So in a digital/electronic environment it is still using office furniture, stationery and printing.
Wordless Wednesday Wordless Be There 2day
August 2019 - Toronto ON
Queen St. West ghost sign. Beare's Stationers and Printers. Badly faded, the top row said Office Furniture.
I haven't found any history of the company.
Interesting that the company now occupying the building, black sign, WorkPlace One offers private and shared offices, coworking spaces, meeting rooms and virtual office solutions in Toronto and Kitchener.
So in a digital/electronic environment it is still using office furniture, stationery and printing.
Tuesday Treasures
Tom hosts Tuesday's Treasures.
Travel Tuesday
Our World Tuesday
Good Random Fun
Image-in-ing
My Corner of the World
March 2013 - Cottonwood AZ
This was a gold mine of "old" things!! I must have taken over a hundred photos. It was an absolute mish mash of old rusted items.
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Travel Tuesday
Our World Tuesday
Good Random Fun
Image-in-ing
My Corner of the World
March 2013 - Cottonwood AZ
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Monday, December 2, 2019
Monday Mural
I'm linking up at Monday Mural
November 2019 - Toronto ON
Yonge and St. Clair is experiencing a boom in street art. I previously posted Phlegm's human body of Toronto landmarks in 2017.
Updated photo this week.
The area is under construction with new buildings going up everywhere. And Birdo has added a new mural.
He's done murals around the world and has plenty around Toronto such as the hipster owl on the trendy Kimpton Saint George Hotel on Bloor and his new (this summer) yellow bird on Dundas near the AGO.
Before we even saw the mural we noticed the hoardings on this construction also had Birdo's name on them.
November 2019 - Toronto ON
Yonge and St. Clair is experiencing a boom in street art. I previously posted Phlegm's human body of Toronto landmarks in 2017.
Updated photo this week.
The area is under construction with new buildings going up everywhere. And Birdo has added a new mural.
It is a 10-storey candy-coloured masterpiece by Toronto’s own Jerry Rugg, a.k.a BirdO, a street artist who conceals his face by wearing a giant Angry Birds–esque cardboard headHis Deer Park piece—created alongside comic book wizard Jeff Blackburn—is his biggest piece to date. “I’ve always wanted to paint something to this scale, especially in my home base,” he says. “I only want to go bigger from here. Hell, if I could paint something on the moon that you could see from earth, I would.” Here, Rugg gives us a bird’s-eye view of the sprawling mural.
Image and data from Toronto Life.
Image and data from Toronto Life.
1. Yellow portal
Rugg tried to colour-coordinate what he calls his “portal to the sky” to match the hue of the sky on a clear summer day. He has a sculpture project in the works for next year and is toying with the idea of mounting a super-sized antler on the building’s roof.
2. Deer
Nature is on-brand for BirdO, so he put an ultra-literal spin on this neighbourhood mural by using its unofficial mascot as the centrepiece.
3. Geometric blocks
Rugg uses a lot of geometric shapes to balance his colour scheme. “My friends always tease me for not signing my pieces, but I think these are just as effective,” he says.
4. Check-pattern orb
Here’s another one of Rugg’s signature geometric patterns. “When I painted it, the orb was meant to look like it was on top of the deer, but halfway through I realized it made the deer look like it has a hole in its neck.”
5. Colour scheme
Rugg’s initial mural proposal had a more muted colour palette, but the building owner encouraged him to crank up the saturation.
6. Branches
Sticking to all things literal, Rugg used these tree branches to represent Deer Park’s park. “It’s Dr. Seuss meets Tim Burton: a little cartoony and a little creepy,” he says.
More of our photos.
Rugg tried to colour-coordinate what he calls his “portal to the sky” to match the hue of the sky on a clear summer day. He has a sculpture project in the works for next year and is toying with the idea of mounting a super-sized antler on the building’s roof.
2. Deer
Nature is on-brand for BirdO, so he put an ultra-literal spin on this neighbourhood mural by using its unofficial mascot as the centrepiece.
3. Geometric blocks
Rugg uses a lot of geometric shapes to balance his colour scheme. “My friends always tease me for not signing my pieces, but I think these are just as effective,” he says.
4. Check-pattern orb
Here’s another one of Rugg’s signature geometric patterns. “When I painted it, the orb was meant to look like it was on top of the deer, but halfway through I realized it made the deer look like it has a hole in its neck.”
5. Colour scheme
Rugg’s initial mural proposal had a more muted colour palette, but the building owner encouraged him to crank up the saturation.
6. Branches
Sticking to all things literal, Rugg used these tree branches to represent Deer Park’s park. “It’s Dr. Seuss meets Tim Burton: a little cartoony and a little creepy,” he says.
More of our photos.
Before we even saw the mural we noticed the hoardings on this construction also had Birdo's name on them.
Sunday, December 1, 2019
inSPIREd Sunday
Sally and Beth host inSPIREd Sunday!
May 2019 - Rome Italy
The church of the Santissima Trinità dei Monti, often called merely the Trinità dei Monti is a Roman Catholic late Renaissance titular church. It is best known for its commanding position above the Spanish Steps which lead down to the Piazza di Spagna. The church and its surrounding area (including the Villa Medici) are a French State property.
In front of the church stands the Obelisco Sallustiano, one of the many obelisks in Rome, moved here in 1789. It is a Roman obelisk in imitation of Egyptian ones, originally constructed in the early years of the Roman Empire for the Gardens of Sallust near the Porta Salaria. The hieroglyphic inscription was copied from that on the obelisk in the Piazza del Popolo known as Flaminio Obelisk.
May 2019 - Rome Italy
The church of the Santissima Trinità dei Monti, often called merely the Trinità dei Monti is a Roman Catholic late Renaissance titular church. It is best known for its commanding position above the Spanish Steps which lead down to the Piazza di Spagna. The church and its surrounding area (including the Villa Medici) are a French State property.
Saturday, November 30, 2019
Cake Vendor
November 2019 - Toronto ON
Each machine contains 160 slices of cake. So, if every slice is sold daily, that means Carlo's Bake Shop — the family bakery of Buddy Valastro and the location where the hit TLC show Cake Boss is filmed — is making $4,315.20 a day on the slices alone.
Saturday was chores and baking. I was flipping through my 1970 Betty Crocker cookbook and settled on ginger creams. Not sure why they are called creams, but they were a keeper.
In looking for the recipe online it turns out it was a Betty Crocker 1929 prize winner.
I took some frozen homemade beef broth and added some leftover mashed potato/turnip.carrot and meatloaf to it. Quick and easy lunch.
Wings and fries for dinner with carrot and celery sticks to round out this healthy meal.
Sunday and One Word Sunday was HOME. I chose two photos from when we moved in 2012 and then two from this morning of the same spots.
We tried the black cheese that we bought last week. It was very good but it really is completely black which feels a little odd.
I finally posted my recipe for onion bhajis, which has evolved over the years. I had made them last weekend and wanted to capture my final version.
Mid afternoon and I got my slow cooker spare ribs in the crockpot.
Then I planned on using up the remainder of the pumpkin from the cheesecake bars I had made. I started the mousse and when I went to add the pumpkin it was moldy.
Monday and I framed a new photo for our bedroom.
I had ordered a lamp online but when it came it was missing some pieces so on Tuesday we took it back. Then went looking for another one. At Ikea, we changed our plan and bought a table top lamp for that spot.
Spotted from the car on the Queensway.
We then headed to Yonge and St. Clair to find another new Birdo mural. Check here for the details.
John captured this in a new condo building.
Across from the Birdo is this 2017 piece by Phlegm.
Next up to find a new sculpture unveiled during the summer in front of the Desjardins building on St. Clair.
A 25-foot-tall, expressionless man holding a skyscraper in his arms atop a pile of colourful cubes now looms over his own patch of concrete.
He is made of painted bronze and stainless steel, his creator is acclaimed German sculptor Stephan Balkenhol, and he was commissioned by the companies behind the forthcoming Imperial Village master planned community.
This reclining figure also sits outside the same building.
This area was known as Deer Park and the reason for the deer on Birdo's mural.
Inside the Scotiabank Arena, currently being renovated is this clock. This part of the building used to be home to the Postal Station A. They've removed any of the post office memorabilia but hopefully it will be on display either here or elsewhere.
An old classic I have made in a while, Asian ground pork and green beans.
The Eaton Centre is all decked out for the holidays.
The Bay has a technical robotic theme to its windows this year as I took these photos in the pouring rain.
Snow angel assembly line.
It was our wedding anniversary and we celebrated with roast pork belly.
And flowers for me.
Thursday a quick shopping trip and crustless gluten free quiche for dinner.
Friday and John did a Costco run while I met my BFF and we thought we might find some Black Friday sales but nothing got our attention so we had a nice lunch instead.
We checked out the new attraction at Union Station, it was quite open yet.
For the first time ever this holiday season, Toronto's busiest transit hub will be hosting its own free, outdoor ice skating rink as part of its annual "Union Holiday" celebrations.
Approximately half the size of an NHL ice rink, the new skating spot on Front Street will be the largest free outdoor rink in Toronto and it'll be completely free to access — skate rentals included.
Some decorations in the Financial District.
Rainbow cake from the vending machine featured in the top photo, $9 a slice.
Financial District Toronto - November 2019
These vending machines started popping up downtown in early November. This is the first time I could get a photo without someone in it.
Each machine contains 160 slices of cake. So, if every slice is sold daily, that means Carlo's Bake Shop — the family bakery of Buddy Valastro and the location where the hit TLC show Cake Boss is filmed — is making $4,315.20 a day on the slices alone.
Saturday was chores and baking. I was flipping through my 1970 Betty Crocker cookbook and settled on ginger creams. Not sure why they are called creams, but they were a keeper.
In looking for the recipe online it turns out it was a Betty Crocker 1929 prize winner.
I took some frozen homemade beef broth and added some leftover mashed potato/turnip.carrot and meatloaf to it. Quick and easy lunch.
Wings and fries for dinner with carrot and celery sticks to round out this healthy meal.
Sunday and One Word Sunday was HOME. I chose two photos from when we moved in 2012 and then two from this morning of the same spots.
We tried the black cheese that we bought last week. It was very good but it really is completely black which feels a little odd.
I finally posted my recipe for onion bhajis, which has evolved over the years. I had made them last weekend and wanted to capture my final version.
Mid afternoon and I got my slow cooker spare ribs in the crockpot.
Then I planned on using up the remainder of the pumpkin from the cheesecake bars I had made. I started the mousse and when I went to add the pumpkin it was moldy.
I had already added the pumpkin pie spices so debated what to use. I thawed out some cranberries and added those. Worked out well.
Monday and I framed a new photo for our bedroom.
I had ordered a lamp online but when it came it was missing some pieces so on Tuesday we took it back. Then went looking for another one. At Ikea, we changed our plan and bought a table top lamp for that spot.
Spotted from the car on the Queensway.
We then headed to Yonge and St. Clair to find another new Birdo mural. Check here for the details.
John captured this in a new condo building.
Across from the Birdo is this 2017 piece by Phlegm.
Next up to find a new sculpture unveiled during the summer in front of the Desjardins building on St. Clair.
A 25-foot-tall, expressionless man holding a skyscraper in his arms atop a pile of colourful cubes now looms over his own patch of concrete.
He is made of painted bronze and stainless steel, his creator is acclaimed German sculptor Stephan Balkenhol, and he was commissioned by the companies behind the forthcoming Imperial Village master planned community.
This reclining figure also sits outside the same building.
This area was known as Deer Park and the reason for the deer on Birdo's mural.
Inside the Scotiabank Arena, currently being renovated is this clock. This part of the building used to be home to the Postal Station A. They've removed any of the post office memorabilia but hopefully it will be on display either here or elsewhere.
An old classic I have made in a while, Asian ground pork and green beans.
The Eaton Centre is all decked out for the holidays.
The Bay has a technical robotic theme to its windows this year as I took these photos in the pouring rain.
Snow angel assembly line.
It was our wedding anniversary and we celebrated with roast pork belly.
And flowers for me.
Thursday a quick shopping trip and crustless gluten free quiche for dinner.
Friday and John did a Costco run while I met my BFF and we thought we might find some Black Friday sales but nothing got our attention so we had a nice lunch instead.
We checked out the new attraction at Union Station, it was quite open yet.
For the first time ever this holiday season, Toronto's busiest transit hub will be hosting its own free, outdoor ice skating rink as part of its annual "Union Holiday" celebrations.
Approximately half the size of an NHL ice rink, the new skating spot on Front Street will be the largest free outdoor rink in Toronto and it'll be completely free to access — skate rentals included.
Some decorations in the Financial District.
Rainbow cake from the vending machine featured in the top photo, $9 a slice.
BOOK ENDS
I bought a cookbook this week based on a blogger's recommendation, thanks, Tina.
I finally hit 75 books read this year so far. I've taken more hard copy cookbooks from the library this year than ever before and they are not included. Nor are the magazines I read from the library.
Finished The Starter Wife and I must say that this theme has been done to death lately, and includes the juvenile crazy narrator.
I also finished Wherever She Goes, a 7 day library loan that I finished in a day, so it was a very quick read. Predictable but I enjoyed the computer hacking episodes.
I started Unquiet written by Linn Ullmann, the daughter of actress, author and director Liv Ullmann and director and screenwriter Ingmar Bergman.
LINKING UP WITH
Beth hosts Weekend Cooking where you can post anything food related.
Sunday Salon
Seasons
Say Cheese
Monday Walks
Monday Morning Blog Club
I also finished Wherever She Goes, a 7 day library loan that I finished in a day, so it was a very quick read. Predictable but I enjoyed the computer hacking episodes.
I started Unquiet written by Linn Ullmann, the daughter of actress, author and director Liv Ullmann and director and screenwriter Ingmar Bergman.
LINKING UP WITH
Beth hosts Weekend Cooking where you can post anything food related.
Sunday Salon
Seasons
Say Cheese
Monday Walks
Monday Morning Blog Club
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