January 2017 - Las Vegas NV
Sunday, December 31, 2017
inSPIREd Sunday
Sally and Beth host inSPIREd Sunday!
I was getting worried as I had no posts scheduled. Had I run out of churches???
I started hunting around my posts and in my photo archives and found that I had never posted this most famous Moscow church!
May 2011- Moscow Russia
It was Victory Day, marking the end of WWII, a huge national holiday so the museum was closed.
Saturday, December 30, 2017
Friday, December 29, 2017
Cold Turkey
December 2017 - Toronto ON
Saturday
Six Word Saturday
For breakfast we made rum and cranberry pancakes with sausages. I used buckwheat flour instead and we thought they were a little dense but okay. I think I would use gluten-free all-purpose flour the next time.
I then spent the afternoon in the kitchen.
Cranberry lemon yogurt loaf was really good. On impulse I also made these loaded cowboy cookies which were also great. The recipe says it makes 36 big cookies I ended up with 57 pretty big cookies so I froze a couple of bags.
We both love turkey so I did a turkey breast so we could have some leftovers.
Sunday
One Word Sunday
I decided to make pineapple banana bread which I had made before but in a bundt pan. The recipe called for two loaf pans so I used them. They were incredible when I took them out of the oven, golden and high. Within minutes John, what happened?!?!? They had sunk like a ship....
We had Asian chicken lettuce wraps for dinner.
Monday - Christmas Day
After a sparkling wine and scrambled egg breakfast I prepared vegetables to take to my cousin's for dinner.
As we turn onto my cousin's street.
Crackers!
Cracker selfie!
Tuesday
We stayed overnight and woke to an extreme cold alert with blue skies.
Getting a big breakfast of black pudding, bacon, sausages, mushrooms, potatoes and eggs ready.
Opening the sparkling wine.
We left mid-afternoon with a bag full of leftovers for several days! Hence the title, we have had turkey for several days and there is now a pot of turkey soup ready for lunches!
Wednesday
We (I) decided that John needed another winter jacket that wasn't as heavy as his big one which is too warm when we are going downtown and are mostly underground in the PATH.
We went underground from the Royal York Hotel to The Bay and he ended up with two jackets!
Then home to watch movies!
Thursday
As the sun rose on a bitterly cold morning.
How cold was it? Strteetcar fleet decimated by cold.
Polar vortex, schmolar vortex. The winter we're currently living through just saw temperatures dip to -22 C on Dec. 28 for the first time in recorded history.
With wind chill values of -30 C!
Union Station renovations are slooooowly being completed. Some restaurants have opened and others are set to.
Can't wait until Wvrst opens this location so we don't have to walk up to King St, W in the winter.
I had a friend in for a girls' lunch.
Friday
Friday Finds
Weekend Reflections
We had planned to take the car and do some errands but not in this.
Instead we opted to just take the shuttle downtown and pick up what groceries we needed/wanted for the weekend.
Some sights from the bus - our entrance.
Looking at Lake Ontario.
I've shown you these guys many times but never with snow!
There were flowers of tribute at Johnny Bower's feet as Johnny Bower passed away at the age of 93 on December 26, 2017.
Our building when we got home.
And then we were treated to this sky! Quite a weather day.
BOOKS
I need to do my ear-end count!!
I started The Woman Upstairs and almost put it down but I stuck with it. I like getting inside a woman's head. OK so she totally annoyed me, just go and do it for goodness sakes!
Different Class is a tautly woven, slowly moving thriller that is building to a stunning denouement!
SHARING WITH:
Friday Photo Journal
Beth hosts Weekend Cooking where you can post anything food related.
Saturday Snapshots is hosted by West Metro Mommy.
Saturday
Six Word Saturday
For breakfast we made rum and cranberry pancakes with sausages. I used buckwheat flour instead and we thought they were a little dense but okay. I think I would use gluten-free all-purpose flour the next time.
I then spent the afternoon in the kitchen.
Cranberry lemon yogurt loaf was really good. On impulse I also made these loaded cowboy cookies which were also great. The recipe says it makes 36 big cookies I ended up with 57 pretty big cookies so I froze a couple of bags.
We both love turkey so I did a turkey breast so we could have some leftovers.
Sunday
One Word Sunday
I decided to make pineapple banana bread which I had made before but in a bundt pan. The recipe called for two loaf pans so I used them. They were incredible when I took them out of the oven, golden and high. Within minutes John, what happened?!?!? They had sunk like a ship....
We had Asian chicken lettuce wraps for dinner.
Monday - Christmas Day
After a sparkling wine and scrambled egg breakfast I prepared vegetables to take to my cousin's for dinner.
As we turn onto my cousin's street.
Crackers!
Cracker selfie!
Tuesday
We stayed overnight and woke to an extreme cold alert with blue skies.
Getting a big breakfast of black pudding, bacon, sausages, mushrooms, potatoes and eggs ready.
Opening the sparkling wine.
We left mid-afternoon with a bag full of leftovers for several days! Hence the title, we have had turkey for several days and there is now a pot of turkey soup ready for lunches!
Wednesday
We (I) decided that John needed another winter jacket that wasn't as heavy as his big one which is too warm when we are going downtown and are mostly underground in the PATH.
We went underground from the Royal York Hotel to The Bay and he ended up with two jackets!
Then home to watch movies!
Thursday
As the sun rose on a bitterly cold morning.
How cold was it? Strteetcar fleet decimated by cold.
Polar vortex, schmolar vortex. The winter we're currently living through just saw temperatures dip to -22 C on Dec. 28 for the first time in recorded history.
With wind chill values of -30 C!
Union Station renovations are slooooowly being completed. Some restaurants have opened and others are set to.
Can't wait until Wvrst opens this location so we don't have to walk up to King St, W in the winter.
I had a friend in for a girls' lunch.
Friday
Friday Finds
Weekend Reflections
We had planned to take the car and do some errands but not in this.
Instead we opted to just take the shuttle downtown and pick up what groceries we needed/wanted for the weekend.
Some sights from the bus - our entrance.
Looking at Lake Ontario.
And then we were treated to this sky! Quite a weather day.
BOOKS
I need to do my ear-end count!!
I started The Woman Upstairs and almost put it down but I stuck with it. I like getting inside a woman's head. OK so she totally annoyed me, just go and do it for goodness sakes!
Different Class is a tautly woven, slowly moving thriller that is building to a stunning denouement!
SHARING WITH:
Friday Photo Journal
Beth hosts Weekend Cooking where you can post anything food related.
Saturday Snapshots is hosted by West Metro Mommy.
Friday Finds
tarts with Z
Reflect(ion)
The End
The first will be the same, except we’ll work our way through the alphabet. The second and third will be different each time.
Hosted by Friday Finds and this is V4 or round 4!!!
UPDATE - sadly Eden Hills will not continue hosting as she is too busy with the farm and her full time job. But beginning January 5, 2018 Tom the Backroads Traveler will be hosting "Weekend Roundup."
For this round of the alphabet I am going to celebrate Canada's 150 birthday by showcasing towns across the county.
We'll be criss-crossing across the country, from the Atlantic coast of the Maritime provinces of Nova Scota, New Brunswick and PEI to Ontario then to Alberta back to Ontario and into Quebec and then way out west to the Pacific coast in British Columbia. We also stop in Manitoba, Saskatchewan. We covered 9 of the 10 provinces.
Starts with Z
The hardest letter of all! So the best I have is this streetcar in downtown Toronto.
Reflect(ion)
Looking back on the road taken.
The End
Of 2017 - our year in selfies by month.
Reflect(ion)
The End
The first will be the same, except we’ll work our way through the alphabet. The second and third will be different each time.
Hosted by Friday Finds and this is V4 or round 4!!!
UPDATE - sadly Eden Hills will not continue hosting as she is too busy with the farm and her full time job. But beginning January 5, 2018 Tom the Backroads Traveler will be hosting "Weekend Roundup."
Eh to Zed
For this round of the alphabet I am going to celebrate Canada's 150 birthday by showcasing towns across the county.
We'll be criss-crossing across the country, from the Atlantic coast of the Maritime provinces of Nova Scota, New Brunswick and PEI to Ontario then to Alberta back to Ontario and into Quebec and then way out west to the Pacific coast in British Columbia. We also stop in Manitoba, Saskatchewan. We covered 9 of the 10 provinces.
Starts with Z
The hardest letter of all! So the best I have is this streetcar in downtown Toronto.
Reflect(ion)
Looking back on the road taken.
The End
Of 2017 - our year in selfies by month.
Weekend Reflections
Posting at Weekend Reflections.
February 2016 - San Miguel de Allende Mexico
An adorable quirky hotel.
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