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April 2017 - Shamrock TX

Weekend Roundup

 Welcome to The Weekend Roundup...hosted by Tom The Back Roads Traveller

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HILLY Georgian Bay ON

FAVOURITE

HEART HASHTAG

HOT

Photographing Public Art

Posting at PPAC #47

May 2022 - Toronto ON

Bloor St. West - red hearts are part of the city's #ShowLoveTO campaign.

Java

 Linking up at Marg at The Intrepid Reader 

Weekend Coffee Share

Sunday Salon

Hearth and Soul Link Party

October 2021 - Toronto ON

October 2021 - Queen St. West Toronto

It was Canadian Thanksgiving weekend. We slept in on Saturday and it rained most of the day. By 11 AM I had a cauliflower cream soup on the stove and had roasted off the turkey backs (Long's $2) and had them in a pot to make stock for turkey gravy.

We have always done Thanksgiving dinner on Sunday, that way we could all relax on the Monday. I continue to do that for the two of us.

I spent Sunday morning prepping dinner and dessert.

Monday

Lots of leftovers so no cooking required. 

It was time to bring in the geraniums and hibiscus from the balcony which meant some repotting and rearranging other plants. I also had to cut my purple coleus because it had bent/gotten too tall.

John has been enjoying the golf simulator and booked a couple of sessions this week. He did a Costco run on Wednesday.

Thursday John golfed and it was a glorious day. I had tickets for Picasso's Blue Period at the AGO and then spent some time wandering.

I had a big detour as I got to Queen St. before the AGO due to track work, what a mess. You have to walk way out of your way to get across the street.

As if the businesses haven't suffered enough with a pandemic.

My tickets at the AGO were for 10:30 but there wasn't the usual line. I had been trying to download my tickets on my way but when I got there they said their system was down. Luckily they were pretty organized and had a list of people who had made bookings and provided paper tickets.

I was rather disappointed in the exhibit. I had read about the paintings from his blue period and there didn't seem to be that many on display. I was looking forward to The Old Guitarist and a self portrait.

Click here to visit it virtually.

Saturday Sculpture was found at the AGO on this visit.

I then spent some time wandering in Chinatown and poking in a grocery store.

Running shoes 3 pair for $10!

Passionfruit? 

Also on my list was a new pop up Scottish and Irish Store.

This building had a facelift.

Red hearts are popping up as part of the city's ShowLoveTO campaign. This is the first I've seen.

I found some murals for Monday's Mural post.

I also found these art pieces (also part of ShowLoveTO) on the St. Patrick Market deserted building.

I also found a lane for Tuesday's Treasures.

My stash from the Scottish Irish store.

The hibiscus has bloomed since moving it inside.

John had golfed booked for Friday but it was raining so instead we did some chores and settled for a movie afternoon.

WATCHING

I watched Motel Makeover (Netflix) and found it interesting, as they open a motel during the pandemic in 2020 outside Toronto. Here is a link the the June Motel webpage.

I finished watching season four of the Great Canadian Bake Off. As an avid watcher of the British Bake Off and other international baking/cooking shows, I must say that the Canadian BO definitely has the most culturally diverse contestants!

Oh do I miss Dan Levy as a host (season 1) I wonder if it is deliberate but the Canadian hosts are as bad as the British hosts, so annoying!

Season 5 starts next week.

Together we finished The I-Land an American science fiction thriller miniseries.

We watched the first episode of The Lost Symbol an adaptation of Dan Brown's book. Much of the series was filmed in and around Toronto. We quickly spotted Union Station!

We're finished off Nine Perfect Strangers.

Friday was Movie Afternoon since we didn't go out.

First up was the 2000 Panic . It kept our attention as a thriller.

The Flaw an award-winning, well researched and informative documentary examining the root causes of the greatest financial crisis in 2008 the United States has seen since the Great Depression.

COOKING

Saturday John asked for curry chicken.

Sunday turkey, roast potatoes and carrots, mushy peas and maple Brussels sprouts. Pumpkin cheesecake mousse for dessert.

Monday we love to have turkey, bacon tomato sandwiches for breakfast. Dinner was leftovers.

Tuesday we had more leftover turkey with mashed cauliflower potatoes and Brussels sprouts.

Wednesday I used the last of the turkey in a diced tomato/chicken stock sauce with celery, peppers, carrots and onions and the leftover mashed.

Thursday done with turkey! Hamburgers.

Friday steak sandwiches with onions,cheese and peppers.

READING

On my laptop - Espana - Exploring the Flavors of Spain

I would definitely try tortillita de Camarones - Spanish shrimp fritters.

CREMA CATALINA - I loved this when we were in Spain!

The book that I mentioned starting last week Invisible City had to be one of the worst books I've read this year. The writing was awful but worse was the main character's ignorance. Didn't both with the ending.

I started The Stranger Inside.