October Garden

The weather's been so beautiful here so I thought I'd post some pictures of the garden, it is hanging in.
Even the honeysuckle won't give in!

 Lavender still blooming - couldn't get a pic from a good angle.

Project 365 - September 2010

We decided on random photos for September. Generally they are taken with my Blackberry so the quality is not always the best.

Not sure which was my favourite for this month

Taken during the TIFF festival in the lobby of the Hyatt hotel

Or this taken at Holt Renfrew's - too bad there was a window!

Toronto Thursday - ESL Class

I've been MIA around Blogland for the last 3 weeks as I was taking a Teaching English as a Second Language class on the weekends, 3 of them from 9-6 Saturday and Sunday. so with working full time there's just been no time to blog or read blogs *sigh*!!

Theere are some sites that consideer this course as a scam, whatever, I got what I wanted out of it and I think most of the class did also.
But I really enjoyed the class, particularly the group of 19 others in my class. The energy and enthusiasm was amazing. We went all very nervous for our final presentations but every single person did an astonding job.
Every one remained engaged and participated in all the lessons. We covered every possible subject from making paper puppets to project management to making kites to learning about mummies.

Here are a few pictures I took on the last day.

Wednesday's Words

One of Parnell's favourite places to lie - on my work laptop after he has done some messaging.

Monday's Child - Dominican Republic

Taken on an excursion where we had the best lobster salad I have ever had in my life. When we do our "select the best meals from around the world" they we've ever had, this salad is always on the menu!

Sunday Skies - Ireland

Sunset over Galway Bay in Ireland when we were spending a week in the area.

"Galway Bay"


by Arthur Colahan

If you ever go across the sea to Ireland,

Then maybe at the closin' of your day

You will sit and watch the moon rise over Claddagh

And see the sun go down on Galway Bay.

[And if there's to be a life in the hereafter --

And somehow I'm sure there's going to be --

I will ask my God to let me make my heaven

In that dear land across the Irish sea.



Just to hear again the ripple of the trout stream

And the women in the meadows making hay,

To sit beside the turf fire in the cabin

And watch the barefoot gossoons at their play.



For the breezes blowin' across the sea from Ireland

Are perfumed by the heather as they blow.

And the women in the upland diggin' praties

Speak a language that the strangers do not know.



For the strangers came and tried to teach us their way.

They scorned us just for bein' what we are.

But they might as well go chasin' after moon beams

Or light a penny candle from a star.



And if there's to be a life in the hereafter --

And somehow I'm sure there's going to be --

I will ask my God to let me make my heaven,

In that dear land across the Irish sea.]

Saturday Shoes

Came across this ad last week in the New York Times, made me smile.