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Tell Me When It's Over - Sheryl Crow and Chris Stapleton
Los Angeles CA 2017
Toronto ON 2019
07 December 2020
05 December 2020
Seasonal
One Word Sunday
December 2019 - Toronto ON
Allan Gardens last year, unfortunately it is closed at the moment.
Bowled Over
Linking up at Marg at The Intrepid Reader
Another quiet weekend avoiding any contact. I did meet a friend in the building for a distanced visit in the lobby.
Quebec Premier François Legault has backtracked on his plan to allow gatherings over the Christmas holiday period after a rise in cases, hospitalizations and deaths.
Legault announced a "moral contract" last month whereby people would be allowed to gather in groups of 10 over a four-day period, from Dec. 24 through Dec. 27, if they isolated for a week before and after.
He later said people should only gather twice during that period.
On Thursday, Legault said that gatherings in the province's hard-hit "red zones," which take in most of the province, will be prohibited altogether over the holidays.
A feel good story from our neighbourhood. John would often give a couple of bucks to this pleasant young man panhandling at Windermere and Lake Shore. He usually has his three dogs with him. Thanks to Facebook, and the Humber Bay Discussion group, we learned a lot more about him this week. Some of the condo owners near us look directly at the lake and would see this little red sailboat out there.
Photo source from BlogTO - his boat in front of our building.
We all know that Amazon makes way too much money.
Last weekend, just before the lockdown started, local social media manager Ali Haberstroh grabbed a $10 URL – the self-explanatory not-amazon.ca – and plopped in a Google spreadsheet to collect user-submitted spots doing curbside pickup, delivery and shipping.Since then, Not-Amazon has gone mini-viral, ballooning to over 500 local businesses and counting. It’s now a full-on designed-out website, like an online mall directory of exclusively independent businesses throughout the city and online.
For fun, I looked back to see what we were doing this week last year! It turns out we signed up for Netflix this time last year, who knew how much use we would end up getting out of it!
We really didn't get out this week, other than a couple of appointments.
The lake had a silver ribbon.
It continues to bloom.
A snowy morning as John went to Costco.
Our Christmas present to ourselves - a smart TV.
Since we have officially entered December I opened my Christmas diffusers, they smell so good!
A cold crisp day with little traffic on the Gardiner.
My new toy to replace my old slow cooker which only had two functions, high and low. It would drive me crazy to have to brown something in a pan before placing it in the slow cooker. This one also browns as well as bakes and steams.
COOKING
Saturday - John and I baked the GF donut holes again, this time 48. I'm not sure how many were left after the dipping part!
I tried a new recipe lemon snowcap cookies.
I gave some to a friend and she really liked them as did John. I was a bit iffy on them.
Felt lazy so we ordered pizza.
Sunday - finished off most of the leftover turkey and broccoli in a divan. Also made cheddar cheese biscuits from the packages I bought.
Monday - made cranberry orange scones. Interesting recipe, it uses almond and coconut flour. The dough is quite wet so it was easier to make it into 8 round drop scones. I also made an icing of icing sugar and orange juice. Actually I didn't use oranges in the recipe as I had mandarins that needed using. We both really enjoyed these, the texture is not quite a scone.
Pulled pork on the leftover cheddar cheese biscuits and salad.
Tuesday - I was all gung ho to bake every day in December but then realized that I wouldn't have room to freeze everything. I started with these cranberry orange cookies and I'll bet they would be really good if I had put the baking soda in them! Crap!!
Wednesday - These gluten free chocolate dipped gingersnaps, and they were delicious. Recipe says makes 42 I got 66 and they were a good size. I also used dark chocolate because that is what I had!! Definite keeper.
Dinner was slow cooker beef short ribs and lamb kidney stew. Lamb kidneys are a new to me to cook.
Thursday I baked raisin oatmeal cookies - an old favourite of ours.
General Tao chicken - gluten free this was delicious and quick! I doubled the sauce as we like it on our rice. I also added green peppers, onions and celery.
Friday - steak and I had a craving for old fashioned Caesar's salad after watching an episode of The Kitchen along with a shared baked potato.
WATCHING/READING
We watched the Queen's Gambit and the latest season of The Crown. We also watched the movie The Rhythm Section.
Another interesting movie this week Official Secrets.
Cookbooks I browsed this week.
I am reading The Vanishing Half, an excellent read! I can't wait to see how it ends.
YIKES from Vogue magazine Super Bad True Love Story about Stephen Miller and his wife Kate Waldman.
04 December 2020
Weekend Roundup
Welcome to The Weekend Roundup...hosted by Tom The Back Roads Traveler
My last rounds were coffee and beer. So it's time for some food and sleep!
1. Starts with "W"
2. A Favorite
3. WINDOW - chosen by Tom
Starts with "W"
WINDMILL Inn Lynden WA
FAVOURITE
WICKED
Aria Casino Las Vegas NV
WINDOW
Coffee and cake in Speyer Germany
Déjà Brew
A catchall for leftover beer, coffee, food, motels and whatever catches my fancy!
A catchall for leftover beer, coffee, food, motels and whatever catches my fancy!
The WINDING Road Restaurant Baldwin St. Toronto
01 December 2020
Signs 2
Wordless Wednesday Wordless Be There 2day
Little Things Thursday
Continuing with pit stops...
a stop (as during a trip) for fuel, food, or rest or for use of a restroom.
Continuing with pit stops...
a stop (as during a trip) for fuel, food, or rest or for use of a restroom.
2012 Russell's Travel Stop New Mexico
In the spirit of the season.
Tuesday Treasures
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My Corner of the World
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Lane names are my new obsession as I wander the city.
Laneways, also known as alleys, are narrow streets that add to the diversity of the overall public space network, supporting the fine grain character of a city. ... Laneways can work as a network for pedestrians to navigate the city and build an overall identity for the city center.Just 10 per cent of Toronto's more than 3,000 public laneways have a name. Usually the titles recognize community figures, events or local traditions, but many are delightfully strange with brilliant backstories.
When we lived in the east end of the city we would always cut up a street on our way home. On that street was a sign for Memory Lane.
Alexander Muir was principal of the public school in Leslieville, an area of Toronto named for his friend, horticulturalist and postmaster George Leslie.
Muir was interested in submitting a poem to the patriotic poetry contest of the Caledonian Society of Montréal, but the deadline was looming and he had yet to produce anything. According to accounts by Muir’s widow and George Leslie, Muir and Leslie were walking near Leslie’s Gardens when a fallen maple leaf became lodged on Leslie's coat sleeve, despite his efforts to brush it off. "There Muir, There's your text!” Leslie is said to have exclaimed. “The maple leaf is the emblem of Canada! Build your poem on that.” Muir wrote the poem and dispatched it to Montréal a few hours later (it won second prize). Muir's search for a suitable tune in local music stores proved futile, so he wrote his own.
A silver maple tree at the corner of Laing Street and Memory Lane in Toronto’s Leslieville neighbourhood was long ascribed as the one from which the inspirational leaf fell onto George Leslie’s arm.
A silver maple tree at the corner of Laing Street and Memory Lane in Toronto’s Leslieville neighbourhood was long ascribed as the one from which the inspirational leaf fell onto George Leslie’s arm.
In 1930, the Grand Orange Lodge of British America erected a plaque in front of the tree to commemorate the role it played in Muir’s composition. In 1958, the Lodge replaced the plaque with a newer version in honour of Muir, “who was inspired to write Canada’s national song ‘The Maple Leaf Forever’ by the falling leaves of this sturdy maple tree.”
On 19 July 2013, the tree was felled by a severe storm. Forty-eight logs, some rotted, were salvaged from the remains. On 8 March 2014, the logs were milled into smaller pieces in a ceremony at Toronto’s Evergreen Brick Works overseen by the Ontario Heritage Trust and accompanied by the Regimental band of the Queen’s Own Rifles of Canada, in which Muir served in the Battle of Ridgeway in 1866.
For many years there was a mural painted by some students from nearby Ralph Thornton Centre. Twelve years later the crumbling wall needed fixing.The peeling paint was tough to match and people kept changing Muir to look like the Joker or Adolf Hitler.
On 19 July 2013, the tree was felled by a severe storm. Forty-eight logs, some rotted, were salvaged from the remains. On 8 March 2014, the logs were milled into smaller pieces in a ceremony at Toronto’s Evergreen Brick Works overseen by the Ontario Heritage Trust and accompanied by the Regimental band of the Queen’s Own Rifles of Canada, in which Muir served in the Battle of Ridgeway in 1866.
For many years there was a mural painted by some students from nearby Ralph Thornton Centre. Twelve years later the crumbling wall needed fixing.The peeling paint was tough to match and people kept changing Muir to look like the Joker or Adolf Hitler.
A new mural was unveiled in 2016 depicting neighbourhood pioneer Alexander Muir, sitting under a famous maple tree done by artist Elicser Elliott.
Michael Buble - Maple Leaf Forever
Bistro Lane Yonge and Wellesley
Galipo Brothers Lane College St.
Biscuit, Reverend Porter, Chechalk Downtown Yonge
Ice Cream Lane Danforth Ave.
Ching, Ditty, Leader Lanes Downtown
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