The earth is slowing down friends. Just a little bit, but it’s slowing down. Or so they say. The world’s atomic clocks are being adjusted on Saturday and an extra second is being added, just in time for some added Canada Day enjoyment.
I think I’ve become a creature of habit. There is a regular rhythm to my life which I don’t realize until something or another induces a little change. It could be something small. Like today, instead of taking the dogs for their usual 6:00 walk,… Read More
What’s the worst “on hold” music you’ve ever heard? Today I was on the phone with a help desk when I was put on hold to the piano stylings of a computer attempting Wichita Lineman. It doesn’t get much worse than that. I’ve got a… Read More
Over the past couple days there have been searches on hedgehog mushroom identification that led people to this blog. There are two kinds of edible hedgehog mushrooms and I start finding both in the forests I haunt in Southern Ontario, sometime in August and into… Read More
When I grow up, I want to get me one of these babies and learn to play it. and one more…
Sunday morning, the dogs and I headed up to the Enchanted Mushroom Forest for a good long walk. Well, I’ll admit I had an ulterior motive. The forest has enjoyed the magic combination of rain and heat that leads to the fruiting of mushrooms. In… Read More
Here’s a Daily Dose of Ooh Poo Pah Doo Jessie Hill Tina Turner on Shindig – man, she really had it happening back in the day, didn’t she? Ronnie Dio and the Prophets! Finally from the Treme soundrack, here’s James “12” Andrews and Trombone Shorty.… Read More
Say the name Smiley and most people I know will associate it with the character from John Le Carre’s novels and and their film adaptations. But that’s not where I’m going tonight. Tonight your Daily Dose goes down to New Orleans to celebrate Smiley Lewis.… Read More
This shady garden has become one of my favourites. I think I might photograph it throughout the summer (thank you gentle readers for putting up with my excesses)
27th Street 