Episode 2 is called: I say stripper, you say submarine You can tune in here. The Agency was accepted by iTunes today. It takes about a day before a new podcast becomes searchable, so sometime tomorrow, you should be able to find it there. On… Read More
We installed this downy woodpecker mosaic today at John, Megan and Abigail’s place in Bowmanville. We create all kinds of custom mosaic work for home and garden, from broken crockery to Smalti glass tiles. See photos of our work at our Long Branch Mosaics page.
The other day, my friend Candy Minx and I published the first episode of a new podcast called The Agency. That is to say, it is hosted and with the link you can read it – but we’re waiting for iTunes to tell us our… Read More
Two choice edible wild mushroom currently fruiting in my area are lobsters and hedgehogs. Lobster mushrooms occur as a result of a cup fungus attacking a host mushroom. There are two hosts, both unpalatable white mushrooms. Once attacked, the white mushrooms often become contorted and… Read More
I’m co-hosting a new podcast with Candy Minx called The Agency. It will be up on iTunes soon, but you visitors to 27th Street can listen right away. Something is going crazy in this world. Sometimes its funny and sometimes its not, especially when it… Read More
This morning I noticed a bag sitting underneath the 27th Street Book Box. If was filled with an assortment of ceramic items. Some kind soul must have noticed all the mosaics around here and decided to provide us with some raw material. This happens from… Read More
This morning I enjoyed a stroll along the Humber River. There was Spotted Jewelweed (Impatiens capensis) in bloom along many of the paths. I love these little flowers, delicate golden yellow blooms decorated with bits of fiery red.
Here are Ted and I playing Pretty Little Dog. I don’t know very much about this tune, except it is usually attributed to Lee Triplett. It’s a lot of fun to play (even if we both look super-serious). This video was shot by Candy Minx.
As regular visitors to this little oasis in the blog-swamp know, I play clawhammer banjo in an Old Time music duo with Ted Myerscough on guitar. We’d like to thank The Emperor of Ephemera, Anthony Stagg, for creating a sign for us to use busking… Read More
The Peanut Butter Falcon is a film about a young man with Downs syndrome (named Zak), housed in a nursing home, who escapes to seek out The Salt Water Redneck, his pro-wrestling idol. Zak wants to enroll in Redneck’s pro-wrestling school and follow in his… Read More
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