I didn’t want to see the new Christopher Nolan film Oppenheimer. In general, I don’t enjoy films about war. I don’t care for films punctuated by explosions, and I find biopics tend to be hit or miss. Sheila saw it the other day and on… Read More
We were very fortunate to have a chance to enjoy a Tony Bennett Show at a private function at Roy Thompson Hall a few years ago. At one point in the show he asked that the microphones be silenced and, in his usual relaxed and… Read More
Today I was in the Sobey’s store at Kipling and Queensway, doing a little shopping. We shop in this store sometimes and I’ve had no complaints. I wandered into the meat department and saw beef marrow bones. I thought, I can make some stock then… Read More
I’ve been growing tomatoes in containers on a little fairly sunny strip of land out front – with mixed results – some years have been much better than others. This year, I cleared a patch of ground and planted my tomatoes in-ground, and they are… Read More
Today I installed a new mosaic for a longtime friend. Sheila and I worked on this one together. It’s called Lisa’s Butterfly. You can see photos of many of our mosaics on the Long Branch Mosaics website. It you are interested in having one of… Read More
We have a Saskatoon, or Serviceberry bush out front, here on 27th Street. I’ve been watching the berries start to ripen over the past few days, and so have the birds. There were quite a few ripe ones today so I decided to do a… Read More
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The weather forecast on Saturday called for rain, rain, rain, but fortunately for all the gardeners who opened up their gardens to the public for the Long Branch Garden Tour, there was only a little bit of rain in the morning and it turned out… Read More
I found myself in Alliston at lunchtime today, with my sister Susan and her hubby Peter. After dealing with the errand that brought us to town, we stopped into Gust (put a funny little accent on the S and pronounce it Gusht) for lunch. We… Read More
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