We recently finished this scarlet tanager mosaic and now we’re working on a giant goldfinch. This was made with smalti glass tiles on a plywood ground. Beak to tail this mosaic is about 40 inches long. We tackle all sorts and sizes of mosaic projects.… Read More
Thanks to my brother the trout, Salvelinas Fontinalis, for pointing me to this gem. Here is Jean Carignan, on fire….
We call Shadow The Old Man. He’s the senior cat around this joint, the last cat who moved with us from Blackthorn Ave west to Long Branch. There were actually two cats the local kids called Shadow and they looked identical. Their dad was a… Read More
Here’s Pokey LaFarge with a tune for those of you jammed up on the 401 inching your way to your own particular salt mine…..
A little Shovels & Rope for a Tuesday morning…
Ruby went to see the surgeon today for a check-up. She’s healing well. Next step is to start short walks to build endurance and strength in her left hind leg. Once her left is strong enough that she puts all her weight on it… Read More
That’s Stan Repar on gut-bucket bass, me on banjo, Claude Breeze telling stories and in the foreground, the hands belong to Ardis Breeze.
It was a beautiful day today, but I’m not ready to call spring yet. Yes I know the red-wings blackbirds have arrived. The sparrows in the back yard have started nesting. That’s all good but it’s not spring. First of all, there are still snowy… Read More
Here in Toronto, thin crust pizzas are popular, and apparently “authentic” especially if made in a wood-fired oven. That’s not the pizza I made today. I decided to try using my sourdough monster for pizza. The other idea I wanted to try out was making… Read More
I snapped this photo when we were in Saigon. We were walking from the war museum to the monument marking the spot where the Buddhist monk Thích Quảng Đức burned himself to death in June of 1963 to protest persecution of Buddhists by the South… Read More
27th Street 