OK, what’s for dinner? There was some leftover takeout veggie biryani in the fridge and some garlic naan too. I heated up the biryani in a skillet, then fried up two eggs sunny side up in the same pan, warmed up the naan directly on… Read More
I stumbled across this gem and thought I’d share it. It’s Mac Beattie and his Ottawa Valley Melodiers performing Snowmobiles.
In his column yesterday in The Toronto Star, Ed Keenan wrote about the massive tax increase assessed against the arts building at 401 Richmond. Full disclosure: I’m represented for my paintings by an art dealer in that building – yumart – and my work has… Read More
I’ve been working on the St. Anne’s Reel on the banjo recently, but I’ve been familiar with this one from my button accordion days as Reel de Ste-Anne. I don’t know the actual origin of this one, but a lot of people will tell you… Read More
Two Long Branch residents, Mike Foderick & Kristle Calisto-Tavares, spear-headed the 2nd Annual Long Branch Holiday Food Drive this past weekend. They delivered paper bags across the community for folks to fill with food items – then they picked up the full bags from porches… Read More
Puppies have two speeds: full-tilt boogie and asleep. Little Ruby is a joyful pup. She adores George and constantly wants him to play. Sometimes in the back yard they chase each other around and have a ball. Other times he’ll grunt at her in an… Read More
Ruby went to see Lorraine today, our super-fantastic groomer. Pretty exciting. Even better though, was the post-grooming tug game with her new friend Pele, Lorraine’s Old English Sheepdog assistant.
At this time of year, we’re bombarded with heavy-duty retail marketing. Sale, sale, sale. Buy now. Black Friday, Cyber Monday, Holiday Sales, Boxing Day sales and on and on and on. Stop shopping for a few minutes and grab a free book at the Twenty… Read More
The Paris Bear is our latest large-scale mosaic project. This grizzly bear mosaic, which we recently installed at a beautiful home in Paris Ontario, is about 5 feet tall and 4 feet wide. It’s made with a combination of materials including broken crockery and smalti… Read More
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