I took the partners out for a romp at Jack Darling Park this afternoon. They had a ball in the snow, goofing around with all kinds of different dogs.
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Tuffy P’s Curried Apple Couscous with pistachios
Start with one MacIntosh apple. Leave the peel on and slice it into slivers. Get a medium sized pot. Take 3 tablespoons unsalted butter, melt it and add one and a half tablespoons of your favourite hot curry powder blend. When melted, add the apples… Read More
Hey Farmer!
For your daily dose of old time music today, here’s Thornton, Emily and Kilby Spencer doing up Arkansas Traveler…
Sneak peak in the studio…..
This is a small painting I’ve been working on for a while, but just finished up this evening, making it my first painting of 2015. It’s called Don’t you Rock Em Daddio…
Oh where oh where did the owls go today?
This afternoon I bundled up, leashed the partners, and we trundled off to Col. Sam Smith Park to see the snowy owls. Two of them, apparently a male and female have been regularly seen hanging out on the docks in the yacht club harbour. Last… Read More
Five Easy Pieces
So, it’s 2015. Last night we followed our usual New Years strategy – take-out bad food (we went with fish n chips) and a movie at home. We like it that way. We watched Five Easy Pieces. Amazingly, unbelievably, I had never seen this film.… Read More
Why traditional music #617 (Rake & Rambling Boy)
This performance by Emily and Thornton Spencer sends chills down my back. Here are the same pair, as part of the Whitetop Mountain Band from 1990… Emily Spencer with Martha Spencer doing the Carter family tune, Distant Land to Roam…
George enjoys some down time
New in the 27th St Book Box
There are some excellent selections today at the 27th Street Book Box. I can recommend Inishowen by Joseph O’Connor and also an excellent compendium of Indian writing, not to mention a biography of the late Doc Watson. These books are of course free for the… Read More
Long Branch has been noticed…
Blog TO has identified LongBranch & New Toronto as among the top 5 neighbourhoods on the rise in 2015. They have noticed what local residents have been seeing for some time. Developers have targeted our area in a significant way – they see gold in… Read More
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