Steven and Maureen Van Zandt brought their production of Once Upon a Dream to the Royal Alex here in Toronto, beginning a few nights ago. The show features the original Rascals, a New Jersey pop group from the 60s that had a string of catchy,… Read More
The bench garden sometimes seems overshadowed by the main front garden, but right now it is one happy garden.
I love the play of light and shadows happening in this picture. This is out in the back yard, by the shovel garden and the first imagination station.
A vine that was growing along the fence has colonized one of the imagination stations, the one on the north side of the yard amongst the shrubbery, making it a hidden refuge.
We’re starting a new mosaic bird – a goldfinch. Today I cut out the shape and Tuffy P sealed the sides and back.
Our cat Jack Shadbolt seems to be just fine after his death-defying flight/fall from a neighbourhood treetop the other day. He did not appear injured after the incident but I expected next day when shock wore off and pain kicked in, he would be a… Read More
Earworm alert…. I’ve had the old Irish tune, Arthur McBride going through my little brain. You need it too. Here’s Paul Brady.
Jack Shadbolt – the cat not the late painter – disappeared Sunday. He was out and he didn’t come back. We searched around the neighbourhood, calling him, but to no avail. I thought he was a goner for sure. Then today we heard him meow… Read More
I’ve seen numerous reports over the past couple years about declining bee populations in North America in general and in Ontario in particular, leading to the question, what’s killing bees. In this CBC article, a beekeeper says millions of his bees have been killed… Read More
Mississippi Sawyer is an old fiddle tune that has been around since the mid-19th Century, but I don’t know much about its origins. I’ve only heard it as an instrumental and I don’t know if there are any lyrics kicking around for this one. I… Read More
27th Street 