Archive for January 17th, 2010

Future Rockstars

Future Rockstars

Who hasn’t wished that they were in a rock band at one point in their life?

You Light Up My Life

You Light Up My Life

Electricity, the Tea Party Irony, and a little US history thrown in for free. Oh yea, and a photo too!

Frapto 78 – Sunset Road

Frapto 78 – Sunset Road

Finally took the camera further than my garden, although I still thought I would trip, fall and break it several times, heh. I went birdwatching with the dad, saw a Short-eared and Long-eared owl at two different places.
Rest of photographs from today are here and here
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Now playing: Yeasayer – Ambling Alp
via FoxyTunes

Sweet heart

Sweet heart

Today the kid and I made our own gummy candies, using a ridiculously easy recipe that involved 3 parts gelatin to 1 part Jell-O, with a little bit of water. Total time from start to eating: about a half hour.

Entering St. James Town

Entering St. James Town

In the picture you can see the some of the highrises of St. James Town, one of the poorer neighbourhoods in Toronto. It is also, by far, the densest neighbourhood in Canada, with a population density of 42,000 persons/sq. km (170 persons/acre).

Money

Money

One of the things that is fun about traveling all over is getting to see the different money.  I have always thought that US money is so boring, especially when you see what others have.  I don’t always get to go to these places but my husband usually brings the different money home for us [...]

Gutter Trash Elmo

Gutter Trash Elmo

Elmo has hit hard times.   This must be the dark side of Sesame Street.
We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.  ~Oscar Wilde

Neo

Neo

There’s quite a few cats in my neighborhood. Most of them lounge in our yard. Probably because we are one of the few dog free houses on the street. This one is the only one whose name we know. (My husband and I have given them all names based on their [...]