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Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge – Cities and City Buildings
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Share Your World 2014 – Week 50
….thanks to Dawn over at Lingering Visions for coming up with this week’s questions and to Cee for hosting Share Your World
Do you have a signature dish? If not is their one in your family?
My signature dish changes every couple of years. Right now I’d have to say that my go to dish is a Kale, Pomegranate, Walnut and Feta Cheese salad. The recipe calls for wild rice as well but I change it up with Israeli couscous or faro and if I don’t have walnuts I might add another variety of nut.
Do you have a favorite board game?
I think my favourite classic board game is Scrabble and my favourite new game is Ticket to Ride.
Is there a household chore that you enjoy?
I’d have to say No! But wait I don’t hate all chores. I enjoy baking and some cooking and I don’t mind doing laundry.
What is one thing you will never care about?
One thing I will never care about is hockey or American football. These two sports just leave me cold. Too much fighting and physical contact for my liking.
Bonus question: What are you grateful for from last week, and what are you looking forward to in the week coming up?
Last week I’m grateful for two very different Christmas parties that I attended. The first one was the staff party and it was good to see so many from the staff turn out. It was fun and festive and it looked like everyone was having a lot of fun. The second party took place on Saturday and it was a very quiet affair with just a few good friends. Every year now my good friend L has the same group over for dinner. it was so relaxing and the food was outstanding. With her mom and daughter joining us there were seven of us around the table….the perfect size for good conversation.
This week I’m looking forward to Christmas and time spent with family and close friends. My son and his fiancé are arriving from London, England on Christmas Eve. Our big celebration is on the 24th and then we also do a Christmas dinner on the 25th. Boxing Day will be a day of rest and then the day after we will pack up two cars and all of my family will drive to Oshawa to visit with my Dad and G.
Wishing all my blogging followers a very Merry Christmas and Happy Hannukka. Be safe and enjoy your family and friends during this festive season.
My Year in Art – Part 3
….this is the last instalment for Daily Post Countdown to the Year 2014
September – back to school so lots of children’s art, especially Kindergarten art and a trip to the AGO to see the Alex Colville show
October – leaf art, colour bugs, friendly monsters, art at the farmers’ market and artistic pumpkins
November and December – more monsters, poppies, kindergarten art -‘drawing my body’ and Picasso portraits and another on-line course called ‘Table Top Drawing and Painting’
Looking forward to more art in 2015!
The Daily Post Photo Challenge – Yellow
…..amidst all the red, green, silver and gold of the season the challenge was to photograph something yellow Daily Post Photo Challenge
In setting up a still life composition for a recent art assignment I noticed that all the pieces of fruit had undertones of yellow. The lemon in the middle comes forward because of the bright yellow.
Cee’s Black and White Photo Challenge – Fences
Cee’s Which Way Photo Challenge – #25
….my first time contributing to this challenge
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Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge – Landscapes or Seascapes
Share Your World 2014 – Week 49
…..toys, candy, drinks and cash….I’m detecting a Christmas theme here
What is your preferred hot drink: coffee, tea, water, hot chocolate, or other?
I’d have to say that coffee is my preferred hot drink. I like it strong and with real cream. As a child I would have said hot chocolate and then I drank tea for years before moving on to coffee in my 30s. 
What was your favorite toy as a child . . . and now?
As a child I remember playing with dolls and I loved ‘paint with numbers’. I also liked board games. Today my favourite ‘toy’ is my camera but I still love to paint and play board games.
Candy factories of the entire world have become one and will now be making only one kind of candy. Which kind, if you were calling the shots?
I’m not a huge candy fan but I do like chocolate covered peanut M & Ms. If that doesn’t count as candy my next cholce is Licorice Allsorts. Funny because I don’t like plain licorice.
Image courtesy of: http://www.brendanjack.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/licorice-allsorts.jpeg
Would you want $100,000 right now or $120,000 in a year (tax Free)?
I think I’d like the $120 000 over a year. An extra $10 000 a month over 12 months would be something to look forward to and I couldn’t spend it all in one go if I took a lump sum.
Bonus question: What are you grateful for from last week, and what are you looking forward to in the week coming up?
Last week I attended a couple of Christmas parties with friends and neighbours. I’m also grateful for a very successful United Way Silent Auction. The staff really pulled together and we raised the most money ever in all the years that I’ve organized this event. It was a lot of fun and people really got into the spirit of it this year. Today I took the girls’ basketball team to the west conference finals. We won the first game and moved onto the next level. Unfortunately we were beaten in the next game but I was really proud of how well the girls played.
This week I’m looking forward to two more Christmas parties and the beginning of a two week Christmas break.
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