luciano's lunchbreak

yet another reason to appreciate an italian deli one block away... 

sandwiches are always tastier when someone else makes them!

(especially when enjoyed in a hammock...)

centipede

an urban insect inspected.

'look, mama; it has little ears!"

dandy lions

after an arboretum picnic,

foraging for dandelions.

guess what?  they found some.

 

dandelion,

dandelioness.

milestones

the rotary club of the town of matheson is celebrating it's 50 anniversary this year.

 david's grandfather, who passed away last august at the age of 93, 

was one of the inaugural members of the matheson chapter.

  his contributions were toasted at a gala held last weekend at the

floyd s. hembruff civic centre in matheson;

"fast floyd" would have loved it.

his extended family were invited guests...

there was a string quartet, a jazz band playing big band standards, dining, 

dancing, glass clinking, speech making, and even a "comedy act"...

and not just a little magic.

blinded by science

one fraction of the many many seconds spent fascinated by the

ball rolling "mousetrap" style contraption 

at the ontario science centre in toronto last month...

after the egg hunt

my 43rd cake.

today, i'm thankful for the rain.

ok, for the last few weeks i have been looking everywhere for my camera.

in fact, i almost bought another one

but

i was certain that i had last seen it in the house. 

  it had not been stolen; although our home often looks as though 

it has been turned over by robbers, 

it would be a very particular thief to leave every other potentially

valuable electronic device behind.

~

considering where i finally located the camera, my hunch was correct.

it was a particular thief indeed...

a cheerful magpie who stashed his prize for later;

tucked safely away in the bottom of my pink rubber rainboot.

~

 here then, finally, is my birthday cake,

and the time-tested recipe.

(david's mom has been making it for his birthdays for as long as he can recall)

the first blurry paragraph is the icing recipe, 

the second is for the cake itself.