A real apple

Something’s up. Tonight I was waiting in a parking lot, staring at a cement wall and the back of an apartment building, (feeling sorry for myself and thinking “what the heck am I doing in life?) when my eyes focused on something red and round. No kidding, there was an apple on the wall.

Apples in the Gutter

This afternoon my friend Greg and I came across some squishy foam apples on a street curb. Whoever doesn’t believe in signs misses out on meaning. Courtesy of Greg, here is the synchronistic link for today: The Golden Apple.

Medisys promotional apple (logo is on the other side)

By the way, in the previous post I referred to Min Lilla Veranda as Danish, but I believe it is Swedish…oh well, Swede’s, Dane’s…

Now to Denmark and France

I was looking for a picture by photographer Mari Eriksson to post, and I found an amazing Danish blog called Min Lilla Veranda. My Little Veranda immediately ranks No. 1 on my bookmarks bar and internet favourites.

Hestia’s Hearth

Prepare your supper in Spain and serve it in a dining room in Italy, or just travel the world of beautiful interiors at style-files.

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And of course, sit on Danish Chairs

Man, I’m down

That last post was depressing. I was going to cheer you up by posting a picture I thought NP might have penned.

But she seems rather down too. So here’s a sketch of dad’s from OCAD and it’s a sad lady theme for the day.

Always more to the story

Dad tells me that Varley was going to pay back $10 which he had borrowed from Narcisse, but he said, don’t worry about it, just draw me a picture.

I searched “V.H. Varley, Narcisse Pelletier” and found some interesting information on Archives Canada. It’s so disappointing to think that a boyfriend of a family member stole things and and we only have a scrap of the war sketches… at least Wayne sent much of it to the archives. We will have to figure out how to access this too.

COOOKIES!

The photo is from Flickr, but the baker’s of this Cookie Cupcake got their idea from Cake Wrecks, a funny blog about disastrous decorations.

On the opposite end of the spectrum there are beautiful cookies for the blue bloods who can afford to buy Cameo’s by SweetAmbs or Butterflies by Eleni.

By SweetAmbs, a pastry artist

Eleni's of New York

Picture Pages

I’ve joined the Flickr PhotoStream of Consciousness. Why not; all my friends are doing it.

Dead Man on the Tracks

My Girl Tuesday

Arthur Lismer is sitting by the urn and birdbath, I’m sure of it.

Group shot, NP photo album

Here's a picture from Wikipedia beside the enlargement

Novel Ideas

It’s been only 2 years and I’m cheating on Design. Tonight I finished the second chapter of my novel and it’s love at first write. Here’s some library porn to get you in the reading mood for book club.

The Strahov Monastery Library in Prague

This is actually a store! El Ateneo in Buenos Aires