I'm posting at Wordless Wednesday today.
Also posting at Signs, Signs.
Basel Switzerland October 2012
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Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Tuesday's Texture, Muse and Sweet Shot
I'm posting at Texture Tuesday. The theme is Free and Easy using one of Kim's textures.
And at Tuesday Muse and at Sweet Shot Tuesday.
And at Tuesday Muse and at Sweet Shot Tuesday.
The original photo is from Heidelberg Castle, in Germany October 2012.
I converted it to black and white using Photoshop, added Kim's texture Daisy from the Downton Collection and then added soft light.
Menu Plan Update - Week 20
SUNDAY First Communion in Montreal then drive back to Toronto
Dinner - skipped as we had a huge lunch in Montreal, calamari, soup, salad, steak and cake
MONDAY
Dinner - beef stew
TUESDAY golf and shopping with friends
Lunch - quiche at Williams
Dinner - Judge and Jury Pub
WEDNESDAY
Dinner - leftover beef stew with cheddar cheese biscuits
THURSDAY
Lunch - burgers at County General
Dinner - home made pate with toast
FRIDAY -
Dinner - kale spanakopita with leftovers for two lunches
SATURDAY
Dinner - NEW RECIPE grown up chicken fingers with sweet potato fries with leftovers for a couple of lunches.
Ruby Tuesday and Our World Tuesday
We were returning home along Lake Shore on Saturday when I snapped this photo from the car. I then learned it was a protest outside the Polish embassy situated in one of the lovely old homes bordering Lake Ontario very close to us.
The protests began in Poland in September and there have been 157 demonstrations organized in Poland and abroad. A march on May 19 was scheduled in Paris.
Monday, May 20, 2013
It's Monday! What Are You Reading?
It's Monday! What are you reading? is hosted by Sheila at Book Journey. For this meme, bloggers post what they finished last week, what they're currently reading, and what they plan to start this week.
My comments are not meant to be recaps of the story lines as I include a link to Goodreads for their synopsis of the book. I am merely stating how I felt about the book without giving any spoilers.
2012 Recap and 2013 Recap
FINISHED THIS WEEK:
I couldn't like Serena, the main character, she is shallow and passive. She falls in love with every man she meets.
I did enjoy the descriptions of London in the early 70s.
As always, I love Mc Ewan's writing.
Dana Cabot cannot remember the kind of person she was before May 29th, the day she became angry at God, at her workaholic attorney husband, and herself. The day her seven-year-old daughter. Bailey, disappeared. As the months wear on without a trace of her adorable but troubled child, Dana can't help blaming her husband's controversial defense of an accused abuser for playing a role in the abduction--and it shows in the strain on their marriage. But then a shocking event offers a clue to what really happened to Bailey--and Dana's unwitting part in it. Haunted by the unthinkable consequences of revealing everything she knows. Dana must decide whether to keep the truth to herself--or risk losing the rest of her family. Suspenseful, searing, and evocative, this beautifully written novel offers poignant insights into the meaning of honesty--in marriage, in friendship, and in justice.
This was a quick read that totally drew me into the intimate details of the Cabot's marriage, I felt like an eavesdropper as the author so accurately described the details of couples' arguments.
The abduction itself is solved relatively easily by the reader and is not an integral part of the story.
Her friendship with a female priest is an interesting sub-plot.
The descriptions of Florence brought back memories of a beautiful city.
STARTED THIS WEEK:
122 fantastic stories from Britain's best crime writers For ten years the Mammoth Best British Crime series has been publishing an annual volume of the most outstanding crime and mystery short fiction published in the UK. Over 400 stories by the very best writers in the field have been published. Contributors have included, among many others, Mark Billingham, Liza Cody, Roger Jon Ellory, Reginald Hill, Peter James, Simon Kernick, Alexander McCall Smith, Val McDermid, John Mortimer, Anne Perry, Ian Rankin, Derek Raymond and Andrew Taylor. On several occasions, stories published in "The Mammoth Book of Best British Crime" have won some of the most prestigious awards in the field, including the Crime Writers Association Short Story Dagger, The Mystery Writers of America Edgar award and the Anthony award, while countless others have featured on the respective shortlists. This truly bumper collection of over 120 stories, an omnibus edition of Volumes 7, 8 and 9, showcases as ever the impressive breadth of crime writing, from cosy tales of detection to noir mayhem and psychological suspense and terror. There are puzzles to solve, nagging questions about the nature of the society in which we live, but, above all, there is an abundance of first-class entertainment. Over 1600 pages of outstanding crime fiction by: Lin Anderson, Kate Atkinson, Ian Ayris, Ray Banks, Robert Barnard, Colin Bateman, Mark Billingham, Nigel Bird, Tony Black, Stephen Booth, Paul D. Brazill, Simon Brett, Gerard Brennan, Christopher Brookmyre, Alison Bruce, Ken Bruen, Declan Burke, Col Bury, Tom Cain, Ann Cleeves, Liza Cody, Natasha Cooper, Bernie Crosthwaite, Judith Cutler, Colin Dexter, Martin Edwards, Matthew J. Elliott, Kate Ellis, R. J. Ellory, Chris Ewan, Christopher Fowler, Simon R. Green, Jon Courtenay Grimwood, Allan Guthrie, Sophie Hannah, John Harvey, Mick Herron, David Hewson, Reginald Hill, Matt Hilton, Kate Horsley, Peter James, Paul Johnston, L. Kennedy, Bill Kirton, John Lawton, Simon Levack, Michael Z. Lewin, Toby Litt, Peter Lovesey, Phil Lovesey, Stuart MacBride, Adrian Magson, Barry Maitland, Alexander McCall Smith, Keith McCarthy, Val McDermid, Brian McGilloway, Denise Mina, Steve Mosby, Edward Marston, Amy Myers, Barbara Nadel, Stuart Neville, Christine Poulson, Ian Rankin, Sarah Rayne, Peter Robinson, Nicholas Royle, Zoe Sharp, Roz Southey, Sally Spedding, Jay Stringer, Andrew Taylor, Marilyn Todd, Peter Turnbull, L. C. Tyler, Simon Kernick, Nick Quantrill, Sheila Quigley, Louise Welsh, Marc Werner and Kevin Wignall.
I did enjoy the descriptions of London in the early 70s.
As always, I love Mc Ewan's writing.
Dana Cabot cannot remember the kind of person she was before May 29th, the day she became angry at God, at her workaholic attorney husband, and herself. The day her seven-year-old daughter. Bailey, disappeared. As the months wear on without a trace of her adorable but troubled child, Dana can't help blaming her husband's controversial defense of an accused abuser for playing a role in the abduction--and it shows in the strain on their marriage. But then a shocking event offers a clue to what really happened to Bailey--and Dana's unwitting part in it. Haunted by the unthinkable consequences of revealing everything she knows. Dana must decide whether to keep the truth to herself--or risk losing the rest of her family. Suspenseful, searing, and evocative, this beautifully written novel offers poignant insights into the meaning of honesty--in marriage, in friendship, and in justice.
This was a quick read that totally drew me into the intimate details of the Cabot's marriage, I felt like an eavesdropper as the author so accurately described the details of couples' arguments.
The abduction itself is solved relatively easily by the reader and is not an integral part of the story.
Her friendship with a female priest is an interesting sub-plot.
The descriptions of Florence brought back memories of a beautiful city.
STARTED THIS WEEK:
122 fantastic stories from Britain's best crime writers For ten years the Mammoth Best British Crime series has been publishing an annual volume of the most outstanding crime and mystery short fiction published in the UK. Over 400 stories by the very best writers in the field have been published. Contributors have included, among many others, Mark Billingham, Liza Cody, Roger Jon Ellory, Reginald Hill, Peter James, Simon Kernick, Alexander McCall Smith, Val McDermid, John Mortimer, Anne Perry, Ian Rankin, Derek Raymond and Andrew Taylor. On several occasions, stories published in "The Mammoth Book of Best British Crime" have won some of the most prestigious awards in the field, including the Crime Writers Association Short Story Dagger, The Mystery Writers of America Edgar award and the Anthony award, while countless others have featured on the respective shortlists. This truly bumper collection of over 120 stories, an omnibus edition of Volumes 7, 8 and 9, showcases as ever the impressive breadth of crime writing, from cosy tales of detection to noir mayhem and psychological suspense and terror. There are puzzles to solve, nagging questions about the nature of the society in which we live, but, above all, there is an abundance of first-class entertainment. Over 1600 pages of outstanding crime fiction by: Lin Anderson, Kate Atkinson, Ian Ayris, Ray Banks, Robert Barnard, Colin Bateman, Mark Billingham, Nigel Bird, Tony Black, Stephen Booth, Paul D. Brazill, Simon Brett, Gerard Brennan, Christopher Brookmyre, Alison Bruce, Ken Bruen, Declan Burke, Col Bury, Tom Cain, Ann Cleeves, Liza Cody, Natasha Cooper, Bernie Crosthwaite, Judith Cutler, Colin Dexter, Martin Edwards, Matthew J. Elliott, Kate Ellis, R. J. Ellory, Chris Ewan, Christopher Fowler, Simon R. Green, Jon Courtenay Grimwood, Allan Guthrie, Sophie Hannah, John Harvey, Mick Herron, David Hewson, Reginald Hill, Matt Hilton, Kate Horsley, Peter James, Paul Johnston, L. Kennedy, Bill Kirton, John Lawton, Simon Levack, Michael Z. Lewin, Toby Litt, Peter Lovesey, Phil Lovesey, Stuart MacBride, Adrian Magson, Barry Maitland, Alexander McCall Smith, Keith McCarthy, Val McDermid, Brian McGilloway, Denise Mina, Steve Mosby, Edward Marston, Amy Myers, Barbara Nadel, Stuart Neville, Christine Poulson, Ian Rankin, Sarah Rayne, Peter Robinson, Nicholas Royle, Zoe Sharp, Roz Southey, Sally Spedding, Jay Stringer, Andrew Taylor, Marilyn Todd, Peter Turnbull, L. C. Tyler, Simon Kernick, Nick Quantrill, Sheila Quigley, Louise Welsh, Marc Werner and Kevin Wignall.
Mosaic Monday
Mesa Verde, Spanish for green table, offers a spectacular look into the lives of the Ancestral Pueblo people who made it their home for over 700 years, from A.D. 600 to A.D. 1300. The park contains over 4,000 known archaeological sites, including 600 cliff dwellings.
This had to be one of the most spectacular sights we'd ever seen.
The people in the top photo give the perspective on how large this particular dwelling is.
Sunday, May 19, 2013
Dreaming of France
The rules for this meme are: Please join this weekly meme. Grab a copy of the photo above and link back to An Accidental Blog. Share with the rest of us your passion for France. Did you read a good book set in France? See a movie? Take a photo in France? Have an adventure? Eat a fabulous meal or even just a pastry? Or if you're in France now, go ahead and lord it over the rest of us. We can take it.
Maybe we can all satisfy our yearnings for France, until we get there again.
August 2012 - Giverny France
For this week's post I am going to redirect you to my post from last summer detailing our visit to Monet's Garden. it was such an amazing place to visit and definitely a highlight of our river cruise.
Monday Mural
Posting at Monday Mural hosted by ODP!
We were heading out to lunch on Queen St. W near Ossington and came across the Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art and got these photos of the amazing mural on their outside wall.
The details are stunning!
Look at the measuring tape!
Monday Mellow Yellow
I'm posting at Monday Mellow Yellow today.
August 2012 - Giverny France
At Monet's Garden on a spectacular sunny morning when the gardens were in full bloom.
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