They crossed the street in front of me, Mama Goose first and babies in a line behind, which would’ve made a perfect photo had I not been behind the wheel and had the camera in hand. Alas, it was cameraphone-delayed.
Imagine this, but with geese:
‘Critters + Creatures’ Category
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Sunday Stroll
May 7, 2012 by Gail
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Caterpillar On The Camino De Santiago
April 8, 2012 by Gail
I’m back from Ottawa, and I am beyond ready for ZZZZZ-ZZZZZ-ZZZZZ-zzzzzz…
But before I squeeze in my four hours of sleep, here’s one of my favourite pics from the weekend (well, until I go through the rest of them), which included a four-hour walkabout in Gatineau Park with four friends. By the shuffling and limping in the home stretch, you would’ve thought WE were on the Camino de Santiago. That’s what working a desk job will do to you! This tiny caterpillar was showing us all up.
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Have You Got Any Grey Poupon?
April 7, 2012 by Gail
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Tortilla: Take One
March 26, 2012 by Gail
here goes ...
Would I ever turn down an offer of homemade tortilla? Absolutely not! Especially from a native Spaniard, offering to cook it for me. If I could, I would drink sangria and eat tapas every single day.
I really miss my neighbourhood La Bodega in Vancouver! (*music warning–don’t click unless you’re ready for Spanish guitar through your speakers*) I used to eat there often. I don’t understand how a city the size of Toronto doesn’t have more Spanish restaurants. Or Cuban restaurants, for that matter. I have yet to find an equivalent to Havana on Commercial Drive. I’ve only ever eaten at two Spanish restaurants here, on the Danforth and in Kensington Market. The prices made me gasp. Why is it so much more expensive?
Anyway, the only thing to do is to make the food you want at home, which is entirely possible. However, this first attempt at tortilla was thwarted by a sudden heat swing that was too far to the hot side…
a watched pan never heats up fast enough ...
... so then you turn up the heat and it burns!
“This is the worst tortilla I’ve ever made,” he said. Nevermind, not a total loss — it was all eaten in the end. We will try again later.
We had a Food Inspector at the table, too:
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Flat Stanley’s Last Day In Toronto
March 26, 2012 by Gail
Flat Stanley’s going to be mailed off today back to Megan, my 8-year old niece in BC. He’s had some adventures around town, in Hamilton, and is ready to return west to the Grade 2 classroom. Unfortunately, he was completely forgotten three times this past weekend and missed out on the Humber Bay Arch Bridge trip, the Red Moon Collective monthly jam, and brunch yesterday. We won’t tell him that he’ll be missing out on a basketball game tonight — sorry, Stanley! — but all good things must come to an end, and Toronto will still be here should he decide to visit again.
These last pictures are of the Neighbourhood Watch (Xena), showing Stanley her perch post on the tall chair by the front window. Nothing gets by Xena!
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Flat Stanley v2.0 Meets Xena
March 22, 2012 by Gail
Thanks to the miracle of modern technology (ahem, email), Flat Stanley’s disappearing act at the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum has resulted in a cloning effort known as scanning and creating a JPEG. This JPEG was transformed into Stanley version 2.0 with the assistance of a full-colour laser printer, cardboard, and a glue stick.
Xena was crowned Head Inspector, Quality Control Division, for this
product launchauspicious occasion. She did finally approve Stanley v2.0 after some intensive sniffing.
More of the cat-vs-character encounter below:
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We Miss You, Beano!
March 15, 2012 by Gail
Oh, how I miss that little face always waiting for me. It’s been a year since his passing, but he left behind a Beano-sized hole. Probably bigger than Beano-size. Xena’s an exceptionally affectionate kitty towards everyone, but Beano was picky about his humans and had a really big personality for such a little cat. (Hugh had a big personality, too, but he was a big cat.) The tuxedo cats are greatly missed at the House of Fielding!
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Post-Dinner Self-Portraits With Xena
March 4, 2012 by Gail
I arrived home from the “Count of Monte Cristo Dinner” in the wee hours and decided to try and take some photos with Xena in costume, which is more difficult than it sounds. I don’t have a remote control for the camera and the tripod lives in the back of the car (and I’m too tired/lazy to go back outside and fetch it), so I have to use the self-timer. See how big the feather is in the hat? Not easy to get in a photo, hold the cat, start the self-timer, and assume the position. There’s a whole lot of guesswork.
Dinner photos forthcoming…
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Meet Dizzy
February 6, 2012 by Gail
Dizzy
I’m having trouble staying awake, so I’m throwing in the towel and heading to bed. Meanwhile, I leave you with a photo of Dizzy. Dizzy loves people food and licking faces. Then again, what dog doesn’t? Arf!
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Left Out
January 26, 2012 by Gail
sad doggie
I have to work really early tomorrow morning, so I’m just posting an unseen pic from my Vancouver trip last month while I continue to bulldoze through my mountain of photo editing and then hit the sack.
Poor Darcy looks so sad and left out of all the fun. Sad doggie needs some attention, stat!
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