In order by activity…
Android green toes, next to cat
gunmetal grey fingernails
bellini, complete with red shoes
dessert sampler
mountain o' laundry (plus two duvets and a blanket)
‘House of Fielding’ Category
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Sunday in Frames
November 14, 2011 by Gail
Posted in cameraphone, Food + Drink, House of Fielding | 5 Comments
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Skipping Monday
November 1, 2011 by Gail
Beano (RIP) gets busted for drinking out of my mug!
Yesterday was so crappy I was in bed by 10pm so it would be over sooner. But a special mention: yesterday morning a neighbourhood coffee shop owner took pity on me while I was on the phone dealing with unpleasantries and made me the best Americano I have ever had in my life, along with a fantastic toasted bagel and cream cheese and an amazing muffin with goat cheese, walnuts, organic butter and his ‘secret ingredient’ — Tabasco sauce! It sounds bizarre but it was incredibly tasty.
Good food and beverages (and sympathetic coffee shop owners) make life better. Also, entertaining pets like Beano… I miss that little scoundrel very much!
Posted in Critters + Creatures, Xena & Beano | 2 Comments
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Dessert-Fest
October 8, 2011 by Gail
dessert-fest
When I found out on Thursday night that Pennsylvania was out of the question for this weekend and I’d have to forfeit Helma’s home cooking, I shamelessly played the orphan card and got myself invited to dinner today to enjoy the company of others over food. Thanksgiving is one of my favourite holidays simply because it does not involve gifts, only people and food, two of the best things in life. It seemed rather sad to be only working and eating in the company of my cat this weekend. No offense, Xena, but we don’t eat the same food!
Xena, looking angelic
Now it’s midnight and I’m in a food coma from all of us completely overeating (we went overboard with the desserts!), but I feel much better about having to work through the rest of the weekend with the thought that at least I had one home-cooked dinner and it wasn’t alone. Most of time being alone doesn’t bother me, but for some reason Thanksgiving is one of those weekends when it does.
Posted in cameraphone, Critters + Creatures, Food + Drink, Xena & Beano | 5 Comments
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Too Tired For (Many) Words
October 4, 2011 by Gail
flea infestation!
Took Xena to the vet this morning as she was scratching herself constantly, and I found a lump on her neck/back on Monday night. We have a flea infestation. I blame Professor (who left September 10), although we’ll never know for sure. According to the vet, the lump is likely a benign cyst and will be aspirated later if necessary. First things first: zap fleas.
today's sunset
When the markets dip, so does the mood of the people on Bay Street. “Here, look out the window at the beautiful sunset.”
Bathurst Street Bridge
Still walking home when I can.
Posted in cameraphone, Critters + Creatures, House of Fielding, Working Life | 2 Comments
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90 Seconds Of Xena
September 15, 2011 by Gail
This is what she’s like every single day: a purrbox who craves attention.
Posted in Critters + Creatures, Videoclips, Xena & Beano | 5 Comments
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The Showdown
August 16, 2011 by Gail
Xena's cornered
Xena's cornered
Over the past four weeks, the House of Fielding has been transitioning from a one cat-staff, one-cat household to a two cat-staff, two-cat household. Xena hasn’t been happy about it and neither has her nemesis, Professor. She’s hissed so much at him I think the only thing stopping her from hissing even more is that her (mostly toothless) mouth goes dry.
Professor, aka Mr. Kitty
It probably doesn’t help that Professor is twice Xena’s size while half her age.
so not impressed
Despite all the highly vocal protesting from both cats, they’re curious about each other (natch, they’re cats after all) and day-by-day I observe a little less feigned hostility and more curiosity. Maybe one day I’ll come home to find them snuggled together as if they were friends for life, but until then they’re more like The Odd Couple.
Posted in Critters + Creatures, House of Fielding, Xena & Beano | 7 Comments
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Summer In The City (The Point-and-Shoot Edition)
July 12, 2011 by Gail
lifeguard at the Sunnyside Pool
As you can probably tell, I’ve been buried under a mound of work lately. I’ve got so many photos to show you, but so little time!
The House of Fielding went from a gruelling 5am-up-and-at-’em, full day + go home to more work schedule last week to the regular half-day + late-night editing crash-and-burn-at-6am this week. Is there any wonder I don’t get jet lag? It doesn’t happen in the absence of a circadian rhythm. I have to get my nose back to the grindstone now, so I’ll leave you with some point-and-shoot photos taken with the ancient Canon A520 last Sunday, when I took my Dutchie couchsurfer for a walk in my neighbourhood by the lake. I live in the city, but I love living in Roncy, close to everything I need, and the recreational feel of living near a big body of water!
volleyball at Sunnyside Beach
Humber Bay Arch Bridge
fishing in the Humber River (Lakeshore Blvd and Gardiner Expressway in the background)
Posted in House of Fielding, Out + About, The Great Outdoors, Toronto, Urban Life, Videoclips | | 1 Comment
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This Is What DISPLEASED Looks Like
July 8, 2011 by Gail
I followed you into the bathroom, because you're not listening to me!!!
I’ve been working a lot lately out of the house, inciting cries of protest from the other official house member, who is not used to being alone (RIP Beano). Notice her teeth are bared — the only ones she has left (two on the bottom, three on the side). Xena’s pretty toothy for a nearly-toothless cat. I think she’s trying to tell me something.
Harumph!
Ears are down. Xena is an 11-year old pulling a tantrum. (Yes, she’s actually 11 in cat years and according to this site, she’s 60 in human years.)
I’m shooting a wedding outside of Toronto tomorrow, I wonder if she knows and will sleep on my camera bag? She does that when I’m about to leave town.
Posted in Critters + Creatures, Xena & Beano | | 4 Comments
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It’s Gettin’ Hot In Here
June 1, 2011 by Gail
… just like the Nelly song. It was 24 (C) degrees at 9 o’clock this morning when I was running the vacuum and already way too hot to be cleaning the house.
Xena agrees.
Posted in Critters + Creatures, Xena & Beano | 2 Comments
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