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Light up the Square
We are just back from Celebration Square for the annual tree lighting ceremony. It’s the first festive event of the season. Wishing you all a wonderful weekend! Cheryl and Becky
Posted in Canada, Christmas, Family, Photography, winter
Tagged Canada, Christmas, festive, lights, Mississauga, photography, winter
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Becky’s Bread
Yesterday Becky started perusing “Cook with Confidence” and decided she wanted to make the pizza recipe. She read the all the instructions to me before checking with me on the list of ingredients. We were missing tomatoes and olives. I … Continue reading
Posted in cooking, Disability, Family, Food, Independence, Photography
Tagged cooking, disability, family, food, photography, pizza, salad, vegetarian, wrap
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Mother’s Day Frittata
We’ve made frittatas before, but never with leeks or peas and this has both. We were looking for some leek recipes and found this in “A Cook’s Guide” by Donna Hay; Pea, Pancetta, Leek and Onion Frittata. Slice the onion … Continue reading
Posted in cooking, Family, Food, Photography
Tagged cooking, family, food, frittata, Mother's Day, photography
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Slow Start To the Year
We have taken a break from the blog since returning to Ontario at the beginning of March. We have been focused on a couple of problems; one of which has been resolved but the others have not. We are both … Continue reading
Wide Open Spaces
We made it to Arizona! Sunrise in Illinois Gateway Arch, St. Louis Big skies, Oklahoma Sunrise Oklahoma Sunrise Texas New Mexico My navigator taking a nap Rainy and icy New Mexico Arizona! After driving 32 hours in 3 days, we … Continue reading
Posted in Car, Family, Photography, Travel, winter
Tagged Arizona, photography, road trip, sunrise, travel, USA
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On The Road Again…
We are driving from Mississauga, Ontario, across the USA to Arizona! It is about 3,600 kms through nine states. Tonight we are in Terre Haute, Indiana. We left at 6am this morning and arrived just before 5pm tonight. The weather … Continue reading
Winter Challenges
Dear Becky has had a challenging month. A trip to the dentist resulted in a tooth being pulled out. Gosh she was ill. It took her a week to eat normally again. The day after we made the gingerbread, she … Continue reading
Posted in Canada, Christmas, Family, Photography, winter
Tagged Canada, Christmas, family, photography, snow, winter
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Chickpea, Spinach & Mushroom Wellington
This recipe comes from the GBBO Showstoppers book. The recipe covers two pages, which I am not going to reproduce here. This is a puff pastry recipe which we have not used until now. First you make a duxelles. Becky … Continue reading
Posted in Baking, Family, Food, Photography
Tagged Bake Off, Baking, family, food, photography, vegetarian, wellington
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Colours of Nature
This is a small friendship garden in the centre of Mississauga. It’s named after our twin city Kariya, Japan. Becky went to stay with her Dad for a night. She had a stressful week and needed a break. I took … Continue reading
Posted in Canada, Family, Gardens, Photography, Travel
Tagged family, garden, Japanese, lake, Ontario, photography, Sunset, walk
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Apple Muffins
Bake Off challenge number 19. This wasn’t really a challenge for us as we make muffins on a regular basis, but we thought we’d put an easier recipe in for a change. Apple and Oat Muffins are in “Great British … Continue reading
Posted in Baking, Family, Food, Photography
Tagged apple, Bake Off, Baking, cat, food, muffins, photography
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