28 October 2016

Grandparents day




We were so excited last week as  our grandsons school was having Grandparents Day.




Like any other downtown Toronto school it was a veritable United Nations. The children said  " Good morning and welcome" in 8 different languages


The place was jammed! But then, most kids have 4 grandparents.


There was a concert - the junior choir sang ' Blue Skies' in a complex and sophisticated arrangement.


We stuffed ourselves at the desert table and the kids showed us their classrooms.


Guess which one is ours.




23 October 2016

scarf alert!


Not a bad couple of weeks of thrift shop trolling.


Two traditional Liberty paisley scarves. Somewhat stronger colors than I prefer but I not saying no to a couple of bucks each. More for my collection.


 Two Hermes scarves, classic  ' Casques Plumets' in perfect condition.



and ' Les Artificiers' very gently worn. I can see I will get a lot of wear from this one.

Of course, lots more interesting scarves making their way into foulardfantastique.

19 October 2016

plus and equal



Cloudy skies,



plus a grey lake and falling temperatures


=


a blazing fire


and time to close up our summer cabin for another year,


13 October 2016

Gu Chi or not Gucci?



that is the question.




Is this a real Gucci scarf or not? Tag reads ' made in Italy'. Quite a light  weight silk, but that is OK. Nice, generous size, approx 65 cm  x  174 cm.
But, there is no imprint and the hem is badly and  cheaply machined, not good at all.


 Now, we all know that these days a classy label has nothing to do with quality,
Take the Michael Kors hand bag I bought at full price at Canada's fanciest department store last May.
My granddaughter asked " is that a real Michael Kors, Nana?"

Falling apart already, what a piece of c...p!

Just not sure about the scarf.


06 October 2016

Gooseberry Jam



Gooseberries from our garden are frozen till I have time to make jam, as in last week.


Besides, the are much easier to top and tail-when frozen. 


 Skimming off the nasty scum.

  Finished product!


 So satisfying.




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