Time to catch up (part 4)

After New Year's Eve comes New Year's Day (funny how that works). And after opening another huge batch of gifts, we hosted our annual Open House. It was well-attended with some neighbours, old friends and work colleagues for M. Everyone gushed about M's lemon cheesecake and brownies and even my soup went down well. We were surprised but happy that our annual chevre and artichoke spread is not a hit in Toronto - more for us!



This one deserves an explanation. We have been given a jackdaw puppet that crows - loudly! He is wonderful has been named Jackie and had become friends with everyone he has met.



This snap also deserves some text. My dad has passed on his massive sheepskin set to M. Our Toronto friends (some of them laughing in the background) believe that it might just be retro funk enough to be seen on Queen West. It is warm, expecially if you hang out for hours with protesters, I am told.