One unusual thing per day for one year

Saturday, 17 March 2012

Year Two Day Ninety Nine - The Globe

Dear all,

Long time no see! I have been deeply involved with my wonderful studies at Georgian College ( http://www.georgianc.on.ca/) and sadly neglecting my beloved slate of blogs. Inspired by the spring sunshine, I thought I would squeeze in a quick post in between painting a calla lily and drawing my conceptual designs for a sculpture installation at Darren's office ( yep... art school means business!).

After a spur-of-the moment decision to explore this well loved eatery, we scooped up Anna and Dale and burnt down Airport Road in search of Rosemont. Anna delighted us with claims that she had 'wanted to eat here for over 18 years' after years of driving down highway 89.... that was it - the deal was sealed and we were off!

I am sadly having a few camera problems at the moment (battery issues and my blackberry is very below par when producing a quality snap) so i order to convey our fabulous meal, feel free to check out the marvellous reviews on Trip Advisor... this place is hot hot hot!

http://www.tripadvisor.ca/Restaurant_Review-g970316-d981773-Reviews-Globe_Restaurant-Rosemont_Ontario.html

We were thankful for our reservation and once we had arrived... we are greeted by a gorgeous, old property, steeped in local history and charm. The owners have retained the original 'country' theme and feel to the place and after weaving our way through various rooms, we were led to our table, right next to the roaring fire. The menu was well priced and looked delectable. I decided on (one of) the soup of the day, cheddar and potato and for main... chicken in goat's cheese and sun dried tomatoes... the soup was one of the warmest, richest soups I have ever tasted: satisfying and creamy with a lovely bite from the cheddar. The chicken was amazing - each dinner was beautifully plated and i was lucky enough to bag Anna and Dale's ornamental Brussel's spouts... what a score! D had the apple smoked pork loin.... need I say more...

I would HIGHLY recommend you make the drive to this lovely restaurant. To make up for my lack of photos... here are the details so you can all make a reservation with ease!

Telephone: 705-435-6981

South Side of Hwy 89, Rosemont, L0N 1R0

Website: http://www.thegloberestaurant.ca

Monday, 26 December 2011

Year Two Day Ninety Eight - Christmas with Deidre and Vince

Dear all,

HAPPY CHRISTMAS! Hope everyone has had the most fabulous of Yules. We had a wonderful day spent with Deidre and Vince and the *first official* Christmas in their new home! After hitting a bizarre wall of traffic on the 427... *boooo*, we made it just in time for a pre-dinner drink and sensory overload from the kitchen. It was wonderful to see everyone and the Christmas cheer was in full force!

After wonderful hugs and greetings, we all sat down to a fabulous, authentic Italien Christmas dinner: Vince's Ma had prepared soup which we all devoured with delight. The main course was fabulous: Turkey, veal and veg all absolutley delicious.

The desert was Vince's Ma's speciality: Tiramasu!!! amazing! (Darren and I both had seconds.... I'll run it off in the morning... ).

HAPPY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!!! And thank you Deidre and Vince for an amazing Christmas!!!

Wednesday, 21 December 2011

Year Two Day Ninety Seven - Intuitive Painting

Dear all,

Ahhhhhh, 'Intuitive Art'.... I hear you all wince and run for the hills.... Despite my grave concern over 'what art lies deep within me ( and not in a sinister way...just that I find the whole 'internal' quest quite tricky to manifest 'in paint' and thus engage immediate damage control when issued such a brief.

But.. I managed to come up with something....? This is supposed to be my lovely sister OJ ( Jo). Kind of looks like her.....( it's intuitive)?

And in other news:

1. I *shared with D* my first steak and mushroom pie! Yum! ( and no 'organ' meat was within shouting distance. Darren and I both are repelled by such things. No one should eat a kidney)

And at The Dam Pub In Thornbury no less... http://www.thedampub.ca/

Sunday, 18 December 2011

Year Two Day Ninety Six - Sculpture

Hi all,

I LOVE SCULPTURE. And this is one of my Female Torsos... cast in Ciment Fondu (http://www.cimentfondu.com/gb/index.html). I had never done any sculpture before starting Art School in September and I LOVE IT!

I'll try and get some better pics... but just to get a quick post up - here she is!

Made after hours and hours of work including:

1. Making the clay sculpture from a live model

2. Making a splatter mould of the original clay piece

3. Casting the mould with both ceramic clay and ciment fondu ( this piece - and more pics to come)

4. Cleaning up the ciment piece, waxing and brass brushing her until she was finished!

Et Voila! One of Darren's Christmas Presents!

Year Two Day Ninety Five - More School Work

Dear all,

Ahhhhh, many apologies again for my absense of late: it's been a BUSY few weeks at the tail end of my first semester in Fine Arts so I thought I would share a few of my latest works:

1. Me... (Oil on Canvas and a blooming pain to paint because of the crazy angle. I was also trying to avoid any 'teeth-exposure'. Teeth are one of the hardest things to paint and tend to end up looking like inverted traffic cones)

2. My muscle man: Full musculature coverage of a human. Took about 20 hours.

3. Ooooh yes, and then there was his skeleton. That took another 15!

But it was all worth it. I AM LOVING THE COURSE! More pics to come.. and more posts... I now have three weeks off and many a wonderful Yuletide adventure with D I am sure! Hurray!

Sunday, 4 December 2011

Year Two Day Ninety Three - Christmas Tree Owl

Dear all,

MANY apologies for my absence over the last couple of weeks... I have been rather preoccupied by a veritable 'mountain' of curricular actuvities at school. Anyway.... here is a photo-based update on our wonderful Christmas Tree!

The Purchase: