Sterling at Varsity Stadium

I am wishing my tendons weren't aching so much, or I would have been running with Sterling.  Tracks are much springier than pavement, believe me! ;-)

After my Run

This is the building across the street from the parking lot where I began and ended my run this evening.  I think it's a church, but am not sure as the light was really fading by the time I figured out how to access the camera on my phone once again. ;-)  Church buildings abound in the old part of town where my son has his drama class in another of the churches.  As the days get longer, I should have a wander along Main Street with my camera...

At the Underground

 Shirley and Emily, my sometime coffee shop -- hang around at youth group buddies. :-)

First-ever deliberate photos taken on my cell.  Couldn't figure out how to minimize the shine on the Celebrating Success sign...

Dinner!

Home-made Vietnamese-inspired soup.  A favourite around these parts.

Sunday Afternoon

 Had a 7.4 K run with my son (rather like trying to run with Puddleglum today), in this gorgeous weather.  Cold, but brilliant.  Now, I'm going to settle down with this book:

Pancakes and Maple Syrup

Harry and Cam at the Maple Sugar Festival, Bruce's Mill.

Rook

Tomorrow I would like to try to find some stone to stand this rook on.  He needs to be guarding a castle tower somehow...

Bishop

"The Lewis Chessmen (or Uig Chessmen, named after the bay where they were found) are a group of 78 chess pieces from the 12th century most of which are carved in walrus ivory, discovered in 1831 on the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland.^[1] They may constitute some of the few complete medieval chess sets that have survived, although it is not clear if a set as originally made can be made from the pieces. They are owned and exhibited by the British Museum in London, which has 67 and the Royal Museum in Edinburgh."  -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_chessmen

Knight

This is one of my set of Lewis Chessmen from the British Museum.  He's a domestic sort of knight, riding across a plain of knitted sock.  I was trying to get a coloured background, as the walls, and furniture around here are variations on the tone of the chessmen themselves...

Grade 9 Reading

Relaxing day at home for beginning of the March Break.  Finished it at the library, where Harrison selected the above for his independent reading novel this semester.

Steam Whistle Brewery -- Race Day

After the Achilles race, supporting people with disabilities.  The Steam Whistle's logo is the green symbol on the water tower.  Very fitting for St.Patrick's day.  I'm posting more photos, which Jim took, on Facebook.  This is my one, and only, pic from the day.

Tea Towel

Love the cannister and the colours.  This was a Christmas present that I have decided to use.  I'll keep the container for posterity...

"Never Let Me Go" Snack

 Tonight was our home church book club meeting -- "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro.  One of my all time favourite books.  This yummy snack plate was provided, and I ate enough of it to feel the sticky, gooey tastiness of it won't let me go for quite a long time...

On a misty, moisty morning...

 ...when frosty was the weather.  This was the view from my front garden after my run this morning.  We've hit the uglies of March.

Any Italians out there?

When I got home from the pool, Jim refused to be photographed.  I tried to tempt him, and all I got for my efforts was some sort of sign language rebuff.  You have to picture the arm as waving from the elbow at the same time as the face is hidden...

Simulated Spring

Hubby bought me yellow tulips on the weekend.  Isn't he nice?

The Good Shepherd

"I am the Good Shepherd.  My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me."

Evergreen Crucifix

"You made it through this, Lord, and so can I" is one of the best prayers ever uttered.What gives the crucifix its power is the reality that it is not the end of the story. The crucifix is a temporary point in the life of Jesus.

The end of the story is Easter. The end of the story is resurrection. The end of the story is the triumph of good over evil.
From:   http://standrewparish.blogspot.com/2007/09/meaning-of-crucifix.html

Sumac

Solitude

 A major part of the retreat I attended recently was periods of sustained silence and solitude.  Normally, I find both components difficult, and even slightly debilitating, but being out in nature made all the difference.  This is the Credit River, in Mississauga.