Diary of a Mad Retiree (fem.): July 2017

Sunday 16 July 2017

Ever been to a "Ribfest"?

Never?

Well, check your Sunday dinner manners at the

door and grab yourself a roll of paper towels!!!

.... ribs, slaw, baked beans, corn bread - just the "light" lunch
for a diabetic with high cholesterol issues!!!

Tuesday 11 July 2017

Not sure if anyone noticed, but I've been away for awhile! But I have a really good excuse - I was in a car accident last fall (got rear-ended by a big, black pick-up truck!)

Absolutely everyone involved with the incident and it's aftermath kept referring to a "minor car accident", "minor whiplash". For something that was supposedly so "minor", it has taken me longer than I had expected to find my feet again.

Well, now that I'm up and about again, let's see if I can do the same for this blog!

If you haven't yet had the opportunity to take in any Canada 150 events, why not go retro and revisit a Centennial project. The ....

Toronto Dominion Gallery of Inuit Art

"TD Bank Group's Inuit Art collection was assembled to mark Canada's 100th birthday in 1967. The Bank wanted a Centennial project that not only honoured Canada's past but also looked ahead to its future. The collection was the vision of the Bank's longstanding Chairman, Allen Thomas Lambert.

The original collection consisted of just under 1,000 works. Among these were sculptures done in stone, bone, and ivory, prints, drawings and ceramics. With an emphasis on works created after World War II and up to 1967, the collection included artists from across the Canadian Arctic, representing major communities where carving took place."

The Gallery is on the ground floor at 79 Wellington Street West, well worth the detour on your way to Union Station ...