Saturday Snapshot... and Sunday Salon

The greatest gifts we can give our children are the roots of responsibility and the wings of independence.

I don't know why this verse comes to mind whenever I see the roots of trees, but it does. My parents have certainly given me these "gifts" I wish sometimes they hadn't, the old wings are in need of a overhaul, and sometime you'd just like to say "to Hell with the responsibility, it's not my problem".  But, being who they were, this is who I am.   This photo was taken by me (with my crappy camera) at The Ancaster Old Mill.  We recently had taken our guests for Sunday Brunch and enjoyed the scenery afterwards.  

I don't know what I did this week, other than a very little bit of geography for a job that I may or may not be doing in the next few months, I didn't even finish my laundry/ironing.  I was thinking the other day, I haven't even baked this week, so at 9p.m. I baked a cake.  I can tell you visions of chocolate swirl cake danced in my head as I slept. 

On the reading front, I finished Thirst.


I read the review for Thirst on Shonna's web page Canadian Book Worm.  Thoroughly enjoyed this one.  

And then I'm on to Skippy Dies, not sure where this one is going but it is consuming me entirely.  Better be a "big bang" ending.  Jenners recommendation usually are. I won't review either of these books at any length since I will never do a better job than these two awesome book ladies. 

I'm halfway finished my mailbox, but that's another post. And the most disappointing bit of news this week is, we've been kicked out of the school board.  So my upholstery class won't happen any time soon since, the school board in it's infinite wisdom, thinks we're making too much money and they want a piece of the action.  Who knows where this will go, I've got a full piece taken apart and sitting in my living room waiting.  I think my boy and I'll have to visit Atlas tools. (new machines).  I liked being at the studio with everyone else, it's inspiring and we share equipment that would otherwise and will otherwise be sitting and getting rusty.  Nasty, nasty unions. How disappointing.  

Saturday Snapshot is hosted by Alyce.

The Sandlwood Tree...

My first finished read for 2012 The Sandlwood Tree  A new author for me, and wonderful read.  I've been sort of curious about India, and this helped satisfy that curiosity, somewhat.  I still have a few question, well more than a few.  I must have been asleep during this time period in history, oh wait, maybe I was little.  Anyway I loved it.  Apart from the interesting story line, the historical aspect was most interesting.


thanks to Nise for her recommendation of the book.

Teaser Tuesday...

 Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

 My teaser from The Sandlwood Tree.

There is nothing more delightful than to sit in the sunshine, wrapped in an Indian shawl, & admire the distant peaks.  Those mountains!  When God gave us speech, he did not expect us to talk about the Himalayas.  They appear like a mirage, a hallucination painted on the sky & at the sight of them one can only bubble foolishly or remain silent.