Saturday, 18 February 2012
Greetings friends. Happy Saturday. Since Saturday is Caturday around here, I'm going to show you some shots of Eddie playing with his toy mouse. There may have been some catnip involved!
Thursday, 16 February 2012
Here are some shots of the mice in my life.
Wednesday, 15 February 2012
I really love finding old images of spots I go to nowadays. I was so enchanted when I came upon this Morning Hunt photograph (minus the 'hunt' part), that was taken 100 years ago near the intersection of Bathurst Street and St. Clair Avenue West. To think they were actually going hunting in this area with horses and dogs is hard to get your head around, considering what it there today.
To give you some bearing with regards to where this is, St. Clair Avenue is 4 kilometres (2.5 miles) north of Queen Street, which is considered to be right downtown. So this is a neighbourhood north of the city centre, but not that far north. My sister lives in that area, so when I went to visit her a couple of weeks ago, I remembered to snap some photographs from within the streetcar, looking north at the exact spot this old photograph would have been taken.
Then looking around the city's historic photograph archive today, I found this second old photograph of the same intersection, taken 12 years later in 1924, shortly after the streetcar track I was traveling on was first laid. My photographs are taken from right around the spot that this vintage street car is sitting. Don't you love that old car?!
Tuesday, 14 February 2012
Happy Valentine's Day! Hope you had a great day.Thought I'd show you some photos of the goings on at our place today. Sorry there are no pictures of us in here, but it was one of those lazy crazy hazy days and the shots we took of one another are not internet worthy. As it turned out we both had most of the day off, so we just hung out and enjoyed Valentine's Day, cooking in the afternoon and enjoying a dinner at home. Of course in any good relationship it's important to show your love everyday, however we like Valentine's day, as it's a fun reason to give each other gifts. Neither of us really buys many things for ourselves, but we really like an opportunity to get presents for one another.Here are the gifts I got from Nick .. A heart-shaped box of chocolates, a beautiful red pen and the sweetest card ever. It actually brought a tear to my eye.
Monday, 13 February 2012
c="http://www.loulou.to/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/shoppers-loot-21.jpg" alt="" title="shoppers-loot-2" width="640" height="427" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-5526">We have a store here in Canada called Shoppers Drug Mart. It's called a drug mart, but sells all kinds of things that one uses in day-to-day living, including a small selection of groceries, vitamins, toiletries, treats, cleaning supplies, tp and tissues ... well you get the idea. You probably have store like these where you live too.But the reason I am including Shoppers in my love list today, is that they have a fantastic 'points' program, that is very generous and really easy to get free things through. You recieve points whenever you shop there and present your card at the check-out. Not only are we motivated to shop there so that we get the points, but also their prices are very good. We're talking 2 litres of microfiltered milk by the exact same brand as is sold across the street in the grocery store, regularly priced for $1.50 less. That's a big difference for something you use everyday.And often they give bonus points for things you use every day so they really add up quickly. You can trade these points in to buy anything in the store, so you can use them to get band-aids and allergy pills OR you can do what I do, and save them to use for a fun shopping spree within the fantastic cosmetics and beauty department! A couple of times a year they give you extra motivation to use your points up in this department, by giving you a significantly better bang for your points too! This past week-end was such a bonus week-end, so I went and spent my points yesterday on a bunch of fun stuff ... a whopping $90 worth of free things! It was a lot of fun. In the past I have used my points to get fragrances and have been able to try several luxury brands I would otherwise not have purchased for myself. This time, I went for make-up, and a dry-shampoo though. Here's a picture of my loot!(1) Revlon Illuminance Creme Shadow - Black Magic. This is a new colour palette that I'm looking forward to trying. I have used these creme shadows before and love them!(2) Revlon Luxurious Color Smoky Crayon - Black Smoke. It is a smoky liner & shadow.(3) Marcelle Duo Eyebrow-Pro - Dark. It's a slanted pencil on one side and a tinted gel on the other. My brows are very fine though I have never plucked them in my life. So being eyebrow challenged, I'll try a new product when I find it!(4) Marcelle Lux Creme Eye Shadow and Liner - Cloud 9. I love coloured liners so thought this one with a cream shadow on one end and smudger on the other was interesting to try out.(5 top) Maybelline Eyestudio Color Explosion, Luminizing Eyeshadow - Caffeine Rush. I usually use whites, greys, pinks and purples for shadow, so thought I'd try a palette that has a beige, tan, brown colour scheme.(5 bottom) Maybelline Dream Bouncy Blush - Pink Plum. After receiving advice from the cosmetician, I thought I'd try a new colour for me. Pink! We'll see.I also got these two things that aren't in the photo ..(6) Marc Anthony Clear Dry Shampoo - I'm behind the times and have yet to try a dry shampoo.(7) Cover Girl & Olay Foundation & Base - Creamy Natural. I don't often wear foundation but I tried a sample of this product that is a base and a foundation combination, and I loved the sheer coverage, so I thought I'd give it a go.So that's what I got!Thanks for checking out my post.xo loulou
