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I caught these vandals in the act.

Here’s their subversive manifesto.

The Pie of Life

So this pie I bought at a church rummage sale this weekend…

was mislabeled.  It’s not apple at all, as I found when I cut into it last night…

but is, in fact, a homemade Saskatoon pie. Sweet! Like buying an amateur painting at a garage sale and discovering it’s hiding a Monet.

Rummage Redux

Church rummage sales have returned with the spring(ish) weather.

Friday night. Lining up for the Holy Trinity sale.

Bake sale goodies.

Jay admires the wares. Lots of loaves including banana bread, pumpkin bread and something called “hobo bread.” The lady can’t tell us what’s in it so Jay surmises it’s full of beans, tin cans and rats.

Emolin & Elaun.

Turns out all I took home from this sale was baking.

Mini cupcakes. Crazy cheap!

I longed for this set as a kid. I even asked Santa for it but I didn’t get it – the reason I’m not an artist today, I’m sure. Thanks for nothin’, Santa.

Corner Gastronomy

In honour of the series finale of Corner Gas tonight, I made chili cheese dogs for the first time ever (they figure in every one of the show’s 107 episodes). They’re probably a little fancier than the ones served at the Ruby – instead of hotdogs I used these:

The same company also makes lamb curry sausage, leek cabbage sausage, venison smokies and buffalo whiskey sausage but it just seems wrong to smother any of those in chili and grated cheese.

Corner Gas has had a remarkable 6-season run and leaves the air at the top of its game, without having succumbed to any of the pitfalls or desperate moves typical of long running sitcoms: no major characters left the show, no new characters were introduced, no one got married (or even had much of a love life*), no babies were born, no one died – just consistently funny scripts, a talented ensemble cast, and belly laughs every episode.

*I think Brent and Lacey had a kiss at the end of season one (or maybe they just had a “moment”) and Hank and Karen may or may not have “done it”.

My Saturday

Breakfast: pancakes with real maple syrup, sausage, two eggs sunny side up and endless cups of the most wonderful smelling and tasting coffee.

What the heck? The Emergency Relief thrift store was open on Good Friday but not today?

The new art gallery under construction. It seems you either hate it or hate it. I think I like it. Right now it looks like something collapsed – this is what it’s supposed to look like when it’s finished:

webcam

Bought my ticket to see this dude.

To the library for cds and dvds

but my membership had lapsed and I didn’t want to wait in line to renew and risk a parking ticket.

Made the thrift rounds in the northeast part of town which I don’t get to very often.

…because it sucks. No thrift finds. I also trolled a couple of Giant Tiger stores I hadn’t been to before for remaindered dvds.

Score.

Late lunch at Sunterra market on the south side. Delicious soup (more like a stew) chock full of chicken chunks in spicy coconut milk broth. Then grocery shopping at Spinelli’s for pizza fixin’s.

Homemade pizza with bocconcini, feta and olives.

Enjoy your Easter.

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Record Cover of the Week

Les Baxter: Tamboo!

An exotica classic. 50¢ at my neighbourhood record store.