Random Thoughts about life in general, living in the big city of Toronto
Wordless Wednesday
I think this poor man must be an estheticians dream! He has so much hair on his chest, back and arms it would probably take hours to wax off! Not that he appears to be planning to have it removed …
Hmmm … oddly enough it looks like he might have a receding hairline … maybe he could have some of that really curly chest or back hair transplanted?
Most dog owners have probably spent a little bit of time watching their dog sleep … I know I’ve watched Midnight, my 19 month old Labrador Retriever, sleep many times. My dog seems to dream quite a bit – especially if we had a good “dog” day such as a trip to the beach where she could play with other dogs and go for a swim.
Not only does Midnight snore while sleeping, but she’ll wag her tail, move her feet around as if she’s walking or running, let out the occasional whine or even some quite barks. I don’t think she’s ever woken herself up from her active dreams though.
As funny as my dog is to watch sleep at times she’s never made me laugh out loud as much as Bizkit did in this video! Bizkit literally ends up sleepwalking – it’s a must see video!
Watch Bizkit dream and sleep walk … the video is only 23 seconds long and it’s well worth your time … oh and put your drink down first! You’ve been warned. LOL
Has your dog ever sleep walked?
Ok Spring I’m ready and waiting for you … where are you? Oh sure, we’ve had a taste of Spring this week with above normal temperatures, but true Spring is still a bit away. I’m tired of waiting!
Oh well … at least it won’t be all that long before I start to see beauties like these lovely purple fringed tulips coming up in my garden …
Aren’t they gorgeous? These are truly one of my favorite tulips that I grow.
Another spring beauty is the Chionodoxa. They produce lovely small flowers and each year the bulbs seem to spread beneath the soil so the clumps of Chionodoxa that I grow get larger and larger.
I have pink, blue, white and purple Chionodoxa in both the front and back flower beds. If I didn’t grow so many other lovely flowers I’d almost be happy enough to have these fill my flower beds each spring.
Speaking of Spring … for those of you in North America – remember it’s day light savings time! So don’t forget to set your clocks an hour ahead or else you might end up being late for work on Monday! Oh and it’s also a great time to check your fire alarm batteries!
It was just lovely today here in Toronto. Warmer than most early to mid-Spring days! By 3 pm it had reached 18 Celsius (64 F)! We’re supposed to have above zero weather up until next Wednesday or so, but it looks like today will have been the warmest – unless something changes over the next few days forecast wise.
It was far too nice a day to stay inside. Earlier in the day I looked outside at the garden, there were still a few small patches of snow in the shady areas, but it was melting fast. For a few minutes I even contemplated doing a little yard work – tidying up the garden, but it’s far too early. I’m sure we’ll have some freezing weather before the end of March.
So … Midnight our young Labrador Retriever got the most benefit from the nice day. She got a nice long walk with me in the afternoon and then when Chris came home from work we all went out for a very long walk. All in all, Midnight probably got two hours worth of walks today.
In the winter when there’s lots of snow Midnight likes to roll in the snow. We’ll be walking along and she’ll jump on someone’s lawn or in a snow bank and either roll around in the snow or do a faceplant and slide her body along the snow as I walk along side her. I try to make sure the snow is clean where ever she does this. It’s pretty funny to see the faceplant slide. I’ve seen her push her body like that through the snow for 10 feet or more. I’m sure anyone watching must wonder what the crazy dog is doing.
There’s very little snow now – only in really shady areas. That didn’t stop Midnight though … she tried to roll in the wet and sometimes muddy grassy areas and even attempted her faceplant slide. Of course I stopped her each time as I didn’t want to bring a dirty muddy dog back into the house. LOL
She tried to roll in the wet grass a few times when Chris and I took our evening walk, but it was just too wet and muddy.
We did something different for our evening walk with Midnight. When Chris came home he told me that our hospital was finally getting two new Restaurants. Al we’d had before was the hospital cafeteria and a coffee/ quick food area in the lobby that was run by the cafeteria staff. The new restaurants or food places are Subway and a Panzerotto Pizza. The Subway shop isn’t open yet but the Panzerotto Pizza had opened today.
So we walked to the hospital and while I stood outside with Midnight Chris went inside and ordered us two Panzerotto’s (They are like folded fried pizza’s, yummy, some might call them Calazones?) and some chicken wings. The place was really busy and I ended up standing outside with Midnight for over 45 minutes! It was probably busy because it was just after 7:30 so a lot of staff were getting off work and visiting hours were about to end so maybe some of the visitors were getting food before going home too.
Since there were a lot of staff getting off work I wasn’t too bored waiting for Chris to get our food. I talked to a few nurses and other hospital staff that I knew. One ER nurse that I used to work with had just received a new Bedat watch for her birthday. Man was that a nice watch!
After walking home Chris and I sat down to eat our food. I’m soooooo full now. That Panzerotti was filling! I don’t think I’ve had one for several years and now I know why … they make you feel so stuffed! In fact the panzerottis were so filling Chris and I only had two wings each so there’s still 10 left for us to have with tomorrows dinner.
How was the weather in your area today? I’m pretty sure most of the Northern States and Canadian provinces had fairly nice weather today.
Wordless Wednesday
Isn’t that fantastic Cat-oflauge?
That’s one well hidden cat. I wonder what it was lying in wait for … perhaps a mouse or small bird?
I wonder where this cat hides in the Spring, Winter and Summer … it seems to have found the best camoflauge for the autumn season!