it is time to think of boots and snow times

i have winter boots on my mind.

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joan of artic . . . .

special wishes for a Fun friend !

can you actually BELIEVE that
it's already November ? ?

(and that my parents are still in China!)


Happy Birthday today
to a great and fun friend, RS.
I hope he gets lots of
special things to eat this week.

these are a few of my favourite things

The month of November . . .
brings the birthdays of some very special friends...

and
it's the month that all the
Christmas and Holiday cards go on sale in the shops.
I love buying Christmas cards.
they're just very heavy to carry home!


And all the ribbons
and doo dads will be out in
full form.

And special cookies.
I love cookies. Christmas time Cookies
are the greatest, bakers pull out all
their best tricks and
special treatments.
It's a very
exciting time of the year for eating.


Now, where do i buy cake tins in Montreal ? ?

enormo-donuts

these are giant donuts.
This was one of the dessert choices
at the restaurant, Joe Beef one Thursday night
in October.

I can assure you that this photograph
has not been spruced up or altered in any way.
The donuts are
sliced in half and made into a donut-sandwich
with apple-cinnamon ice cream.

I was very curious to see what this would be like.

pancakes are good for you

Proof of the giganto-pancake

You may well
be amused by this photo.

last week i made pancakes.
That's nothing new.
I've been making pancakes for .... years.
I've never been a fan of teeny weeny pancakes.
I think dainty-sized pancakes
are good fare for Elves but not for humans.
I like a pancake that fills a pan. Why
eat 8 pancakes when you really want to eat
one Large pancake?

Here is the photo of my Giganto pancake - it certainly
gained height while it was in the pan. Photo was
made with the pancake on a full sized cake rack.
And yes, i ate it all.

A pancake is good solid food, fun
to eat and an excellent
vehicle for delicious Maple Syrup.

Maple syrup is
full of antioxidants.
There's another reason to have
pancakes any time of the day.