Fall Season

I love this time of year for tv...it's so exciting when your favourite shows return. But its also fun because a lot of new shows get tested. This year it seems to me that there are a ton of new tv shows...maybe its because I have hardly watched tv in the past year I don't know...but it sure seems that there are a lot of new shows coming in September. I am most excited about "The Playboy Club" and "Pan Am". The writers are from previous excellent programs and I love the retro era they are set in. Here are a bunch of programs I am going to be checking out this fall season...


I'm going to give this one a chance because I love the movie versions of "Charlie's Angels" and this is also produced by Drew Barrymore...so it might be fun.

I am super excited about this new show "Once Upon A Time"....because it from the creators of "LOST"...so this one has a lot riding on it and so far the trailers look just awesome.

"Up All Night" has a lot of potential with Will Arnett and Christina Applegate. At first I thought the premise of tired parents wouldn't hold up...but the more I watched clips from this one, the more I thought this could turn out really good.

This one looks potentially good too. It's got stand up Whitney Cummings...and the comercials really grew on me. I think she grows on me because I often like characters who are social misfits, who put their foot in their mouth. Gee why ha ha...yep...I relate to them. "Whitney" looks like an annoying character that grows on you and if its funny, then it will be great.

The commercials for this one catch my eye. I like both the Dechanel suisters...(Emily stars in the wonderful "Bones") so I have thought some of the clips in this new show called "New Girl" were pretty funny looking.


This going to be a tough one...because in general the original "Prime Suspect" was beloved with a big fan base which included me. I love my chasies...and I loved Helen Mirren's Prime Suspect...so I can't resist this new series. I really hope it's good.

Did you notice, a lot of the new season has very strong featured roles for women...which is also just adding to the excitement for me. Way to go tv writers! Go go Goddess power!

Super Fun

I LOVE this contemporary tv series on Sherlock and Watson. Only 3 episodes so far, but another three are being produced. 10/10. At first it was a little tricky to get into but as soon as I saw their Baker Street apartment I was hooked, the set directions and decor are fantastic. Gorgeous sexy. Good humour, good actors.

Recent Stuff

I did these small paintings in Toronto and here in the last few weeks. All of them came to me in dreams over the past few months. I made various versions of these dreamed painting, amd a few others on our road trip. I rarely recall dreaming fo paintings and so of course I tried to paint what I remember in my dreams. They are all about 15 inches by 20 inches and $40 each when busking.


I dreamt of a painting of a Comodore 64. I dunnio...who can explain dreams so funny, so weird...

The End Of The Industrial Era..Is Opening Countless Doors...

"Can and should

Just because you can do something, doesn't mean you should.

The end of the industrial era is opening countless doors. So many doors, in fact, that it's easy to become paralyzed. Without a clear understanding of what you want, it's harder than ever to get it.

Most of the time, we treat our careers like a buffet. "Show me what's available and then I'll decide..."

With the revolution going on all around us, there's so much on the buffet you're likely to just grab something convenient. Better, I think, to decide what matters first, and go do that."

I love Seth's Blog...(I reviewed one of his books here years ago remember?) and just thought I'd hook you guys up with a refresher to check out his blog......Seth Godin's blog

Stagg Talking Physics

One of the best things about our trip was showing and introducing Stagg to my hometown...to my favourite places in Canada, and my good friends and family. Forever I've had a friend who works at a particle accelerator in Vancouver. Actually, believe it or not, I've had two friends work there who didn't know each other and I and met independantly. Anyhow, my friend Pete has worked at TRIUMF for decades and over the years I've taken friends for a tour led by Pete. Mister Anchovy has gone and so has my sister. It's a total blast. This visit, Stagg joined in. My son-in-law calls these pictures "Stagg talks physics" at which we all howl. Stagg wore a tag that measures how much "heat" you are exposed to or not. Some parts of the tour are "hotter" than others and our guide keeps us on the right track. And by hot, I mean radiation exposure.

Okay, this picture is going to be too small...you can see this better on my phone where I can blow it up...but for over twenty years there has been a model of the Starship Enterprise hanging over these monitors in the control room. This model always cracks me up. There used to be all kinds of cartoons on the doors of peoples offices. Back in the day...you would find endless Gary Tudeau cartoons taped up all over the place. There are still charming little details like that around the particle accelerator buildings and offices.



I've completely forgotten what these tanks are full of...something intimidating I am sure...

I think it's going to be difficult to grasp the scale of the place without expanding the images. Sorry about that. But the yellow "bricks" in the main arena are like the size of train cars. You might notice a winch on the ceiling in some of the photos...the place is massive.

Catch Up

I'm just going to quickly add some pictures here from some of our time in Toronto recently. Above is Tuffy P and Mister Anchoivy with Stagg in 3D glasses to see the Cave Of Forgotten Dreams.

This is one of the coolest places in Toronto our friend Behzad took us to...called "Cherry Cola". The owner pictured here is really nice and this is her mother's playboy bunny tail! Her mum was an original Playboy bunny in Chicago back in the day.





Worlds cutest Granbaby!


BBQ at Jill and Scott's

"Candy, You're Living The American Dream"

We got a little welcome mat the other day and it's funny how cheerful a little thing can make a front door. Stagg and i had a funny day running errrands a few days ago. We spent crazy time discussing everything in grocery stores and shops. We looked at a bunch of welcome mats, and I liked this one. Stagg said, "It looks like the Brady Bunch." And I said "Sold!"


I've had a couple of "real life" conversations about my little project here on the blog of researching about the suburbs and getting to know a little bit about the history of this neighbourhood. When I was talking with a couple friends who had been following these recent blog posts...they said "Candy, you're living the American Dream". And I said, "okay, it's not so bad". For me the American Dream has always been associated with movies like Strozek, American Beauty and the novel Blood Meridian. You know the really nice part is the cmfort and sense of space. Like I said earlier...I really like being able to go outside in the backyard and spray paint. Which I took the frame off a factory painting a few days ago and spray painted flourescent pink. When we got the welcome mat, Stagg picked out the pink spray paint for this painting.

I hung up some paintings that survived...a couple of Stagg's. Tuffy P's painting got some pretty serious smoke damage and the colours below of white, red and blue are very dulled down. I have cleaned the painting a couple of times, but so far this is the best I've been able to do. It felt so good to hang up some familiar art work around the place. When Tricia came over...she couldn't believe it was the same house she had been in, in January!

I moved the kitchen table into the main front room, right by this large window. I love this window and this tree. I feel like I am back in Vancouver when I sit here and have my cup of tea in the morning and watch Regis and Kelly.

So we are getting there...we have a temporary place to paint. I am constructung a kind of makeshift "butchers block" and work area in the kitchen and with the new paint job, it feels more and more comfy and homey.

p.s. sorry the pics are so small. these are from my phone and I haven't figured out how to upload them with regular options yet. oh I will...