grassfyre and more tractors - pt2

now for a little more tractor love..... and some trucks too

now i will introduce grassfyre.  this is a bluegrass band that my dad is a part of.

heres their logo off my dads shirt

as i had mentioned, i decided to surprise my dad by showing up at this festival to watch him play.

thats pooch JP on the far left, pappa pooch, me, pooch raspberry, then mum pooch and me

.... that ones a bit dark, sorry

and heres the band

heres a link to their website.  take a listen, theres 3 songs on the site

http://www.queensbush.ca/Bands/GrassFyre.htm

and thats my dad on the banjo...... 5-string that is.....

and, the last pic is my dad and i

i love you dad. xo

~ the pooch xx

~these last pics, family and band, are taken by pooch raspberry,  i didnt know how to enlarge them proper, but i am grateful to have them.  thx pooch

pooch c 's birthday cake

WOW !
first, let me say that this night had a magnificent moon! it was difficult to capture as the clouds kept obscuring my view.... but i got one!

next, an introduction.
this is pooch c, a fellow sagittarian, and it was her birthday on the first of december. she invited pooch noodle and i to her place for dinner.
she made buddha rice bowls from this cookbook http://www.freshrestaurants.ca/cookbooks.asp
this is the restaurant that we went to in toronto before the U2 concert.
amazing !
she also made fresh / raw spring rolls. you can find the recipe here at pooch noodles blog
http://neldamcewen.blogspot.com/2009/12/fresh-spring-rolls-with-ultimate-easy.html

you can see how i managed to destroy my kitchen single-handedly. im a messy cook but it was fun !!

my part in this dinner was dessert. so, i look online for asian desserts to go with the theme of the evening. i find this one : banana cashew cake.
http://www.asianonlinerecipes.com/online_recipes/vietnam/banana-cake-cashews.php

it looks easy, except for the 2kg of ripe bananas. i went to all the stores in goderich and can only find HUGE semi-ripe ones. then they tell you to flatten but not mash all these bananas. i ended up putting 8 out of the 10 in and you can see in the photo below how chunky it looks. with no baking powder or soda it will end up sorta flat, which it did..... like a dense pudding cake thing...

all in all, it was quite an adventure. dessert was tasty, also thanks to haagen dazs vanilla bean ice cream and pooch c's pretty dishes.

happy birthday !!!

i took all the pics except pooch c

my family

Since its still october, i decided to post a photo of me in my pooch oktoberfest hat. beside me in the pink sweater is pooch noodle ( formerly known as pooch nmc from the U2 post). she has been a good friend of my family for 20 years, and so becomes a part of us.

this is my oldest daughter. she is 23 and finishing university for english. she wants to teach. next to her is my son. he is 25 and is a licensed diesel mechanic.

my youngest daughter is on the far left. she is 18 and in first year university for fine arts. she also wants to teach. the other petite pooches are her friends. so cute

another pic of daddy cool. she is polydactyl. ( multiple toes on each foot )

and she sleeps funny
this is boner. we call her bones. she is my oldest daughters kitty

she sleeps funny too

i also have a couple more boys that i like to have around. on the far right is one. he is a mechanical engineer and we appreciate him ... he fixes my computer ! ( my son is on the left )

number 2 is in the middle. he is an apprentice carpenter and a cutie. his girlfriend is on the left and my son is on the right.

and my last boy is in calgary at the moment and i miss him



most times i think, pictures of other people dont mean much to anyone other than those that love them, but i just wanted to share my family. these are the people that make me the pooch that i am. xo

the only pictures i took are the ones of bones......