Considering me and mine have been on holidays all this last week you would think I had lots to say about where we went, what we did, and what we ate. Sadly, the weather didn’t play ball and it turned out this week was spent mostly at home, and doing only local walks. I did get to eat a decent Montreal smoked meat poutine last night, for dinner. But going anywhere exciting? Will have to wait for our next holidays.

Other than the loss of our beloved Houston (iMac computer) which we knew was coming, the week has been a quiet one. Today, however, is the anniversary of my dad’s passing, which is always sad. He passed after a long battle with lung cancer, so it’s hard to forget. I still miss you dad even after all these years, and hope you’re kicking up hell where ever you are in the afterlife.

Photos

On the photo blog this week we have:

• The Hidden Garden
• Look Ma, No Wings
• Them Damn Pigeons

Watching

• We continue to watch and enjoy the absolutely silliness of Apple’s Land of Women, with Eva Longoria and loved this week’s episode where she gets a little revenge.
• We’re also no on season 3 of our rewatch of Agents of SHIELD, but I have to admit, some of these episodes are a lot darker and more violent than we saw in the first couple of season. Now I remember why season 1 was/is my favourite.
• We thoroughly enjoyed watching the New Zealand-based series, My Life Is Murder from Acorn TV, starring Lucy Lawless with blond hair catching the bad guys down under. The best kind of cosy murder mystery with plenty of dry humour.
• Then, of course, like most of the planet, we watched the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics but, unlike the rest of the planet, as we watched the French feed. So we knew what was going on with all the weird tableaus that seem to confuse the hell out of everyone else apparently.

Reading

I haven’t read a single page of either of the two books I have on the go but certainly read quite a few blogs this last week.

Links

Some interesting links and blogs to share with you today:

• Stream of Consciousness by Marisabel at Konfetti Explorations.
• The Paris Olympics Opening Stupidity by Michael over at Mihobu.lol
• The Passage of Time by Veronique, I love her summer wish list.
• Also, if you don’t know about it already, check out The Blogroll Directory that Jedda and Lou created and go add your blog to the growing list.