Catpaw – diary of an angry cat

I am a very contented cat this morning. If you have been a diligent reader of this blog, you will know the area I live is a frequent victim of construction – road construction, condo construction, subway repair construction, garage repair construction. It has been endless. Well for about 3 years now there has been [...]

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I never realised a person could have so much fun drawing little birds.  It can be quite frustrating getting the feathers down and don’t get me started on the beaks.  I’ve been practicing bird feet lately, I’ll scan them in later and let you see them. I have pages and pages of feet and eyes [...]

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A dragon lives forever but not so little [girls]
Painted wings and giant rings make way for other toys.
One grey night it happened, [Mary Travers] came no more
And Puff that mighty dragon, he ceased his fearless roar.
His head was bent in sorrow, green scales fell like rain,
Puff no longer went to play along the cherry lane.
Without [...]

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Do you hear that sighing in the wind? That’s the thousands of people here in Toronto that know the end of the International Film Festival signals the complete end of summer. Fall is officially here. Some people look for the leaves falling from the trees… TIFF people look for the last movie reels to leave [...]

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