We went over to Brimley Road today, to show a 3-year-old Buddhist temple to Thorne and Anna. It is modelled to resemble the great Forbidden City on Tiananmen Square. Danica and I saw it inside and out during Doors Open a couple of years ago but we weren’t sure we’d be able to enter today. But yes! Shoes off and in we go. No pictures allowed inside this time though.
This is the stone carving leading up the front stairs.
Thorne taught us how to distinguish the male lion figure from the female. No, not using the obvious method you are using, observant one.
The male lion has a ball under his paw, the female a cub. So now you’ll be able to tell them apart, even when the sculptures are not anatomically correct.
Month: August 2014
Similar yet different
Rather astonishing video from Russia ….
http://youtu.be/QSZmV_3Lm_A
A surprising concert …
From Dim Sum to Forbidden City
Not bad for one day. Anna and Thorne are here for a stay and Thorne’s sister Denise is here from Ottawa with her husband Dennis, visiting their kids (son Ryan and grand daughter Mia) who live in Toronto, too. Another son, Shaun lives in Mississauga with his lady Anita.They joined us at the dim sum table. Third son Darin from Milton couldn’t make it and Ryan’s wife is away in China right now.
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We started off from Ryan’s condo, had lunch at Harbourfront (The Pearl is excellent) then split up for the day. Dennis, Denise, Ryan and Mia braved Carnival weekend crowds to board the ferry to Toronto Islands. (a 15 minute ride and not too bad waiting, they report)
Anna, Thorne, Danica and I went to the Royal Ontario Museum to see the blockbuster Forbidden City exhibit. (Well worth seeing, we report)
Shhhh! My prof is talking
I signed up for a free online course on Linux some months ago and it starts today. They say that if you want to stick with something, tell everybody that you’re doing it and your resolve will be strengthened.
Linus Torvalds released his ubiquitous operating system, free to the world, in 1992. About 2,000 developers in about 500 companies around the world contribute code, maintenance and patches. In fact, it is the largest software project in the world and at least half of the internet runs on it.
This little movie is in the first part of the course. Not too hard so far! 🙂