Aug 19 2022 - The Ex

Microsoft Bing's Search Page today has a picture of a ferris wheel and the headline "Let's Go to the Ex".  I remember the song, and they are playing it on the radio again so it is lots of fun.   Something that caught my attention is that there will be a Drone Show every night.   But much attention leading up to the Ex is the food news.  There is always weird and wacky food that brings headlines.  Here's the list:  Light Sabre Cotton Candy Cookie Butter Frites Mac & Cheese Pizza (Macaroni Pizza, as the CNE, puts it) Krispy Kreme Pulled Pork (you read that right) Two-foot long nachos Pirate’s Treasure (vanilla ice cream inside an edible seashell, apparently) Spice Cream (like ice cream, but spicy) Squid Cakes (self-explanatory) Squid-Ink Korean Corndogs State Fair Hot Dog Croffles (Croissant Waffles) Cinnamon Curd Crunch (deep-fried cheese curds topped with cinnamon sugar) Deep Fried Coffee (a deep-fried funnel cake topped with cocoa beans, to be transparent) Giant Mozzarella Sticks Deep Fried Snickers Dole Whip Pineapple Split and Pickle Split (banana split with a twist) Eva’s Mac & Cheese Cones Flamin’ Hot Cheetos Smash Burger and Burrito Edible Rainbow Slime Candy Ketchup and Mustard Ice Cream - this is the news this year Leaning T.O-wer of Pisa Seoul-ful Taters And the drinks? Mac & Cheese Lemonade Spicy Pickle Lemonade Colour-changing purple slime soda Vegan Sorbet Floats And while you are munching on the CNE treats, the drone show sounds like the new thing to see?  What is a drone show?  It is performed by illuminated, synchronized, and choreographed groups of drones that arrange themselves into various aerial formations. Almost any image can be recreated in the sky by a computer program that turns graphics into flight commands and communicates them to the drones.  Does that make fireworks obsolete? Stay tuned.

I somehow have not been to the CNE summer exhibition in quite a few years.  This picture was taken on the grounds, but not during the exhibition. Read more daily posts here: marilyncornwellblog.com Purchase works here: Fine Art America- marilyncornwellart.com Redbubble - marilyncornwellart.ca

 

Eastminster United Fall Festival

Eastminster United Church on the Danforth just east of Broadview had a fall festival on Saturday. I participated by exhibiting my work and selling greeting cards.  I got to meet some great artists - all members of the Riverdale Artists Network, an excellent organization supporting artists in Toronto.

The highlight of the day was bringing the camel into the church for the blessing of the animals.  What a sight!  It was after the camel left that I noticed the intricate carving of the Last Supper at the alter with these fall leaves in front.