One Good Thing a Day – Project Day 79 – Autumn Colours

Sorry this is late but here are some photos showing you the beautiful Autumn colours that I absolutely adore!

One Good Thing A Day – Project Day 78 – Nature Contrast

Tokyo and Toronto

By now everyone should know that nature is not so abundant in Tokyo as it is in Toronto. One of the main reasons for this is the fact that Toronto has about one sixth the population that Tokyo does and Toronto in general offers more living space per person than Tokyo does.

While I have posted some nature photos from Tokyo in the past, it’s certainly not the same.

Here are some from Toronto:

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How-to Guest Post: Jellyfish in a Bottle

Great simple project for preschool and older. Love the simplisity and beauty of the end result.

This post is from Neltje Maynez showing us how to make Jellyfish in a Bottle:

It was a rainy day last week, and my kids were going absolutely crazy. They had the day off from school, but they couldn’t go outside. They were stuck in the constraints of the house. I was going out of my mind as well. It’s been a long time since I have had my kids in the house. I knew I had to find something for them to do—if I didn’t—we would all be in trouble. That’s when I was excited to start a project that I wanted to do: jellyfish in a bottle!

And, I had everything that I needed to make it at home! If you are having a rainy day with the kids, try this project!

What you need:

1. A transparent plastic grocery bag
2. Plastic water bottles.
3. Thread
4. Food coloring—preferably blue
5. Scissors

Procedure:

First, get your kids to flatten the plastic bags that they want to use as the “jellyfish”.
Second, cut the sides of the plastic bag so that the bag is split into 2 sheets. You will end up only using one of the sheets.
Third, fold the center of the plastic bag, almost like a tiny balloon so that you can make the head part of the jellyfish. After you make the head, tie it with the thread. Don’t tie it too tight. If you have really little ones, you can help them with this step.

Once you have the head part, the rest of the “jellyfish” are the tentacles. You will have just about 7-10 tentacles.

Help the kids trip the tentacles. Make sure that you have a different length for the tentacles.

Now you are ready to put the jellyfish in the water!

Put some water in the jellyfishes head—it will help it sink into your bottle. (But make sure not to fill the head all the way—it needs to be able to float to the top)

Then fill up your water bottle, then about 2 drops of food coloring!

Your kids now have a jellyfish in a bottle. (And you just bought yourself about 2 hours of quiet time).

This is the finished product:

Thank you to Neltje Maynez from mycollegesandcareers.com for the great post!

Breaded Eggplant Goodness

Eggplants are an excellent source of dietary fiber, potassium, manganese, folate and magnesium. You can enjoy them in many different ways and I always try to find new recipes to enjoy.

If you’re like me and you don’t like large eggplants with those bitter seeds, here’s a great simple recipe that anyone can use for their eggplants.

Ingredients:

o 1 – 2 large eggplant
o 2 eggs
o 1 – 2 cups oil.
o 1 chicken bouillon cube
o black pepper
o 1.5 cups white flour
o 1 – 1.5 cup breadcrumbs
o optional: paprika

Procedure

Fill one plate with flour.

On another plate, crush 3/4 of the bouillon cube, add pepper and mix well with the breadcrumbs.

Beat the eggs in a bowl or plate with a portion of the crushed bouillon cube.

Wash and slice eggplant (approximately 3cm thickness).

Lightly coat in flour and dust off the excess.

Dip sliced pieces in egg mixture and let the excess dip off.

Coat the slices with breadcrumbs and set aside.

Heat oil in a pan on high.

Fry until golden and place on towels to absorb excess oil.

Enjoy!

One Good Thing A Day – Project Day 77 – Great Posts from Great People

November is going to be guest post month. I’ll include some of my own thoughts, recipes and DIY ideas but would also like to share other ideas from great bloggers as well.

Send in your favourite craft ideas or DIY projects to share with the community!

FYI: December will be charity month, so send in your top charitable organizations so I can share their profile with others.

Since this one is running right now, I would like to bring up Movember, which is a great organization to help men with prostate cancer. If you would like to take part in this fun and helpful event, check out: Movember.com