Jan-chan’s Tidbits

The completed cymbidium. The bottom is actually a piece of wood.

My latest clay project from clay class I’ve been taking since March is Cymbidium. They are part of the orchid family. At first I didn’t quite like the look of it so I didn’t put a lot of effort into making the flowers. However when we finally assemble the plant together it turned out nicer than I thought. It is currently sitting in Al’s house along with my two other plants. His mom liked this one the best. Maybe it’s because it’s not a mini plant like the previous two. Our next project will be orchid again. I hope I’ll do well because it was the project that I’ve been looking forward to making and the reason why I’m taking these lessons!

Here are the pictures of the flower (click to enlarge thumbnails):

Mini Mydrangea

Last month’s clay project was a mini hydrangea. We made about 100 of the flowers, from half opened to fully opened ones. We had put some colour in the clay so it’s pale purple (or pink depending on how you see it) before we coloured it after with the oil paint. As you can see I’ve coloured some of mine darker because I wanted it to give it more depth.

The “pot” is actually a very shallow bowl that I got from the Japanese toonie store. I think the pattern on the side matches with the plant quite well. The only thing I wish I could’ve done better was to make some of the stems shorter so it’s closer to the green patch on the bottom. I’m planning to make another one later after I settle down in the new house.

Here are some other shots of the plant (click to enlarge).

When we found out the there is live jazz during brunch at Nu Restaurant, WuWu and I had to go for a visit.

I’ve been to Nu for dinner a few times so I was expecting some great food for brunch. To start off they had offered us a little treat of hot chocolate and lemon scone. There we 6 of us so we got to sample a number of different dishes on the menu. I ordered the Brunch Table d’hôte which includes a fresh fruit salad with mint syrup, choice of omelette, and a drink (mimosa, ceasar or orange juice). I chose the brie and black truffle omelette. It was so yummy. The flavour of the cheese and mushroom worked very well together.

Here are some pictures of the food:

Hot chocolate and lemon scone.

Brie + black truffle omelette.

Dungeness crab benedict

Warm chicken + brie on focaccia

The restaurant had a few large groups so it was a bit loud but you could still make out the music by Melody Daichun in the background. I had never dine at a restaurant with live music before and had enjoyed this experience a lot.

Hope you guys enjoyed (looking at) the food as much as I did.