Saturday Photo: Not a Place to Break a Leg
It was cold Saturday morning at the Parc des Rapides de Lachine, and the going was treacherous. Last time we'd been there in the winter, the paths had been cleared…
It was cold Saturday morning at the Parc des Rapides de Lachine, and the going was treacherous. Last time we'd been there in the winter, the paths had been cleared…
Okay, the next step is taken! Friday morning I sent off the completed (but unedited) manuscript of my next book Thanks to the Memories: How Remembering Will Get Us through…
A heads up: the Atwater Library book group will be talking about Kate Beaton's graphic novel Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 5. It…
Cloudy weather, a little snow, not much sunshine...That's the way the year is starting here. Could be worse, could be smokey. ..
Our holiday table still is set for friends to join us. In January you can't get enough good times....
Best wishes for a great holiday season and a 2025 filled with good surprises. Here's the link to my Christmas blog, in case you'd like to see more about us.…
First snow much later than usual. But lovely, all the same even though people seem to be doing a lot of slipping and sliding. Takes a couple of days of…
Went to the Technoparc this morning, hoping to see some birds. Only chickadees though, one of which landed on my walking stick. The ponds were frozen which reminded me of…
Lots of talk from south of the border about deporting millions of illegal immigrants. Not going to do a bit to bring prices down, or make life any easier for…
Life is not easy, the future is uncertain, it's rough out there....
Visited a cattery (not at all a cat house) to see if members of the family react to Siberian cats with an eye to getting one. The good news is…
It was "Fall back" time today, so we woke up extra early and made it to the Technoparc before the sun was up. Frost on everything, birds still asleep, but…
It looks like some folks had a grand time preparing for Halloween at le Parc des Rapides de Lachine. About a dozen carefully carved pumpkins were dotted around the park…
Heat on, considering getting out winter coat. A chilly Thanksgiving day. Not at all religious but very grateful for all I and my dear ones have. Everyone should be so…
It's taken awhile this fall for the trees to turn colour. Another sign of climate change? Perhaps.But the sun has begun to shine through the changing leave, giving back some…
This is the time of year when the stars are out...in the front yard. I mean, asters are in bloom everywhere, rivaling the heavenly show. Quite lovely.
Yes, that's a weed growing out of this rock. For some time I've been taking photos of the resilience of life--the way plants find niches to grow in the cracks…
We were good buddies, until he bought the car and asked me out for a real date. After that, things developed and sixty years ago this coming Thursday, August 29,…
Time to take a break. Dog days, August doldrums, other things to do....