Saturday Photo: Resilient Beauty
Saw these flowers this week. Growing between paving stones on a busy street can't be easy, but nevertheless they have succeeded. A lesson for us all when it seems the…
Mary Soderstrom
Saturday Photo: Fall Flames…
September is the time of change, when the landscape can change overnight to be something quite different from what you'd been enjoying for weeks. These sumac leaves are a harbinger…
Saturday Photo: The Bones of the Earth
This is what you go through when you take Montreal's REM trains, the Réseau express métropolitain. Well, you don't magically find yourself transported through solid rock, but you do travel…
Saturday Photo: Harvest, Marché Jean Talon
This is a great time of year for anyone who loves fresh food. The Marché Jean Talon in Montreal's Piccola Italia is full of tomatoes, basil, lettuce, corn, garlic, ontions,…
Saturday Photo: And Another Thing You Shouldn’t Mess With–A Wasp Nest
This is the time of year when wasps suddenly appear around here. It's often hard to eat outside because they come around looking for a snack. Preparing for winter, it…
Saturday Photo: And 62 Years Later We’re Still Together
This photo was taken at a party my mother insisted we have to celebrate our engagement. It was part of a trade-off: party at Christmas with all their friends, wedding…
Saturday Photo: Dog Days in Mile End
Well, according to Wikipedia the Dog Days of Summer run from July 19 to Aug.11, so this beast sitting on a car in Montreal's Mile End neighborhood last weekwas a…
Saturday Photo: Cosmos, the Star Flower of the Perseids
This week the self-seeding cosmos have begun to bloom. Of course, there are places which have had them for weeks, but they were all started inside and some, like the…
Saturday Photo: Eight-thirty, Aug. 6, Parc Outremont
Summer twilight: magic time. Although I must add that the kitchen is full of fruit flies from the nectarines I left on the counter. The advantages and disadvantages of the…
Saturday Photo: Walter Cronkite on Libraries; We Will Not Be Shushed
Well, actually I haven't been in a library recently where anyone has been shushed. One of the wonderful things about libraries these days is that, while there may be quiet…
Saturday Photo: Falling Water
This is not the first time that I've posted this photo, but I like it a lot on summer days. The fountain is a nearby park, and seeing and hearing…
Saturday Photo: Mellow Yellow, Cool Blue..
The yellow loose-strife blooms are nearly all exhausted, but they bloomed for more than a month. Now their place is being taken by hostas and creeping bellflower. The latter is…
Saturday Photo: Floral Fireworks
This is the month for shooting off fireworks, it seems. Canada Day, the Fouth of July, Bastille Day, and other holidays all seem to require pyrothenic displays. But it also…
Saturday Photo: A Beautiful Library!
Been traipsing around and visited this lovely library last week. It's the Bibliothèque Lucy-Faris in Aylmer, QC, jus across the river from Ottawa. The Friday afternoon I was there it…
Saturday Photo: Evi in the Garden with Her ‘Escape-proof’ Harness
This is Evi in the little front garden, on the watch for interesting flying insects. You'll note she's wearing a harness and on a leash. That's because we don't want…
Saturday Photo: Help! I Need Somebody…
Those are gloves you see, seeming to come out of the pipes in this roadwork project. Makes me wonder if anybody is having trouble getting all the work done. Is…
Saturday Photo: Bridal Veil, the Flower for June Weddings?
According to some studies, June is still a very popular month for weddings, along with (surprise! surprise!) October. I presume the generally good weather is the origin for June's popularity,…
Saturday Photo: May in Montreal, Chestnuts in Blossom
Doesn't sound as nice as "April in Paris, Chestnuts in Blossom," but the chestnut trees around here look lovely nonetheless. The heat wave in Europe certainly must mean that the…
Saturday Photo: Lilacs, of course
Just came in from a short walk at sunset, trailing the scent of lilacs after me. After a cool and wet early spring, the lilacs are now out in force,…
Saturday Photo: My Friend Doris
On Saturday Doris Ingerman's friends and family had a party for her. She died in December, just weeks short of her 97th birthday, but for various reasons the celebration of…