Saturday Unphoto: From Bloomberg Green on Wild Fire
By Linda Poon The worst day for human-caused fires in the U.S. is July 4. That’s a particular problem this year, as a historic heat wave and record drought have…
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Saturday Photo: Gate to Where?
Lots of changes in the world. Sad news about the past coming out. Pandemic easing here, but raging elsewhere. All of this, plus drought and heat waves come to mind…
Saturday Photo: Gypsy Moths….
This week I went for a walk in one of my favourite places, the Mount Royal Cemetery. This time of year it usually is full of flowers and fruit like…
Saturday Photo: Mangroves, the Key to Sea Rise Control?
Firsts installment of the photos some friends in Jakarta took for me, as I try to research what’s happening there for my new project, Against the Seas: Saving Civilizations from…
Saturday Photo: Adventure in the Middle of the City
Last weekend we spent a glorious Saturday in Parc Agrignon with some young friends. It’s a very large park by urban standards, and has a Métro station at its edge.…
Saturday Photo: What to Read…
We’ve just set the list for the 2021-22 season of the Atwater Book Club. Here it is, if you want t get a head start! 2021 September 1 Klara and…
Saturday Photo: The Animals of My Neighborhood…and Jokes
When this Covid business started and I was effectively cut off from our grandchildlren, I looked around for ways to keep in contact with them. Sending letters was a partial…
Saturday Photo: May Afternoon at Giverny
Twice in May we visited Monet’s garden at Giverny, north of Paris. It was a lovely experience each time, with the flowers in full bloom and the weather wonderful. The…
Saturday Photo: Making Book Lists for Next Year–and Maybe Summer Reading
I love this painting called Couch on the Porch, Cos Cob, by Childe Hassam. Painted in 1914, it captures the feeling of summery days, pre-airconditioning. Would love to have your…
Saturday Photo: More Whimsy
Last summer some kids near Parc Molson spent some happy time making a little scene in front of a tree in the strip of greenery between the sidewalk and the…
Saturday Photo: Am I Blue? No, How Could You Be with This Kind of Display
Garden escapes in the woods last Sunday! Just gorgeous. And there there’s this couple:
Saturday Photo: Ahead of Time, But the Flowers Are Up
The bees are buzzing around the scylla and other early plants in the front yard, about two weeks earlier than usual. People are enjoying the weather (even though we’re about…
Saturday Photo: (Very) Urban Agriculture
This year’s crop from the ornamental orange tree. Have had up to 23 in the past, and this year it took months for these to ripen (they’d set on during…
Saturday Photo: Chartres, Light at the End of the Tunnel
This is about the time of year when we might start talking about what to do and where to go this summer. Probably won’t be doing that this year, again.…
Saturday Photo: Snowdrops, and Spring Is on Its Way…
Well, actually the snowdrops in front aren’t as far along yet–this photo was taken a couple of years ago–but there definitely are little green shoots coming up. In addition, we…
Saturday Photo: The Frozen St. Lawrence a Year Ago Before All Hell Broke Loose
On March 9, 2021 we got our first Covid-19 vaccinations, which was very appropriate since on March 9, 2020 we had our last carefree escapade. That was the day we…
Satuday Photo: Light at the End of the Tunnel
The photo may not look like much, just a column of light falling on a bedroom wall, but it means that spring is almost here. Every year about the first…
Saturday Photo: Because We Need a Smile..
It’s up to you to choose which smile, of course! Came across this smiley-hat wearing gargoyle this week. It seems to embody the crazy back-and-forth emotions of this crazy time…
Saturday Photo: Waiting for a Bike Ride…
Or maybe it’s winter storage for bikes! Days are getting longer, this winter of our discontent will be over sometime….
Saturday Photo: Winter Biking, and Valentine’s Day
Yesterday, February 12, was this year’s Winter Bike to Work Day. I’m not a cyclist (no way, hit by one age 5, finally learned how age 50, and now wouldn’t…