Saturday Photo: The Rink at the End of Winter
Looks pretty sad, doesn't it ?But that's what happens when the ice finally melts. Spring (maybe) is on its way.
Mary Soderstrom
Saturday Photo: Listen, the Redwing Blackbirds Are Back
No photo because my hands were too cold to get the phone out for a picture. But trust me, there were some red wing blackbirds scouts at the Lachine Rapids…
Saturday Photo: Listen, the Redwing Blackbirds Are Back
No photo because my hands were too cold to get the phone out for a picture. But trust me, there were some red wing blackbirds scouts at the Lachine Rapids…
Saturday Photo: First Sun, Or Stonehenge in Outremont
The sun in its progression around the heavens shines in our back bedroom window just about the first of March every year. It was right on schedule this year, a…
Saturday Photo: First Sun, Or Stonehenge in Outremont
The sun in its progression around the heavens shines in our back bedroom window just about the first of March every year. It was right on schedule this year, a…
Saturday Photo: The Meeting of the Planets…
I didn't take the photo and it shows only Venus, but these evenings there has been a wondrous display of planets in the sky. The other night--when it wasn't snowing…
Saturday Photo: The Meeting of the Planets…
I didn't take the photo and it shows only Venus, but these evenings there has been a wondrous display of planets in the sky. The other night--when it wasn't snowing…
Saturday Photo: On the Right Path
So 11 days after the operation, I'm walking quite well with a walker, and even made it to the corner outside since the sidewalks have finally been cleared. Spent a…
Saturday Photo: On the Right Path
So 11 days after the operation, I'm walking quite well with a walker, and even made it to the corner outside since the sidewalks have finally been cleared. Spent a…
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…
Saturday Photo: Down the Rapids toward a New Book…
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…
Saturday Photo: Ducks and Oil Sands This Wednesday
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…
Saturday Photo: Sun Trying to get There….
Cloudy weather, a little snow, not much sunshine...That's the way the year is starting here. Could be worse, could be smokey. ..
Saturday Photo: The Kings Are Coming…It’s Not Over Yet
Our holiday table still is set for friends to join us. In January you can't get enough good times....
Saturday Photo: Happy Holidays
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.…
Saturday Photo: Better Late Than Never
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…
Saturday Photo: Word to the Wise….
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…
Saturday Photo: For My American Friends During This Thanksgiving Week…
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…
Saturday Photo: What I Feel Like These Days…
Life is not easy, the future is uncertain, it's rough out there....