Saturday Photo: Early Snow…
Snow this week, the second flurry of the year. My birthday is November 8, and last year was the first year since I arrived in Montreal decades ago that it…
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Saturday Photo: Showing off at Concordia…
Great fun at the Read Quebec Book Fair. Got to show off my books and talk to some interesting follks. The event was held both Friday and Saturday in the…
Saturday Photo: A Forests of Light
The way it was in the forest on the north side of Mount Royal this week. The warm weather in September seems to have delayed the trees’ gorgeous progression into…
Saturday Photo: And a Cardinal in a Grape Vine
Well, you can’t see it, but this week a female cardinal visited our grape vine several mornings to feast on the wild grapes growing there. It was a bad year…
Saturday Photo: More Than the Squirrels Can Eat
A shower of crabapples! Went for a walk in Mount Royal Cemetery this morning to find that the squirrels and other critters have an abundance of goodies on the ground…
Saturday Photo: Thanksgiving Greetings from Montreal
Happy Thanksgiving weekend, everyone. It’s raining here–and much needed–but this is the way I like to think of fall. It’s a good moment to stop and reflect on all one…
Just in Case You Wondered What I’ve Been Reading…
I’ve been asked by a couple of websites that gives suggestions for reading to create a list or two. Here’s the one on BookList:
Saturday Photo: Asters to Finish up the Summer
This has been an unusually fine year for certain flowers around here. Early on there was clover everywhere, in every lawn, reminding everyone that plain grass is just that: pretty…
Saturday Photo: More Housing…
And then there’s this highrise model.
Saturday Photo: More Permanent Housing
This wasp nest suddenly appeared this week. Wasn’t there on Monday, I’m sure, but it was looming like a malevalent piñata on Thursday. Wasps are really amazing in the way…
Saturday Photo: Temporary Housing?
You’re right: it’s bird’s nest. Almost walked past it last week on the trail at the Parc des Rapides de Lachine last Sunday, but at the last minute it caught…
Saturday Photos: Hotline, a Very Good Novel Now Available in Audio and Ebook Formats
Head’s up: The Atwater Library and Computer Centre’s book discussion group–led by yours truly– will be talking about Dimitri Nasrallah’s Hotline at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, September 13. The book in…
Saturday Photo: The Battle of the Invasives
Here are three invasive plants duking it out at Montreal’s Technoparc. The tall grass is Phragmites australis, which sets up shop at the edge of waterways as does the purple…
Saturday Photo: Not a Bumper Crop But Good News Anyway
This is the sum total of my harvest this year-two small pears. It is a far cry from years when my two trees produced more than the squirrels could eat.…
Saturday Photo: Not Mr. McGregor’s Garden…
The rabbits at the Technoparc don’t seem very concerned about the humans walking around. This one just stayed there for quite a while, looking at us while we looked at…
Saturday Photo: When the Sun’s Not Out, At Least There Are These
It’s been rainy and hot, but not so gloomy that the various sorts of sunflowers are not bursting into bloom. Lovely to see the yellow…
Saturday Photo: Host of Hostas….
Maybe 20 years go when I began transforming out little lawn into a wild garden, I bought three hosta plants. They did extremely well, and I’ve transplanted them to several…
Saturday Photo: This Is a Good Year for Clover
Don’t know why this is, but the lawns around here are full of clover this summer. Not only people’s patches of grass but also the wide sweeps of lawn that…
Saturday Photo: None, Because We Were Playing…
Taking a break this week because our youngest grandchild came for a visit. Lots of activity, and no time to think blog.
Saturday Photo: No Sun Today, But At Least These Yellow Flowers
In this summer of smoke, I suppose we should be thankful for a showery, overcast day. The rain will clar the air of some of the smoke from the fires…