Saturday Photo: Snow Drops, or (more appropriately) des Perces neiges..
Spring arrives next week, but the snow is receding and the first snowdrops (called perce-neige in French) have come up. A sure sign of spring…
Mary Soderstrom
Saturday Photo: Sledding as the Winter Ends
Beautiful sunshine today, with temperature below freezing. Things are melting in the sun, nevertheless, and the days of sledding are numbered. Winter is drawing to a close.
Saturday Photo: March 1, the Day the Sun Starts Shining in the Bedroom…
Actually the photo was taken a couple of years ago, but I’m pleased to report that this March 1 also saw the first forray of the sun into our upstairs…
Saturday Photo: The Flowers of Winter
Outside snow still covers the ground, although the days are getting longer. Inside that translates into several house plants taking a cue from lengthening daylight and setting forth blooms. An…
Saturday Photo: Sunburned Knees from Last Summer
Summer evening at Sept Iles, sunshine and sunburned knees for the old guy. A nice memory of a good trip, something to think about as the days begin to grow…
Saturday Photo: Desire Lines in the Snow
People don’t walk in straight lines, even though sidewalks and roads may try to make them. Uneven ground, small obstacles and even the vagaries on one’s gait mean that the…
Saturday Photo: Baby, It’s Cold Outside
After a winter that so far has been warmer than usual, we are in the deep freeze. Windows were frosted over this morning. Glad I was inside and not out…
Saturday Photo: An Afternoon in the Park…
Neighborhood park are great things, and we are lucky to have three nearby. They’re used by local daycares and schools too–and not just in the summer time. This group of…
Saturday Photo: Zamboni on the Loose
The photo’s not the best, but it makes me smile anyway. After a spell of terrible warm weather, winter has returned, and while it’s not really cold, it’s cold enough…
Saturday Photo: The First Books Arrive….
Wednesday the first copies of my new book, Against the Seas: Saving Civilizations from Rising Waters arrived. Most appropriate as storms batter California, destroying beaches and bridges and badly-sited houses.…
Saturday Photo: The New Year Begins on a Gray Note…
The view at the Lachine Rapids on the morning of January 1, 2023. Going for a walk was a good thing to do, but it was cold and wet and…
Saturday Photo: Sun to Greet the New Year?
Confession: the photo was taken some time ago when we actually had some sunny weather. It’s been gray and rainy for the last couple of days and all the snow…
Saturday Photo: Merry Christmas and Happy New Year
Here’s the tree. Don’t know who will be around to celebrate tonight and tomorrow, given the weather conditions and Covid amongst us. But it looks pretty good, none the less.…
Saturday Photo: Inside Looking out until the Side Walk Tractors Pass
Lots of fluffy white stuff has been falling since the middle of the night. Maybe we’ll have a white Christmas… But I’m not going out until the sidewalk tractors come…
Saturday Photo: The Jade Plant Blooms, Again
Always nice to see my big jade plant bloom. It spends the summer in the sun outside, and then comes in as soon as it begins to get really cool.…
Saturday Photo: Sil for Christmas
In recent years I’ve had trouble finding salt herring to make sil, Swedish pickled herring. But this year I hit the jackpot: nice firm, fat herring from Marché Epicure Spent…
Saturday Photo: Milkweed, as Beautiful as Butterflies
We all know that milkweed plants are what Monarch butterflies need to breed, aand I’ve been pleased to see that several folks around here have been planting them. They’re not…
Saturday Photo: Busy Healing Etc.
This photo was taken about two weeks ago, but I hadn’t posted it because I couldn’t get near my computer for long enough to play around. Nov. 4 I had…
Saturday Photo: Mangroves Protecting the Coast…
The photo was taken by friends in Jakarta. It shows part of the remaining mangrove forest that once protected much of the coastline. Replanting and safe-guarding these wonderful trees that…