I threatened more park-related content, and here it is! Manon and I went on a nice morning stroll in Parc Angrignon. If you’ve ever taken the Green Line of the Montréal métro, that name will be familiar, as it’s the south-western terminus of the line.… [Read More]
Just don’t lean back.
Not maple, but a local-ish Québec product. From a big box on the shelf at the local dépaneur…
Butter raisin tartsTurns out Manon couldn’t try it because of the sulfites (doh!… [Read More]
It’s not just the woods on Mont Royal that are filled with flowers. The city parks, lawns, and trees are all getting in on the action. It was 89ºF/32C here today, so they’re probably all in a rush to pollinate before the cooling rains arrive.… [Read More]
I went on a wildflower walk with Plein air interculterel in Mont Royal park last night. The forest has leafed out considerably in the week since I previously went walking there, and the woods are an intense, unphotographable spring green.… [Read More]
I was out walking the other day, and saw a very science-fictiony view of Île Sainte-Hélène, one of the many other islands in the St. Lawrence River.
Manon and I have been out on the Île before — once in summertime when we drove around looking at the views, and once in a frosty February when we attended the Fête des neiges de Montréal.… [Read More]
I grew up in the foothills of steep mountains in a town named for a canyon, and now I’ve moved to a vast glacier-flattened plain and a city that’s named for a mountain.… [Read More]
Things aren’t always as simple as you’d hope. Switching internet providers at the new apartment went smoothly … until the courier wasn’t able to get in the outer security door to deliver the modem on Tuesday.… [Read More]
