Le P’tite Train du Nord
At the beginning of the month, we went off for a weekend to Mont Tremblant, a mountain resort about 85 miles/135km north-west of Montreal in the Laurentian mountains (a.k.a.… [Read More]
Author: Sylvain Descartes
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Confined to Quarters
Even in the frantic news cycle of late, you may have seen reports of the wildfires in Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and British Columbia.
Scientists blame climate change for the increase in wildfires.… [Read More]
Dandelions (Taraxacum officinale) are one of those plants that people generally either hate or scarcely notice at all. While they produce cheerful yellow flowers and “puffballs” of floating seeds that fascinate young and old, for some reason they’re stereotypically the scourge of The Great North American Lawn.… [Read More]
There is a mystery on the streets of our neighborhood. It involves stop signs.
I thought I’d discussed stop signs in a posting in some prior year, but couldn’t find it, so first, let’s talk a little about them (if you don’t want to nerd out on this topic, skip down to the pictures below).… [Read More]
Some things in the botanical garden change dramatically from week to week. Other things do not.
Here are some pictures. Compare to last week!
Remember the tulip field?This next one, we looked at from a different angle last week, but it’s the same magnolia tree.… [Read More]
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Cold Weather and Flat Sombreros
We’ve been having chilly, sunny days interspersed with rain, and not much new to report.
One new discovery: the Quebecois tend to have such a superabundance of low-dome sombreros that there are special facilities for their disposal.… [Read More]
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Springing
We made our first visit to the Jardin Botanique this year, and to paraphrase William Gibson: spring has arrived, it’s just not even distributed. (As always, click on pictures to see ’em biggish).… [Read More]
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Resuming (and trees)
We’re getting settled in, which involves getting oriented in a newish-to-us neighborhood . We’re in Rosemont again, but about 2.5km/1.5miles from where we were last time. We’ve found a good old-school pizza and poutine joint, the closest bike share point, some nice parks, and the bus stop.… [Read More]
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Season 4, Episode 1
Will be airing soon!
We’ve arrived and moved into our place on the north-east edge of Rosemont-La Petite-Patrie. Stay tuned for more developments!
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Saturation
Manon headed back to California last weekend, and I’ve been gradually wrapping things up here too. Part of that process is saying à bientôt to the parcs and forests and the Jardin Botanique.… [Read More]