Remember way back in May, when we encountered the “trees to be planted here” signs up in Saint-Léonard? No? You know, this here?
Well, anyway, we were back up in that area yesterday, and, sure enough, some trees have been planted.… [Read More]
Category: Places
It’s been smoky and hot here in Montreal, and there hasn’t been any significant rain since July 17th. After last year having a very wet summer, this summer is shaping up to be very dry.… [Read More]
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Arboriculture
I haven’t written much about Parc Maisonneuve, the giant park that neighbors the botanical gardens and is a short walk from our apartment.
Aerial view via Google Earth… for scale, those two intersections at the top left and top right are 1km apart (0.62 miles)It’s a funny old place.… [Read More]
Nuvvuagittuq Greenstone Belt, photo By NASA – NASA Astrobiology Institute Library of Resources: Sulfur biogeochemistry of the Early Earth at the Wayback Machine, Public Domain, Link
Rocks found in Quebec are possibly the oldest on earth, formed around 4.16 billion years ago during the first days of Earth’s geologic formation (you know, back when the planet was all volcano-y and melty and stuff).… [Read More]
Three years ago, I wrote about parks in Montreal. Not only are there a lot of parks here, but they vary considerably in size, resources, and other qualities.
Within a kilometer or two of where we’re living in the Rosemont arrondissement, there are several tiny parks (Parc Raymond Lévesque, an unnamed park on Rue de Tonty, and Parc de la Cité Jardin) , three or four big parks (Parc Joseph Paré, Parc Sainte-Bernadette, Parc Étienne-Desmarteau, and Parc de la Louisiane), and one massive park (Parc Maisonneuve).… [Read More]
Nature
It was cold and rainy when we were at Mount Tremblant. Well, “cold” — it ranged between 8C and 15C (46ºF to 60ºF). As mentioned in Part 1, this was actually a good thing, as it kept away the mosquitos.… [Read More]
The Resort
The eponymous mountain is one of the tallest in the Laurentians, with an elevation of 932m (3,058 ft). The Algonquin name for the mountain is Manitonga Soutana, usually translated into English as the “Mountain of Spirits.”… [Read More]
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]
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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]
Yup, that’s us (apparently)
It seems that when you live in a certain place, you become the default consultants for tourism in that place. People contact you, sometimes on behalf of people you don’t even know, wanting to hear about the best restaurants or most exciting local experiences or whether the weather is weathering, etc.… [Read More]