Last night, according to the news, was the Strawberry Supermoon. The sun set around 8:45pm, and the moon rose around 9:30pm. It wasn’t very cloudy last night, but we didn’t see the moon rise.… [Read More]
The Village’s main drag (as it were) rue Ste-Catherine Est, in this morning’s rain. We’re seeing more terrasses and more rainbows as the street preps for Montréal Pride in August.
Sylvain noticed the other day that the planter boxes were arranged so their flowers were in rainbow-color order from red to purple, with pink at the end.… [Read More]
In Montréal, summer means celebrating the sunshine dans les rues and dans les bars (which, for the first time since the pandemic started, are allowed to be open until 3 am again).… [Read More]
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]
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 call this photo, ”Pick Yer Poison.”
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]
