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Les Belle-Dames

The butterflies we call painted ladies at home are called “belle-dames” here–beautiful ladies. They’re migratory and occur all over the world. This sign in the Les Jardins Gamelin is in the middle of several garden beds planted with butterfly host plants and flowers.… [Read More]

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Places

Ste-CatheRAIN

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]

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Food Musings and Observations

Help Yourself

Yesterday when I finally ventured out of our building for the first time since we got la grippe, this wooden box was on the sidewalk right outside the lobby door:

That little flower symbol on the left is the logo of the City of Montréal, so I was intrigued.… [Read More]