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More Tree Installation

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]

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Tree Installation

On my morning walk, I came across the city’s tree squad in action.

Truck o’ Trees

They were upgrading a yard just down the street from us.

Tree squad in action

Two trucks, one excavator, five workers, and about ten minutes for a new tree to go in.… [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]

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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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Mount Royal

It’s raining again today, so instead of going walking I put together a video from my walk on Labo(u)r Day.

I took a lot of video of bees and mushrooms and moss and things that I wanted to include, but even without all that, this is a bit too long at two minutes and eleven seconds.… [Read More]