Saturday Photo: The Tallest Tree Yet

 

Saturday Photo: Really Frosty Morning

Coldest morning so far.  Like old times, the old timers say.
 

Saturday Photo: Words to Live By

 

Saturday Photo: Flowers in Winter

My big jade plant doesn't bloom every year, but when it does, it is lovely.  So nice to have flowers when it is icy outside.
 

Saturday Photo: Snow...at last

It's not much but it's snow. In all the decades we have been here it has snowed at least a little before my birthday until last year. Same thing this year; my birthday was yesterday. But perhaps today's dusting will make up for the loss a little.
 

Saturday Photo: Nice Work If You Can Get It...

 Evi helps a lot, even in Lee's workshop.  Or she does until she gets too tire to continue.  

Saturday Photo: Morning Light...

 The sun is rising later and later, but when it does come up, there have been some beautiful mornings. 

 Like this one, last Thursday in Mount Royal Cemetery.  Makes you almost forget that we need rain badly. 

Saturday Photo: Happy Thanksgiving

 

Saturday Photo: Yellow Trees

 Took this a couple of year ago, but the woods look like this now.  Incandescent trees!

Saturday Photo: The Great Huntress

 Evi on the hunt for a bee! Luckily for it and for her, she didn't catch it.

 Note the harness.  She's an inside cat who has learned to love her harness because it means she can go outside.  

Saturday Photo: The Last Bridge?

 Pleased to announce that Dundurn Press will be publishing my novel The Last Bridge in May 2027. For those who'd like to know more, check out my short story "Ketamine" which Queen's Quarterly published in their Summer 2025 number.  https://www.queensu.ca/quarterly/

Saturday Photo: Smoking Toilets?

 A young friend went running to his mother one morning this week, shouting "Come quick, the toilet is smoking!"

 What she saw:

  

Saturday Photo: Sunflowers on a Sunny Day

 Nothing but hot weather and sunshine around here for the last little bit.  So far the native plants are doing all right, but we need rain!

Saturday Photo: The Bee's Knees in Monique's Gardem

Hot and dry, and the flowers, if they've been watered regularly, are blooming.  This pleases the bees, seen here enjoying my friend Monique's lovely garden. 
 

Saturday Photo: A Little Action....

 

 
I see I haven't posted for a while.  Been busy with a number of things, including getting this cat to behave!  Actually she's a sweetheart and has been relatively easy to convince that she should follow the house rules.  True, she's awake when the sun rises, but then so am I usually.  And she always purrs when she comes to sit on my chest and inquire about what the day will be like.

One of the reasons we got a cat was to try to avoid furture invasions by mice. I think this video suggests that she should be more than a match for a mouse who might try to insinuate its way into our menage. 
 
 

Saturday Photo: Another Heartbeat in the House

Evlampia Siberian Glory joined our household Saturday July 5.  A sweet, three month old Siberian kitten who supposed to be hypoallergenic.  So far so good.
 

Saturday Photo: Up, Up and Away... Flying Buttresses

 This is l'église St-Pierre in Chartres, but down the hill from the cathedral.  The church was built in the 12th century, even before the cathedral.  I find it amazing that such a massive structure depends on the buttresses for equilibrium.  Truly a combination of the static and the dynamic. 

Saturday Photo: More Roses...

 Enjoying the flowers while we can.  I understand that picking roses and trashing the ones that have blasted on the bush will encourage more blooms.

 

We shall see... 

Saturday Photo: A Rose by Any Other Name...

 Was delighted the other morning to see that we have roses!  Hadn't even noticed the buds, but after a long stretch of cool, rainy weather, a warm day seemed to be the trigger for blossoms.  Suddenly there were lots of buds and several flowers ready to burst out.

 Spring is always full of surprises, many of which smell wonderfully sweet, as these roses do.  

Saturday Photo: Finding Room in Paris...

Space is at a premium in the Haussmannian buildings which give the city such charm.  The owners of this one got around the absence of space for an elevator by putting it in the middle of the spiral staircase.  Room enough for two persons or one person and a suitcase, but it gets you up to the fifth floor which we found most useful during our recent stay.