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We have survived!

    Twenty two years ago, Montréal was recovering after the worst natural disaster the province have experienced, ever. The ice storm that lasted almost a week long, and left 100 millimeters of icy rain behind (more than double the average total of icy precipitations for a whole year) paralyzed Montréal and many other cities…… Continue reading We have survived!

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Shadows…

  I can’t imagine what it would be like, not to know snow. To only know what I would have seen of it in books and in movies… I was born on a snow storm night. And as much as I like to complain about it, it’s always been part of who I am. At…… Continue reading Shadows…

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Not bad at all…

    Of course, I would have gladly skipped the working part, today, but I must say that it is a lovely day to start the year… Sending you all, Lovelies, a little bit of Freezingland’s Sunshine! If 2019 has been harsh on you, may 2020 treat you better… If 2019 was awesome, may you…… Continue reading Not bad at all…

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Polytechnique… (December 6th FFF)

I was invited (well, not personally, but still…) to join the Fandango’s Friday Flashback! Fandango scrolls back, every Friday, and gives a second chance to a post he had published on the same date the year before. I thought it was a great way to remember some of the stuff I did a while back, and I decided to participate… So…… Continue reading Polytechnique… (December 6th FFF)

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After Eight Moments…

    ”I don’t care if you’re 6 years old… You live in Freezingland! Grow thick skin, Sweetie!”     If you want to know what After Eight Moments are about, click here. Description for the visually impaired; Young kids bikes parked in front of a Montreal primary school, in the middle of snow.   

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After Eight Moments…

    As kids, we get amazed by the simplest of things… So why is it, that when we grow into adulthood, supposedly that much wiser, we become so blind to Life’s little wonders?     If you want to know what After Eight Moments are about, click here. Description for the visually impaired; Close up…… Continue reading After Eight Moments…

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After Eight Moments…

    You know you live in Freezingland… When one day, it is warm enough for flies to go about, doing their fly things. And the next, you find them frozen dead, on a snow white death bed.     If you want to know what After Eight Moments are about, click here. Description for the…… Continue reading After Eight Moments…

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After Eight Moments…

    First snow, First love… Same thing!       If you want to know what After Eight Moments are about, click here. Description for the visually impaired; Close up on the first snow, covering the still very green grass.   

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After Eight Moments…

    As I kneeled to take this picture, on my way back home, after work, I had trouble believing that this was indeed October 21st. The flowers, for one thing, should have long faded. The bees should be gone. I should be wearing my gloves and wool toque… And then this happens. Forcing me…… Continue reading After Eight Moments…