. Magnolia bloom,My beloved first spring’s sign! Life’s awakening… . . . If you want to know what After Eight Moments are about, click here. Description for the visually impaired; The first sign of blooming of a white magnolia tree in a backstreet near my apartment.
. Tonight, roughly a fifth of the population of Québec, and half of Montréal’s is deprived of electricity. Although Spring has officially started, we all know that it’s no guarantee that Mother Nature will behave. And today, she’s been a very very naughty girl. We had been warned. Icy rain, for most of the day.…… Continue reading So much for Spring!
. This weekend, a branch was cut from my family tree. It wasn’t a surprise, but my reaction to it was. My family isn’t a big one, compared to many here in Quebec. Mom has a brother and two sisters, and Dad has three sisters. Or should I say ”had”. Most of them in their…… Continue reading Rest in peace (finally).
I was invited (well, not personally, but still) to Fandango’s Friday Flashback! Fandango scrolls back, every Friday, and gives a second chance to a post he had published on the same date, years before. I thought it was a great way to remember some of the stuff I did a while back, and I decided…… Continue reading A water feeling… (February 10th FFF)
. As mentionned in my post Before, the past 10 days have been rather snowy here in Montréal. I have a feeling that Mother Nature lost her snow-switch, and if I’m right, we should all die, burried under the white stuff within two or three weeks. In small towns, companies just plow the snow from the…… Continue reading This is how we do it…
. Recently, Mother Nature has greeted us with an overly generous amount of snow. Just to give you an idea, the total average we get in Montréal for the month of January is 50 centimeters. So far, this year, we got about 75 centimeters. I heard someone whispering that we’re January 28th, and that’s right.…… Continue reading Before…
I was invited (well, not personally, but still) to Fandango’s Friday Flashback! Fandango scrolls back, every Friday, and gives a second chance to a post he had published on the same date, years before. I thought it was a great way to remember some of the stuff I did a while back, and I decided…… Continue reading The woodpecker… (January 13th FFF)
. That’s the beauty of Freezingland… One evening, you can go out on the balcony wearing a simple t-shirt, and the next morning, you need your blizzard apparel to go to work. There’s no in-between. Winter is a very ”in your face” season. You can find a funny video depicting it, here. Nonetheless, the first…… Continue reading Don’t blink!
. “Trees are poems that the earth writes upon the sky.” – Kahlil Gibran . . . If you want to know what After Eight Moments are about, click here. Description for the visually impaired; View of an old tree, from the bottom looking up to the bluest sky.
. ”Aerodynamically, The bumble bee shouldn’t be able to fly, But the bumble bee doesn’t know it So it goes on flying anyway.” -Mary Kay Ash . . . If you want to know what After Eight Moments are about, click here. Description for the visually impaired; Close up on a bumble bee…… Continue reading After Eight Moments…
Cyranny's Cove 