A couple of days back, the weather people got really excited. Their enthusiasm suggested the blizzard of the century, and a great part of the population started anticipating the snowstorm. See, usually, when mid-January comes, most Quebecers are absolutely sick of dealing with snow. But we had a record winter this year, and aside from…… Continue reading Want snow?
Translation: ”Snow (pointing to the left), thanks!” When you live in Freezingland, you just have to show snow who’s the boss. Note that, being Canadians, we make sure to stay polite, even when we tell the white stuff where it belongs…
Game on!
I think we had all given up the idea of having an Indian summer this year… I don’t remember ever experiencing one in November before. But this weekend, the temperature rose back close to 20 degrees Celsius (68 F) and the weather should stay that way for about a week. We’ll take every minute…… Continue reading Été Indien…
Snow is back… Already. Where has summer gone? Hey, it isn’t called Freezingland for nothing!
I saw the following video online this morning, and for some reason, I just had to share it. It happened last Thursday just outside Québec City, on highway 40. After experiencing some technical problems, a plane had to make an emergency landing. At first, I was convinced this was a prank video. I’m so used to the…… Continue reading Is that… A plane???
As I am spending the evening catching up on comments (yeah, that’s going to take a while… LOL), Mother Nature has decided to greet us with yet another layer of the white stuff. We are expecting something between 15 and 20 centimeters during the night. I thought I’d make a short clip but I think…… Continue reading Welcome to Freezingland!
For the positive people, that is. You know, the kind of people who instinctively see the silver lining in everything. I’m not one of them, and that’s quite a shame. I try, oh, I try a lot! But it doesn’t come naturally, like it comes to them… Just not quite as easily. Today was…… Continue reading Thank you Life…
”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.
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…
