Mary Soderstrom's Blog

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.