Mary Soderstrom's Blog, page 8

Saturday Photo: Seeing Double in the Winter

This photo was taken several years ago, but it seems appropriate today.  You have to look at it twice or on two levels anyway.  In the reflection of outside in the window you see the snow of a Montreal winter, but inside there are flowers and plants braving the season.

Good to have double vision on these days when it is cold, but the world is growing hotter...
 

Saturday Photo: Sunrise, Waning Moon, Winter...

Took this out the front window on one of the few days lately when the skies are clear.

Nice to see the moon  for a change, although as you can see it's waning.  Full moon January 25: hope there will be clear skies so we can enjoy the spectacle.

Saturday Photo: First Morning of the Year

 Cold morning of January 1 when the water was warmer than the air.  Happy New Year all, a little late.

Saturday Photo: Happy New Year

 

Saturday Photo: Stars...

Season's Greetings, and all that.

Here's a link to my Christmas blog, in which there is much about stars...including the sun.  https://soderstromyule.blogspot.com/
 

Saturday Photo: Ice Doesn't Reflect

 

Maybe you knew this, but I didn't.  Ice doesn't reflect  the same way that waer does. 

This morning at the Lachine Rapids, it was chilly and windy, but the terempuerature was above freezing. Nevertheless, there was a thin layer of ice on part of the pond, enough to support a few gulls, and to interfere with the reflections of the trees surrounding it.

 There is a message there, I'm sure, but it's been a busy couple of days and I can't entertain any weighty thoughts at all... It's like my brain as is frozen as that still portion of pond.  

Saturday Photo: Winter Wonderland

 Great snow for sledding this week.  A shame it is raining now, but for a while the kids (most of whose teachers are on strike) had a lot of opportunity for playing outside.

Saturday Photo: Winter Flowers

 One of the sadder things about winter here is the disappearance of flowers.  After the leaves have changed colour and fallen off the trees, the world is much drabber.  And if the snow has not fallen, there's not even the splendour of sunlight on a white landscape with a blue sky as a backdrop.

 

Except...except people fight back with flowers in windows.  These geraniums were peeking out from a window in le Vieux Québec the last time we were there.  A brave and cheering sight.

Saturday Photo: Good for 500 Years?

 Where Canada keeps its memories: Took a trip to Gatineau to lend a hand during the current teachers' strike, but I also visited the Preservation facility of the Library and Archives of Canada. Couldn't see inside, but very impressive outside. The aim is to shelter both hard copy and digital records and documents for 500 years. @dundurnpress

Saturday Photo: Visit to the Reserve

A little outing Friday to the Musée des Abénakis in Odanak on the St-François river. Very interesting, and afterwards lunch at Café Masko.