These Little Things
Sometimes, the best of intentions is not enough. I started doing weekly notes which, at the time seemed fun, and then? I stopped because I realised I was just rehashing...
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Day Out #2
By the way, we ate here. Lunch was delicious. And no, no photos of my meal this time. I simply forgot.
Day Out
I swear on my mother’s grave, I am not giving the stiff finger to Frank here. Honest. I was just pointing to his name when the OH snapped a photo...
Why I blog the way I do
I read two very interest interconnect blog posts this morning from Jim Mitchell and Sebastian1, both talking about the why and way they blog. Which, of course, got me to...
Alex about town
Yesterday, while most people were off out to go see an eclipse, I went into town (well, okay, the city) to go check out a yearly craft fair held in the old quarter, Plein Arts. This year it’s being held in a huge aircraft-sized tent just around the corner from the Parliament buildings. Actually on the old Armoury parade grounds if you want to be exact. I got a bus that dropped my off by the…
The Wolfe Pack
[the wolf pack, congress centre quebec city]
Morning Rituals
While the OH’s coffee has them thinking of past coffees, and remembering other times, other places, and conversing with cats about the weather. I find it’s that first cup of...
Brevity is underrated.
Brevity is underrated.
The Last House
“A family of four are suddenly sealed inside their home with no way out, and must work together to survive against both their dwindling resources and the mysterious, looming threat...
Self Belief
I think I have this weird sense of self belief [see: I Can Do This] in part because I’m a middle child. A forgotten child. I’m sure not all middle children...
Another Time
I would live in a rambling, rose covered cottage on the edge of a forgotten English village, lost in the mists of time, that only a descendent of the ancient...
Nouvelle France
Les Fêtes de la Nouvelle-France started here on Thursday afternoon and is on all weekend. So of course, today, despite the incredibly hot weather (again) I thought to get up early and go into the city, and take some photos to share with you. This festival is a celebration of the arrival of the French (eh, obviously) here in Quebec, and the establishing of a ‘new’ France.
I Can Do This!
I’ve never really held back from jumping in at the deep end, with both feet, not worrying whether in fact I can swim or not. I created my own self-belief...
The best things in life ...
… are moments. Moments when you’re stood amid a strand of really tall sunflowers, listening to bees quietly buzzing and going about their business and, as you tilt your face...
Water Baby
I talked yesterday briefly about how I love clouds, adore them really. There’s something dreamlike and peaceful, well, at the best of times. There’s also another element I was born...
The Mitchells vs the Machines
So Sunday evening, at a loss as to what to watch given we were camped out on the couch, huddled under a blanket, staring out the window at the rain...
Clouds
One of the things I love most in life, strangely enough, is fleeting and ephemeral: clouds. I love them, am fascinated by them, and can stare at them for hours on end. They’re ever changing and remind me of how life is ever changing. Nothing ever stays the same, people come and go, we move through time slowly, as if a cloud, always forming and reforming. Sometime benign, sometimes volatile,…
#Blaugust Intro
It’s customary for participants to write an introduction, mostly for new readers rather than for those who are regulars to this blog. But, either way, I hope you find it...
Silo: S3 E5
Finally, got to see this week’s episode of Silo and, wow, this is what we’ve all been waiting for. And finally, some action, and answers as to what’s been going...
Blaugust 2026
Every year for the last few years, Mark Temple (Belghast) has prompted us to join in and write throughout the month of August as part of #Blaugust month. I was...
rue st. Jean
It was just as well I went out yesterday afternoon to go for a walk and, of course, go buy myself a much needed gelato from my fav (and only...
The Bombing of Pan Am 103
We started watching The Bombing of Pan Am 103 a BBC coproduction showing on Netflix. We’re 3 episodes in this 5-part mini series and, let me tell you, it’s gripping and tense...
Flower Power #1
Some more flower shots to share with you from my last trip to the Botanical Gardens. The ‘orange/yellow series’.
The Gorge
In total contrast to how bored we were watching Reptile the other night, we were fully engaged with the horror-tinged action thriller, The Gorge, last night. The premise is comic-book to be sure,...
Canna, Canna
They say a Leopard never changes it spots … well, maybe this Canna is of the same persuasion.