Monthly Archives: January 2016

It’s been a tough week, and I don’t have anything interesting to say, so I will post a few of the photos I took of the snow that fell last week and is now a distant memory. The image above was … Continue reading →

This was the view from our kitchen window yesterday. Those leaves on the right belong to a vanda (orchid) that was probably thanking its lucky starts that it lives in a cozy, heated house. Except for brief forays outside for the … Continue reading →

I shot this in Quebec, before we finally got snow. I took a lot of photos of trees on our various hikes. This path through a stand of conifers had a mysterious, dreamlike quality. I believe the trees are pines and … Continue reading →

Feast your eyes on these beautiful eggplants, which I believe are the “graffiti” variety. Whatever they are, even in December they looked so pretty and fresh on display at the Adonis Middle Eastern market near Montreal. My husband, who was born … Continue reading →

We have returned from spending a most welcome, snowy holiday in Quebec. We had a storm a couple of days after Christmas, which made everything considerably more festive. The fields were bleak, visited by crows and a few snow buntings. But inside, it … Continue reading →