Taking a break....

Taking to the skies again.....won't be posting for two weeks or so!

SKYWATCH--sunset in Montreal

A tiny flashback from my trip to Montreal last week.

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The Stumbling Monk

Always intrigued by names of pubs....  This is in Seattle, but such names abound worldwide.

ABC WEDNESDAY--R is for Recreation

Originally I planned R for 'rowing,' but he's paddling his board here on Green Lake in Seattle. So Recreation it is.

See other R's on Mrs. Nesbitt's ABC WEDNESDAY.

Blue in Seattle

Looks blue and has hair to go with her mood....

La Poutine

The hearty dish many Quebecois love to it is poutine (poo-TEEN).  The classic version (in the photo closest to you) is with fries, nicely seasoned gravy, and cheese curds (sometimes some sort of cheddar, but often a mozzarella-type cheese).

I couldn't very well leave Montreal without trying one, and as you might guess, that's the only big meal I had that day.  In the background you can see my friend chose a more elaborate one, and she ate it all.....

SHADOW SHOT SUNDAY--the apple

This apple ('une pomme' where I am in Montreal) served as a model for me one morning.

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WEEKEND REFLECTIONS--the photographer

This shot could almost be anywhere where there's a body of water, but I snapped this photographer in Montreal.

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SKYWATCH--The Jacques Cartier Bridge

Quite impressive, this Jacques Cartier Bridge that I've crossed over several times in Montreal. It was opened to traffic on May 14th, 1930.

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Les Murs du Son

A very good long-term friend plays in a rock band here in Montreal!  The group is Les Murs du Son and you can check them out on Facebook right here. She is my age, not that I'm revealing just exactly what that is, but just goes to show you that you only need to be young at heart.

They play Pink Floyd....

ABC WEDNESDAY--"Q" is for "Quebec"

I am enjoying hearing Canadian French spoken here in Montreal where I am for a few days. It's quite different from the French French my ear is attuned to, and there's also a strong movement to keep English at bay.  Most places in the world stop signs say STOP, but here it's arrêt  and even written again four more times here, for a four-way stop, er... arrêt

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Stories to tell

I would love to hear some of the stories this old, well-worn bench would tell.....

Trois portes

Trois portes, trois tapis en jute, et cinq/six marches, seen here in Montreal!

SHADOW SHOT SUNDAY--the hand....

Pretty hand hanging lazily out a car window....

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WEEKEND REFLECTIONS--slowly but surely

Surprise!  I am in Montreal for ten days.  Spring has not sprung here yet, as in Seattle, but there are signs!

See other reflections on James' WEEKEND REFLECTIONS.

THEME DAY--REVOLUTION--

No, it wasn't shredded wheat that was revolutionary, but I am speaking of the Electrical Revolution.

Just finished a great book entitled Empires of Light: Tesla, Edison, and Westinghouse--the race to electrify the world.  A real page-turner, or rather a button-pusher, since I have it on my Kindle.

This book prompted me to read a biography of Nikola Tesla by John O'Neill, which is just as good.

Nikola Tesla was responsible for getting the Niagara Falls electrical dynamos up and running.  Niagara Falls make me think of one of my favorite cereals, shredded wheat, and its factory is in Niagara Falls. It's the photo on the box pictured that I remember from my childhood.

And the lightbulb pictured is manufactured by a company called Niagara.


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