Things are still pretty quiet here in Beaconsfield. The snow continues to melt – the local village looks so different without snow – and as we walk the streets we are now seeing lawns and small bushes appearing in people’s gardens. The grass isn’t pretty at this stage of the process – a yukky grey…
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Well spring equinox has happened here – 20th March – so it’s officially springtime. The weather had been warning up but winter was determined to hang on! Temperatures went from hovering in the low pluses to minus 15 with a wind chill of minus 25. We went from strolling to church in gently falling snow…
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Yeah!! We caught the bus then metro into Montreal city yesterday. The sun was shining and the temperature around 6 degrees. Having done the trip before we knew when to get off our bus, how to find the metro, and what line to catch where. We got off the metro at Place d’Armes, walked towards…
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A little update! All around our area there are cables. Strung across streets, along streets and across back yards. The squirrels use these cables – especially the big black ones – like a network of roads. We often see them racing along to some sort of urgent appointment or destination. It would be amazing to…
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We got to plus 2 degrees yesterday so headed off to visit two of the local villages. Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue and Pointe-Claire – either side of Beaurepaire. Sainte-Anne is a pretty village about 7kms away from home – we visit it regularly with church. Its right next to the A20 motorway as it crosses the St Lawrence…
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