It was the afternoon of 14 December, -7C

Former Village Shopping Plaza

 On 26 October 2024.  

A fall day in the West End of Montreal

 . . . and out for a morning walk. 18 October 2024.

Honey bees in asters, early October 2024

Asters are the honey bees last collection of pollen and nectar before everything seems to close down in the garden. There is a long winter ahead of us and this is a short reprieve of still mild weather before the cold, snow, and short days and long nights. 

 

Of winter days to come

It was -6 C and felt like -12 when I took these photographs on November 24, it wasn't even winter, it was a first taste of winter but without snow. As you get older you wonder if you can take another winter; it will be like this, and colder, all of December, January, February, March, and the first days of April. Too much, too long, too cold.  

It is what we, in Canada, must endure.

Before the snow

 Snow expected tomorrow; today, rain, 1 degree C. And here is what it’s like outside a few minutes ago.