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Victoria in the snow

Guarding the entrance to Old Montreal, this lady has seen quite some changes around there, and a ton of snow this year...sigh

Extreme sport of the urban variety

Kinda like the pony express of the 21st century...ridin' into the wild west.

A bench sandwich

Taken back in September, beyond Berri going east.  Totally residential, nice and quiet.  Reminiscent of "a building sandwich".

These boots were made for walkin'

Pavot's dog shoes...in these times of -23C and salted streets and sidewalks, it's the only way Pavot can get any "out" time!

First sight 2008

I don't know if the stars were aligned but in any case, I was strictly concentrating on the garbage at dog's eye level, and let me tell you there was plenty of it (pizza boxes, broken bottles, confetti, beer cans, paper, chip wrappers...never mind the broken cobble stones). Once I looked at it standing up, the burst of laughter made a couple estranged tourists turn around to spot me...the garbage truck passing at just that moment and me snapping at that very second...well, let's just say I couldn't have planned it if I had tried. Analyze that as a message!

Happy new year!

Who stole my bicycle!! Just kidding. But it looked so lonely, lost in the snow, most likely since this summer/fall.

The icicle fairies

These guys come out and save our lives in a particularly interesting way in winter. They are the "icicle fairies", getting rid of the ginormous stalactites that form on our old buildings with strange shaped roofs. Makes for great photography!

Winter glee!

I love this snow! It's making my life impossible and traveling by car is like hopping onto a snail going to China. Makes me feel like a kid again and being late has suddenly a totally legitimate excuse.  Citation de YMC : "La neige se repose en attendant la prochaine tempête".

Sapins éblouis

As much as the snow was a pain in the butt for many of you, I loved it. It has been quite a while since so much of it fell upon us. Brightens everything around here in town (until it turns to grey brown slushy stuff).

Count the birdies

The bush was just filled with these guys tweeting away with a vengance! You could hear them from across the street. (I counted 12 of them..)