The endoscopy revealed that the ulcer is gone, allowing for one medication to be stopped, bringing hope for improved health.
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October 2025
After a slow start, binge-watching the rest of the season of “Murderbot” resulted in a newfound appreciation for the series.
You cannot become a Canadian Citizen unless you: love ice hockey drink a gallon of maple syrup a day know who scored the Stanley cup winning goal for the Montreal Canadiens know what the Grey Cup is wear a toque during winter drink Molson lite cheer for the Blue Jays no matter what province you …
Taken through a dirty bedroom window …
Ladybug, Ladybug: The ladybugs are swarming again today. Hundreds of them. I mean, the air is thick with them. This usually tells me summer is definitely at an end when you see them all looking for somewhere to spend the winter, safe and warm. They’ve been swarming for the last two weeks. They’ve also …
August 2025
Fungi high rise …
Iconic Buildings: While in Montreal despite spending most of our holidays in the hospital, we did get to walk around some of the iconic 1976 Olympic Stadium. Two different views of the iconic stadium tower which, by the way, you can go up inside to the top. But it’s all stairs and, well, I’m not that crazy. Also, …
Montreal Trip Part II: Despite the amount of rain the poured out of the sky on the first Monday we were in Montreal, we had tickets booked to visit the Bio Dome in the afternoon and, like two crazies, decided to get a taxi and brave the weather. As you can see, it was raining so hard, there was a waterfall. Once inside …
Montreal Trip (highlights): It’s Sunday and I realise that I haven’t really shared any photos from our trip to Montreal, which as you know kind of got overshadowed by other events. So, here I am looking to rectify that with a few of my favourite photos from the Chinese Garden at the Montreal Botanical Gardens. One of the main …
July 2025
Is this the way to the secret garden?
Daisy, Daisy, give me your answer, do …
Mum, is it edible?
Barking up the wrong tree? Maybe …
June 2025
📷 Micro Blog Photo Challenge Day 30: Solitude
📷 Micro Blog Photo Challenge Day 29: Winding
You do see some curious things in the neighbourhood … an elevated house having it’s foundations fixed.
📷 Micro Blog Photo Challenge Day 28: Ephemeral
📷 Micro Blog Photo Challenge Day 27: Collective
📷 Micro Blog Photo Challenge Day 26: Bridge For context, the bridge in the far distance spans part of the St Lawrence river connecting the ile D’Orleans with Quebec and is the only road on and off the island.
📷 Micro Blog Photo Challenge Day 25: Decay
📷 Micro Blog Photo Challenge Day 24: Bloom
📷 Micro Blog Photo Challenge Day 23: Fracture [this is the closest photo I have to fulfil “fracture”]
📷 Micro Blog Photo Challenge Day 22: Hometown
📷 Micro Blog Photo Challenge Day 21: Silhouette
📷 Micro Blog Photo Challenge Day 20: Gather
📷 Micro Blog Photo Challenge Day 19: Equal
📷 Micro Blog Photo Challenge Day 18: Texture
📷 Micro Blog Photo Challenge Day 17: Warmth
📷 Micro Blog Photo Challenge Day 16: Blur
📷 Micro Blog Photo Challenge Day 15: Tie
📷 Micro Blog Photo Challenge Day 14: Twilight
The mighty St Lawrence river …
📷 Micro Blog Photo Challenge Day 13: Pathway
📷 Micro Blog Photo Challenge Day 12: Hidden Hidden atop this bluff sits the military Citadel for the 22nd Regiment.
At the bus stop …
📷 Micro Blog Photo Challenge Day 11: Brick
📷 Micro Blog Photo Challenge Day 10: Rail
📷 Micro Blog Photo Challenge Day 9: Wood
📷 Micro Blog Photo Challenge Day 8: Travel
📷 Micro Blog Photo Challenge Day 7: Switch
📷 Micro Blog Photo Challenge Day 6: Contrast
📷 Micro Blog Photo Challenge Day 5: Reflection
📷 Micro Blog Photo Challenge Day 4: Nostalgia
📷 Micro Blog Photo Challenge Day 3: Shadow
📷 Micro Blog Photo Challenge Day 2: curve
📷 Dreaming of summers gone by … The Gardener.
Junited 2025: I’m delighted to see Robert back blogging on micro blog again. And not only that, he’s once again hosting Junited 2025 in which he’s encouraging us to share links to our favourite blogs and post. Check it out, and join in. Check out my Junited 2025 page for more.
May 2025
The last of the daffy dillies … a beautiful glow of vibrant yellow and a tinge of orange.
Pretty, pretty. I love this time of year (once the pollen has stopped coating the world yellow). All these beautiful blossoms are out.
The cherry blossoms are out in full force today, must be the lovely weather we’ve had these last few days.
Finally … one that didn’t get away.
Spring might have arrived bringing us green and hay fever, but it also means construction time around the city. And here, too, at the back of our apartment block, and now, out front, across the street. Six months of noise, dirt, and traffic problems. Lovely!
The sun is out, it’s 24 degrees out there this afternoon, so I took a walk around the block to stretch my legs and see what’s going on in my local neighbourhood. And look what I found, right out in front of block six in our apartment complex … Cherry blossoms.
The wood peckers are on crazy time at the moment they are"drilling" down …
Dang, but it’s noisy out there today. What with the gardeners already out buzzing all over the grounds on 4-wheelers. Then throw in the noise from passing planes overhead as we’re right on today’s flightpath into the airport and, well, even the sparrows are having a hard time being …