two years in Quebec

Last night was our first proper snow fall for the 2011/2012 winter! Temperatures are meant to be quite mild for the rest of the week so it w...

We saw this a couple of months ago in the Guy-Concordia area and were left wondering whether it was real or not, or whether it was part of a...

 I recently moved house and whilst it was a happy move there were two special things I knew I would miss about my apartment. The first is th...

 I love to bake, however, I usually bake sweet treats. Montreal has so many amazing bakeries (Boulangerie Guillaume is my current favourite...

 I have a backlog of interesting photos that I have had saved as drafts for a while now. This is from September last year and I am sorry to ...

This cake is absolutely delicious. The recipe is here  and it is pretty simple, provided you have an electric beater capable of whipping s...

Harry's signature glasses - now optimised for 3D movie viewing!  Yes, I went to the midnight screening of Harry Potter and t...

My favourite laksa in the world comes from Dickson Asian Noodle House in Canberra, in Australia. It is an absolute monster, stuffed full of ...

it also marks the re-opening of the ice-cream shops!   We had some milder weather last week, when temperatures were hovering above zero, bu...

on the first full day of Spring!

Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains) by Arcade Fire (from their album The Suburbs)

The image comes from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA) and is used without permission. It was compiled from satellite...

Whilst Australia is just waking up to the first light of 2011, those of us on the other side of the world are starting to gear up for our Ne...

I love to make soup when the weather turns cold! I don't really enjoy them that much for dinner, as I usually need something a little mo...

G and I took a little road trip to the USA a couple of weeks ago. We stayed in Burlington, which is 160km south of Montreal and lies on the ...

The first  snow meant one thing - it was time to bring the garden inside for the winter! Last year I was a little tardy and I ended up los...

Not everyone goes all out with fall and Halloween decorations, but there a couple of houses around me that always put in the effort See, ...

As we don't celebrate Halloween in Australia, this is just my third Halloween ever! Whilst I have dressed up in previous years (a zombie...

It snowed last night! Just a couple of centimetres, and it wasn't cold enough for any to stick - this is what was left this morning and...

for the mouse. Yes, the little grey mouse that just ran across my kitchen floor. Actually it is running across my floor as I write...... ...