two years in Quebec

this'll be a mish mash!

Wednesday, November 23, 2011

Snow!

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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...
Sunday, September 11, 2011

Is this a joke?

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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...
Sunday, September 4, 2011

That which I had to leave behind

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 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...
Friday, September 2, 2011

Foccacia (or, adventures in using yeast for the first time!)

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 I love to bake, however, I usually bake sweet treats. Montreal has so many amazing bakeries (Boulangerie Guillaume is my current favourite...
Tuesday, August 2, 2011

Coral cactus, or Euphorbia lactea cristata

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 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 ...
Saturday, July 16, 2011

Chocolate Raspberry Pudding Cake

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This cake is absolutely delicious. The recipe is here  and it is pretty simple, provided you have an electric beater capable of whipping s...
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Friday, July 15, 2011

A neat gimmick from the new Harry Potter movie

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Harry's signature glasses - now optimised for 3D movie viewing!  Yes, I went to the midnight screening of Harry Potter and t...
Saturday, June 4, 2011

Laksa! In Montreal!!

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My favourite laksa in the world comes from Dickson Asian Noodle House in Canberra, in Australia. It is an absolute monster, stuffed full of ...
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Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Spring doesn't just bring snow in Montreal....

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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...
Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Looking out my front door

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on the first full day of Spring!
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Tuesday, March 8, 2011

Can't stop listening to...

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Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains) by Arcade Fire (from their album The Suburbs)
Sunday, February 13, 2011

What it's like in the Northern Hemisphere

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The image comes from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA) and is used without permission. It was compiled from satellite...
Friday, December 31, 2010

Happy New Year!

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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...
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Saturday, November 20, 2010

Soup!

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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...
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Friday, November 19, 2010

Roadtrip to Burlington, VT, USA

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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 ...
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Thursday, November 4, 2010

Balcony gardening - indoors!

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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...
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Wednesday, November 3, 2010

Scenes from Verdun

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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, ...
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Tuesday, November 2, 2010

Adventures in pumpkin carving!

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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...
Sunday, October 31, 2010

First snow!

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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...
Wednesday, October 27, 2010

This is not going to end well

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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...... ...
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