We're guessing that Gerry's Barber Shop (complete with the English part of the sign whited out - aye carrumba!) was a local landmark in Western Verdun. Well, Gerry's is no more, apparently.
There have been far fewer gold finches at the feeder this year, only four at a time maximum, a couple of years ago I had about 16 on the feeder at once. I have no idea why this is. But a senior from Ontario wrote me today bemoaning that the price of nyjer seed has risen dramatically lately, thus forcing him to quit the bird hobby he loves. Perhaps there are less feeders now. Someone do a Masters thesis on this.
Legend has it that this girl's Cincinatti sportswritin' mom had eugenics in mind when she lured Julius Irving to have a baby with her even though he was already married to someone else at the time. The child in question, Alexandra Stevenson, never exactly did to tennis what Dr. J did to basketball. In spite of really wanting to like her, my half hour watching her at the Rogers Cup qualifier on freebie Sunday was a total letdown. She was getting booted by the admirable Ahsha Rolle, who I've since corresponded with through fb. The end turned out to be a huge fiasco in which Stevenson and her mom behaved like fools. Check comments below for a link to a great report on the insane conclusion.
My mother-in-law Jeannie Vincent, aka Mary Gilchrist (don't ask, I don't know) has said about 10 words to me since she moved in with us from Grenada via Trinidad a decade ago. In other words, she's just about the perfect woman. About once a year I find a massive cucumber and ask her if she's ever held one that big before. The answer is always "Yes."
Really. Summertime. We only have it so we can realize how bad winter sucks.
If there's one thing that puts this city to shame, it's the lack of water features around town. This one is somewhere near Acadie and I'm not sure where and it's not the most beautiful but I gotta salute the effort. As you know, every new building is supposed to put about 2% of its budget into artwork.
They usually put up a boring old statue out in front, we'd love to see more of this watery stuff.
Tiny peeps
tiny cars.
There have been far fewer gold finches at the feeder this year, only four at a time maximum, a couple of years ago I had about 16 on the feeder at once. I have no idea why this is. But a senior from Ontario wrote me today bemoaning that the price of nyjer seed has risen dramatically lately, thus forcing him to quit the bird hobby he loves. Perhaps there are less feeders now. Someone do a Masters thesis on this.
Legend has it that this girl's Cincinatti sportswritin' mom had eugenics in mind when she lured Julius Irving to have a baby with her even though he was already married to someone else at the time. The child in question, Alexandra Stevenson, never exactly did to tennis what Dr. J did to basketball. In spite of really wanting to like her, my half hour watching her at the Rogers Cup qualifier on freebie Sunday was a total letdown. She was getting booted by the admirable Ahsha Rolle, who I've since corresponded with through fb. The end turned out to be a huge fiasco in which Stevenson and her mom behaved like fools. Check comments below for a link to a great report on the insane conclusion.
My mother-in-law Jeannie Vincent, aka Mary Gilchrist (don't ask, I don't know) has said about 10 words to me since she moved in with us from Grenada via Trinidad a decade ago. In other words, she's just about the perfect woman. About once a year I find a massive cucumber and ask her if she's ever held one that big before. The answer is always "Yes."
Really. Summertime. We only have it so we can realize how bad winter sucks.
If there's one thing that puts this city to shame, it's the lack of water features around town. This one is somewhere near Acadie and I'm not sure where and it's not the most beautiful but I gotta salute the effort. As you know, every new building is supposed to put about 2% of its budget into artwork.
tiny cars.
There is a fountain outside the Amazones on St-Jacques West in NDG.
ReplyDeleteRe: the free tennis matches...
ReplyDeleteI cannot believe you missed it. Here's how that qualifying round ended: http://g58.blogspot.com/2008/07/ahsha-rolle-deserves-win-over-alexandra.html
It wasn't pretty.