Through the Looking Glass

The background, we did not conquer. The foreground, we did. Simon and I took an early morning excursion down to the Canada Maltage Silos on the Lachine canal. Our attempts to get in were futile; however, there were other vacancies in the vicinity. This shot was taken from inside an abandoned garage, kitty-corner the silos. Smells like a future condo project to me!
On a side note, the building is considered a heritage site, because it contains the only standing terracotta silos in North America. Who knew?

Pre-Storm Afternoon Light

Caught some crazy light on my way home from work the other day. Unfortunately, I did not have my camera with me, but I did have my iPhone that fantastic new app that makes any photo look fab.

McGill Métro, a Little Brighter!

Thanks Tiltshift for iPhone! Oh, and thanks to my one and only reader for the recommendation. The App is a welcome spiffer-upper to the drab, often pixely iPhone photos. Enfin: Il fait beau dans l'métro!

Dirty Lady

I took this shot under a train overpass in old Montréal a few weeks ago. The light was so beautiful that morning! I'll try to post a few more of those shots in the next couple of days.

In the meantime, keep your fingers crossed that this Bradley effect is all just hogwash.

Wrong Side of the Tracks

Snapped a few weeks ago, in Outremont -- I never knew that it had such a grubby side!

Mr T's parents left this morning, after a week's visit with us. We went to Quebec City and took in some of the 400th anniversary celebrations. I will post some photos soon.

Il fait beau dans l'métro!

I made it from Jean-Talon métro to Peel on foot, before caving and taking the métro home. There are some beautiful stained glass windows at Charlevoix métro. On a sunny day they look like this. I felt like I was at a pride parade -- albeit underground, without any of the fanfare...

Diarrhea Queen

Yes friends, it's that time of year again! But you won't catch me waiting in line for a Peanut Buster BARFait this summer -- though I have to admit, I love the old signs. This one is on Bellechasse, but there are a few others around Montréal. Do you think that they ever served really good ice cream, or was it always the soft serve crisco that they churn out now?

Urban Serenity

At Christmas time, when I look at decorated tree, I'll often blur my vision so that I can only see the lights. I do the same when I look at the lights dangling over the parking lot of the Atwater Market. Some urban serenity in the chaos.

Break Free from the Chains

Mr. T. likes this statue a whole lot: it's a very handsome angel at the base of the statue in Phillips Square. Aside from his wings and good looks, apparently he's strong -- you see, he can break through chains. Who doesn't want that in a man?

PS I hope that you don't have that Wilson Phillips song stuck in your head. If you do, just "hold on for one more day".

Il fait beau dans l’métro!

Un p'tit vidéo pour vous rappelé comment c'est l'fun de prendre le métro (et l'autobus!):

Il me semble que ce n'est pas autant l'fun quand j’essai de transféré à Berri-UQAM en manteaux d'hiver à 8h30 le matin…