Santa Maria in Trastevere, Rome
A part of the mosaics of the apse of Santa Maria in Trastevere, Rome (1100s)
This partial angle is all I could get from my permitted vantage point that day😞
my 📸 #MosaicMonday. #Mosaics#Catholic
#ClimateDiary
February the 28th, Chateauguay (Montreal), The view out my window.
Just shy of 15 degrees Celsius for the 2nd day in a row and not a speck of snow left in my backyard - just a little melting slush at one end of my pond.
Usual temperature in February = maximum -1 degree Celsius
There’s such an amazing amount of well written and thoughtful work on the internet and about a year ago I found a great resource to widen my reading and introduce me to some new magazines I’d never have found on my own.
“Longreads” is a curated collection of articles from a variety of perspectives. They have collections built around quirky themes like “Cryptids” as well as topics like gardening and each week there’s a “Top Picks of the Week”.
#ClimateDiary
My garden near Montreal, Quebec on February 10th. Temperature - 10 degrees Celsius. Snow cover - minimal.
With the decreasing snow in recent years I think I’m going to have to rethink my garden practices. I’ve always counted on a thick blanket of snow to protect my perennials from extreme cold and from the early Spring freeze/thaws.
I miss the snow ❄️. #ClimateChange#GlobalWarming#gardening#garden#Montreal
I heard about this activity suggested by @JamesGarden where you post one photograph a month of a specific place in your garden.
I think it’s a great idea and I’ve chosen this little snow-covered corner of my backyard where my husband and I dug a small pond 2 years ago.
The pond has become a symbol for us of how we are developing our property to better welcome wildlife.
I’m Evelyn and I’m gardening in zone 6a near #Montreal , Quebec.
I’ve just finished my first solo puzzle after not doing any (except family Christmas ones) in more than a decade.
I found this new-to-me puzzle maker called Cobble Hill. I really like their selection - although if memory serves me righ the Ravensburger puzzles click together in a more satisfying way.
Anyways, I’ll be definitely starting a new one during the dark, cold days of February. #JigsawPuzzle#puzzles
@evelyntheriault Oh if you’re looking for out of the ordinary puzzles, I recommend the ones from Nautilus #Puzzles.
The quality is quite good and the pieces are very original - they all have a different shape, usually matching the theme of the puzzle!
This is the mural Chez Nous by Québec artist Cecile Gariepy which you can catch just a glimpse of when you run along the Decarie Expressway.
I love this mural for itself but also for the fact that it celebrates the building of social housing.
I fell asleep in a dark, wet evening and woke up early this morning to this winter wonderland.
When I first opened my eyes it reminded me of that moment when Lucy steps through the wardrobe into Narnia ❄️
🧵 In a recent pineapple pizza thread, Brian Gettler mentioned that many traditional recipes handed down to us were actually corporate recipes.
One of my favourite memories from the ‘50s is of walking home from school for lunch for a hot, steaming plate of Campbell’s soup surrounded by a fan of Premium crackers smeared with Cheez Whiz.
This inspired me to share a few family favourites from my mother’s “Cheez Whiz Idea Book”.
My 8 year old grandson just built his own haven to help insects survive our harsh Quebec winter. He dug a shallow hole in the ground, mounded up the earth and leaves for insulation and created a brick and log barrier with a break for the insects to walk through 😃 He’s very drawn to the outdoors. If there is such a thing as “Naturalistic Intelligence” (see Gardner, Multiple Intelligences) he’s got it. 😃
I just had such a fascinating morning. I live in Chateauguay on Montreal’s South Shore and my property was chosen to be one location for the Montreal Seismic Monitoring Project.
Prof. Yajing Liu and her assistant buried a small seismograph in my front yard. It has a lithium battery in the top. The other pointy end screws off when the team wants to access the data once it’s collected.
🇨🇦 🇨🇦 🇨🇦 Hello Canadians looking for Canadian news (especially if you’ve been dependent on Facebook or Instagram links).
CBC has created an index of Canadian news media which is searchable by location. It brings up an interesting pot-pourri of digital, tv and radio sources although you can search for just one. There’s a French version as well.
I’ve already discovered some new (to me) small newspapers from nearby regions 😃
Today I learned about Earth Overshoot Day which is the day in a given year when “the world as a whole is exceeding its renewable biocapacity” (see W_Lucht@mstdn.social)
For the 🌍 that day falls on August 2nd. For 🇨🇦 it’s a shocking March 13th. March 13th! Let that sink in.
I think we Canadians need to do more. And quickly. There’s no time to lose.