free compost in parc Maisonneuve

my concord grape vine



thrift find, love it

nerd things


hochelaga

noblesse oblige


DuPont family resemblances




When I was a kid I thought my grandmother Bernice Cloutier resembled Madonna Ciccone.
Only to find out that Madonna is indeed my biological cousin. 10th cousin 1x removed to be exact.
It gets wilder… tbc

living your best life, an even better life than the people who hate you, is the absolute best revenge

nature is healing. by nature, i mean, me.

My great grandmother and grandma Bernice Cloutier in Verdun (possibly NDG) early 1950’s

My great aunt Muriel who worked as a highland dancing girl for The Bay or Eaton’s on Ste-Catherine street in the early 1900’s from what I recall, I’m not 100% sure, need to check in with my fam.

My great Grandpa Murray fishing in Verdun

My grandfather Tommy Hill, Norman is my father.

The three O’Brien brothers: 1958 Dow Brewery From left to right Tom O’Brien, Patrick Joseph Barney, Bartholomew O’Brien (my great uncles on my father’s side, who were also old school Shriners)

Michael Faraday is said to have been particularly inspired by Jane Marcet’s work, especially Conversations on Chemistry. Funny this is the first I’ve ever heard about her.
wild turkeys in the city


red wing black bird


OTHER


quebec and its stone castles and canals



