There is currently a jam every Thursday night at 7 at Cafe le 5e on Wellington street in Verdun. Jazz is the point of departure but people are invited to join and play whatever style they feel most comfortable playing. It is a great way to spend some time chilling with
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PostArctica: L’automne – Year 2!
Amazing how long projects can take when you make them as complicated as possible. Anyway, I walked the Verdun waterfront the last couple of days and here we are again picking up where we left off, perhaps a little wiser via research and life in a world where the only
Continue readingPostArctica: Grimskunk at Verdun Art
Yesterday was the now annual event on Wellington street called Verdun Art organized by Nadia Gagnon of Maltehops. And it was nothing less than an awesome day of music on the street. There were 5 musical groups and the Girardin family and friends put on a drumming concert from their
Continue readingPostArctica: Garden In Verdun
Interesting watering system.
Continue readingPostArctica: Dying Tree With Storm
Don’t look back.
Continue readingPostArctica: River High, Shore Erosion In Verdun
The Saint Lawrence has been much higher than usual this spring in Verdun. Today I walked between the Natatorium and the Marina and there were parts of the lower path already washed out. My first concern is that many trees along the shoreline have already leaned into the river and
Continue readingPostArctica: When Nature Gets Creepy
It is cold and there is enough of a wind to blow some of this tall grass around, occasionally flying into your face. Snow has fallen forcing swaths of it to collapse creating the illusion of these low lying dark spaces where all kinds of horrible troll like creatures may
Continue readingPostArctica: Still Life With Pasta #16
At the river today…
Continue readingPostArctica: At The Monument
Funny, I hung around this park in front of Verdun City Hall in the 70’s and there are a zillion crazy stories about what that was like. So last month I was walking through and saw all these young people gathered around the actual monument and I was getting thoughts
Continue readingPostArctica: Autumn Pictures
5 from today in the rain.
Continue readingPostArctica: More Backlog
Some more pictures from over the last 4 or 5 months.
PostArctica: Backlog
Some more from recent months.
PostArctica: Trouble On Troy?
Walking down here yesterday and this valve thing started to blow. It’s a strange sight with pipes leading from one fire hydrant to another. The other side of the street […]
PostArctica: Some I liked
Again, some random shots from recent months…
PostArctica: Verduners Helping Local Fire Victims
Terrible fire the other night left some families out in the cold, some losing most of their stuff. But Verduner’s have responded quickly and generously by giving many needed items […]
PostArctica: December 26, 2015
Beautiful day, about 7 above, still no snow, but we are expecting freezing rain and snow in the next 48 hours so all these scenes will change. Long shadows are […]
PostArctica: Happy Holidays! – Jam Report #8
All I can is WOW! What an amazing 8 week run this has been! People said a live music venue in Verdun was needed and I think we proved them […]
PostArctica: Mandolins and Traditions – Jam Report #7
Another great night at the Jam! I would like to mention the importance of community, that feeling of belonging to some kind of evolving open cohabitation in the ‘hood, up […]