Since we got back here from our holidays, there has been some snow early January, then nothing. As in: nothing. It's been quite disheartening. There were a few snow forecast, here and there, of course snow fell up North, but here in the South, nothing happened, even when there were chances of snow fall. As winter is passing through, way faster than I care for, I hope we will get some snow before long, like a proper snow day when we have to stay in. I say "I hope", but I am beyond hope now. I will believe it when I see it.
Thursday, 5 February 2026
Where's the snow?
Monday, 2 February 2026
La Chandeleur
Nous sommes la Chandeleur. On appelle ça aussi, de plus en plus, le Jour de la marmotte. Mais pas moi. Je le considère toujours comme la Chandeleur. Même si l'un de ses aspects le plus connu, c'est de marquer le passage des saisons et l'arrivée, hâtive ou tardive, du printemps. Parce que, comme le dit le proverbe: "À la Chandeleur, l'hiver passe ou prend vigueur." Cela ne vous étonnera pas si vous suivez ce blogue, mais je préfère qu'il demeure hivernal, parce que je n'aime pas, je n'aime plus, le retour à la chaleur et au printemps. Bien entendu, ici, de novembre à mars, sinon avril, de l'hiver au printemps, ce n'est guère différent de toutes façons. Alors l'adage ne s'applique pas vraiment. Chaque printemps est tardif.
Thursday, 22 January 2026
Pêche blanche (je crois)
Wednesday, 14 January 2026
L'hiver vu de haut
Sunday, 11 January 2026
Neige et poudrerie au Québec
Bon, le titre est assez clair: il y a/aura de la neige et de la poudrerie au Québec, selon cet article de la grosse Presse. Enfin, dans l'est du Québec, car c'était déjà le cas dans le Sud. Ici, dans le sud de l'Angleterre, c'est à peine s'il y a eu des averses de neige. Et puis j'aimerais bien qu'il y en ait, même si les Anglais ne savent pas comment gérer ça. Et je suis conscient que ça fait à peine une semaine que je suis de retour ici, mais ça ne change rien: l'hiver québécois me manque toujours, surtout que j'en ai refait l'expérience pendant deux semaines.
Bagotville en hiver
Thursday, 8 January 2026
The snow followed us
Saturday, 3 January 2026
Une cabane à chauves-souris sous la neige
Thursday, 1 January 2026
Les spectacles de l'hiver
Tuesday, 30 December 2025
Less of a post-Christmas blues
Well, here it is, Christmas is over and has been for a while. I am oficially in post-Christmas blues mode. I don't feel too bad about it, however, for a number of reasons. I am at home for one, so I am not feeling homesick. And it is a proper winter here, with snow and everything. So I feel like I experienced Christmas as it should be. I might feel different about it come January, but right now, I am just chilling and enjoying the moment, without having to stress about too many things just yet.
Friday, 26 December 2025
Noël blanc
Wednesday, 24 December 2025
Christmas/Winter Wolfism
Here is one Wolfism from yesterday, as we were walking in the snow. Veggie Carrie was holding my arm to dear life, wobbly feet on snowy and icy grounds. I teased her, saying it must be her South African side. She used to do this when we ice skated together. Noticing Wolfie being far more comfortable, as if he's been living here his whole life, she said her son had definitely Québécois blood. Then came Wolfie's remark: "It's because I'm ice and fire!" Best Wolfism yet, I think.
Tuesday, 23 December 2025
Live from Winter Wonderland
If you were wondering about my silence: I am currently home with my family, with Wolfie and my wife. but back in Québec, in my parent's house. My brothers, my sister-in-law and our nephews are here too. So we are celebrating in the Saguenay region, it is snowy, we are having a proper, borderline ideal winter, otherwise doing as little as possible. Wolfie is very happy here, as he is with his cousins and in a wintery place. In fact, I can safely say that we are in a true winter wonderland, one of the last few on earth.
Thursday, 18 December 2025
Autre photo de neige
Wednesday, 10 December 2025
Village de Noël
Sunday, 7 December 2025
Neige encore
Friday, 5 December 2025
Neige
Thursday, 4 December 2025
Time for Christmascrimes
Friday, 28 November 2025
Vers un Noël blanc?
Tuesday, 25 November 2025
Socks: lost and found
I blogged recently about gloves and socks. The only way I can enjoy clothes shopping is if I buy new socks and gloves. Well, I have a new anecdote about socks, believe it or not. Something that happened recently. Anyway, a few years ago, my mum bought be some really nice, warm socks, Thinsulate ones, the best of the best. I really liked them: they had a nice forest green and ochre colours. And after my last Christmas visit home, I think it was during the pandemic, I lost these socks. For years. I thought they had been eaten by the washing machine, then I even thought I might have imagined the whole thing and never owned the socks in the first place. Well, it turned out that they were stuck behind a drawer. So yeah, long story short, I now have really good Thinsulate socks that are six years old, yet they look brand new. I'm very happy. Moral of the story: warm socks make me happy and they make my day better.










