Finally! The cherry trees are in bloom in Montreal, and this week is the time to take a long lunch break on a sunny day, pull out that camera we got as a Christmas gift but don’t use enough, and go breath...
After a frankly dreary first week of May with showers, nearly fall-like temperatures, and plenty of chilly wind in the streets of Montreal, spring will finally settle in for good in the region. The com...
Mother’s Day, tulips, walks through the fields, the first picnics, and festivals… We’re always very busy in the spring in Montreal. Would we love to get away every other day to take a walk in the woods...
The month of May, even if it’s cooler and wetter than usual, is the season of blooming trees in Montreal. Finally! The trees have a few leaves, then a few flowers washed by the cool morning showers, which...
In a semi-virtual world where ChatGPT is getting dumber by the day, there’s a whiff of mysticism in the Montreal air. People no longer date those with incompatible zodiac signs—they don’t have time; it’s...
In May, we do what we love—and what we love in Montreal is soaking up the warm, fragrant air of a city that, after six months of winter, is getting greener and greener. Since mid-April, greenery has been...
This year, the May full moon coincides with the traditional Celtic festival celebrated by summer lovers all over the world— May Day on May 1. It marks the midpoint between the spring equinox and the summ...
Spring has slowly begun in Montreal, and now that we’ve traded our down jackets for waterproof trench coats, we’re seriously thinking about summer. Even though we have six months of winter in Montreal...
The mild spring air is slowly returning to Montreal—between showers. It makes us crave being outdoors, hands in the grass and a wicker basket tucked under our arm—fullof seasonal vegetables, flowers, and...
In April, we don’t “bare a single thread” because the air is freezing, the sun is hot, and the asphalt is wet. But all this cold rain makes the crocuses and tulips bloom, and in May, nature will take over...