Tag Archives: snow

Winter portrait: Van in Ditch

This isn’t our van (In the interest of protecting the guilty, the culprit will remain unnamed).

Winter Portrait: Van in Ditch

Winter Portrait: Van in Ditch

It’s been snowing for two days nonstop. And yeah, there is more on the way. I love it. This is livin’

And here’s the artistic version:

Van in Ditch portrait

For those with a more artistic bent


Quebec! #8: In Quebec, Phychiatrists probably hate April as they see their business melting away. The final snowstorm is traditionally the last weekend of March

Springtime looks mighty appealing about now

(This post is part of a collection of dozens of snapshots of French-Quebecker culture, and the subtle and not-so-subtle differences between the U.S. and French-speaking Quebec. To see the entire collect of posts, click here)


Québec! #7 What March Snow Looks Like (Video)

We BBQ’d last night. Snow this morning. Everyone who doesn’t love to ski or snowboard hates it. (Generally, it keeps on snowing all through the month of March.

(This post is part of a collection of dozens of snapshots of French-Quebecker culture, and the subtle and not-so-subtle differences between the U.S. and French-speaking Quebec. To see the entire collect of posts, click here)


Quebec! #5: “Mountains?” Maybe not, but we sure use our “hills” effectively. There are half a dozen ski slopes within 20 minutes of our place.

This is Mont Saint Sauveur. It's about 15 minutes north of our place

(This post is part of a collection of dozens of snapshots of French-Quebecker culture, and the subtle and not-so-subtle differences between the U.S. and French-speaking Quebec. To see the entire collect of posts, click here)


Québec! #2: I’ve never seen a quebecker use tire chains in the winter, and the quebeckers I’ve spoken with have never even heard of studded tires. That’s something for a country with 5 months of snow a year! (What do they do? Snow tires are required by law from December 15th to March 15th)

UPDATE: Though the title is a true statement about my experience in Quebec, several quebeckers quickly mentioned that they did indeed know what studded tires were, and that there are even quebeckers who use them from time to time.

I would, however, contrast that with my experience in Bend, Oregon, where multiple cars around me last February were equipped with studded tires. (They were ready for the inches of snow that had not yet fallen… and yes, that was sarcasm).

Haven't yet seen these in Quebec. However, I saw a ton of studded tires in the snow-less area of Bend, Oregon

(This post is part of a collection of dozens of snapshots of Quebecker culture, and the subtle and not-so-subtle differences between the U.S. and French-speaking Quebec. To see the entire collect of posts, click here)


Photo: Over a Foot of Snow Sunday

Over a foot of snow fell Sunday afternoon. Here’s a photo from La Presse near the Old Port of Montreal. This must have been taken during the storm as we don’t see a whole lot of accumulation yet:


Follow

Get every new post delivered to your Inbox.

Join 100 other followers