When did this happen?

I just looked outside and noticed that all trees seem to be covered in leaves.



When did this happen?

How did this escape my notice until now?

A Few Quick Notes 117

-Today was another beautiful day in Montreal. It seems that we are having warm weather for a longer period of time than last year. Still, the leaves have started to turn and in some cases fall. There is one section of sidewalk not far from where I live that is covered in leaves.

-As of several days ago I started to put things on my walls. As has been the case for most of my life, I have typically chosen maps as wall coverings. The same trend has continued in this new apartment. As of right now I have two maps of Montreal, one a street map and one a public transit map, a map of Canada, a map of the US, a map of the world, and a map of the Island of Newfoundland.

-Collins was in town for a few days this past weekend. On Saturday night a few of us played Settlers and were amazed at how hot/due some numbers were. Unfortunately, my game didn’t come together and I was slaughtered in both games.

-While working a special function yesterday I was able to bartend of the first time. I was asked to hop on the bar once the line started to go outside. Because it was a drink ticket based event things were relatively straightforward and I didn’t have to make any fancy mixed drinks.

-It seems that my pocket dictionary has a list of two letter words in the back. Though they don’t come out and say it directly, I am pretty sure that they are meant for Scrabble players. The only problem, as noted by Nithum, is that not all of the two letter words they list are in the official Scrabble dictionary. On the other hand, if you can define a word and know its origin one might be less likely to challenge you (if you play that way).

-It has been a week and I am still somewhat under the weather. It seems that I am not as ill as I was about a week and a half ago, which is quite nice. Hopefully I will be back to normal health for the first time in months shortly.

-The Globe and Mail offers a drastically reduced subscription offer to current students. If you are interested in the paper this is definitely the way to subscribe (that is if you are a student). It seems that the discount is approaching 50% off of the advertised regular subscription rate.

A Few Quick Notes 101

-Today has been a very strange day in St. John’s. I awoke to a blue sky and what looked like a beautiful day. By about 10:00 I was certain that it was going to pour. By 12:00 it was dry and even more beautiful than earlier in the morning. A few minutes later it was raining, though still bright and sunny. Now it is relatively clear and dry. The only constant throughout the day was wind, which was unrelenting.

-I don’t have a bun in the oven, but I do have two loaves of bread there. Three have been completed and there are 5 more to go.

Not only have I made a significantly larger batch of bread than last week, I have also do this with less freezer space. I am sure that I will be able to figure something out.

-This afternoon my sister and I cleaned my laptop keyboard with cotton swabs and window cleaner. While it doesn’t have the typed on feel, it does look much more presentable. I think it is now clean enough that I won’t be embarrassed when I open it in front of people who are not family members.

-Leaves are finally visible on most trees, though only in a few cases fully formed. I guess the next step is for these newly formed leaves to be consumed by elm span worms.