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Freezing our butts off in sunny Tadoussac!!

February 8, 2015 Jane Chambers Evans 2 Comments

Good Sunday morning,

Alan and I were chatting last night – with a nice glass of wine in front of our fireplace – and I said to him that last winter when we were in the middle of the most hectic winter of our recent lives, I had not really been able to picture what this year in the middle of the winter in the freezing cold would look like.

Now that we are here and settling into a routine of sorts, is this really what I expected? I am not sure. We both agreed that living here has exceeded our expectations on every level. I know that people wonder if we feel isolated – we don’t. It is so blessedly peaceful here in our woods. We are busy in the house with a hundred projects that we have been waiting so many years to get to, and now have time. I have joined a couple of groups – a women’s knitting group, I am going to a yoga class once or twice a week and I have become a member of a very interesting committee looking at ways to improve food stability here in Tadoussac. (more about that another time)

People are incredibly friendly, and now that we have gotten to know people, and they know we have sold our house so that we are really planning to stay, the community is making every effort to include us and help us to integrate.

What we have also seen is how very hard it is for many to continue to live here year round. We are the privileged ones without a doubt. We are retired and will be able to live the rest of our lives comfortably. At a meeting the other night with about 20 people a straw poll was taken. I take myself out as I am retired and out of the 19 remaining only 2 were working part time. All the others were not working this winter and these are young, intelligent, socially conscious people who are trying to find a multitudes of ways to continue to live here in a committed with their families in Tadoussac. Extraordinary work is being done to find any monies for projects and to develop long term strategies. The commitment and the good humour in the face of lots of obstacles is inspiring. People work hard, live hard and play hard and we are glad to be part of it.

And it is bloody cold. Many parts of the country have been struggling with the winter blast this year and our friends here have told us that we picked the best three weeks to be away. The average temperature since our return has been about -23 but with the windchill it drops another 8-10 degrees. What makes the difference, of course, is the relentless wind and we are very grateful that our passion for trees and desire to live in the woods made us keep our house surrounded.

I took some pics along the beach and the marina the other day and have posted them below. We do not yet have the depth of snow that there has been in the last couple of years. At some point while we were away there was quite an ice storm. The school grounds and the front lawn of the hotel Tadoussac keep getting windswept and are literally like a skating rink.

looking across from the marina to the hotel

We took a trip up to Chicoutimi this week to do a Costco run. What a spectacular trip. The snow covered cliffs are just as magnificent as when green in the summer. We stopped in at St Rose du Nord and Alan took a few pictures from the wharf at the base of the bay. It is at this point in the river that there is ice all the way across. If you can imagine there were snowmobile tracks on the river. I find it so hard to imagine having the guts to go on that river in a snowmobile knowing what we know of the river. There were a couple of fish huts in the actual bay. Higher up the river at Chicoutimi , the river is completely frozen with the exception of two spots – right at the rapids and under the bridges – but even these two spaces are very small. To look across these expanses of snow and ice it looks like a moonscape. The pics below are from St Rose du Nord.

When we have visited in the winters over the last several years we have been able to walk on the beach sand and marvel at the ice floes and the hunks of ice. This year because of the big ice storm while we were away there is very little beach at all. It is solid ice which simply covers with the high tide and re-emerges again with low tide. Alan decided he needed to explore it more closely so this morning early he went down Turcot’s path – a true masochist at this time of year even if it is the best path in the summer. The dogs were so disappointed as when they got to the bottom they could not run at all as it was only ice and ice as far as you can see all the way to Pointe Rouge.

if you look closely you can see Turcot's fence putting up the good fight against the elements — if you look closely you can see Turcot’s fence putting up the good fight against the elements

Friends are coming to visit over the next couple of weeks and we are excited to show them our new guest digs! Keep that in mind – a room is waiting. I have not posted pics yet as we just picked up the last of the doors yesterday and they are not hung yet. Soon…

Our love to all and have a great day where ever you are. Jane and Alan

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Death defying roads and soaring trees

January 26, 2015 Jane Chambers Evans 2 Comments

Hi everyone, I hope you can stand another post about our trip in the sun. Alan and I just returned from road trip and now are here again in Lakewood. It was a spectacular trip of ocean hugging roads and hiking in the forest.

We started North from Lakewood (where Martha is, near Long Beach) on Sunday and went as far as San Simeon which is south of Carmel. Monday morning our first stop was to see the enormous Elephant Seals on the beach head just beyond San Simeon. It is mating and calving season so there were hundreds of gigantic seals on the beach. The males grow to almost 3 tons and the females are only half of that size. There were lots of babies as well. Ugly, loud and pretty aggressive they were amazing to watch.

We carried on up the coast and the views and beaches were spectacular. I keep using that word but not sure what else to use frankly. The color of the water was so exquisitely turquoise and the surf wherever we stopped was up at its best. Apparently now is the time of what they call “king tides” which we are assuming are our highest tides.

The coastal road is a bit on the death defying side as it hugs the coast – which is what we wanted – but it curves and curls in such a way that the speed limits run from 25-40 miles per hour for over 100 miles. What an afternoon. There are no places where you can pass but every 10 miles or so there was a turnout where anyone who wants to go even slower must pull off and let the cars go by. They announce that if there are 5 cars behind you, you need to go to the next turnaround and pull off to let people by.

We then spent two fun days in San Francisco. We stayed in a hotel within a 15 minute walking distance of Fisherman,s Wharf so we spent lots of time crawling over historic ships and through the fishing vessel parts. We ate some great sea food. Took the double decker bus tour throughout the city and rode the trolley and had our hearts stop on the way up and on the way down as well.

On the cable car before we started the downward perilous trip!

Gates at the entry to Chinatown. Looks very much like the gates in Montreal

When we went out of the city we headed again to the sea coast and then to Muir Woods where there is a spectacular Redwood stand. It is hard to capture fully in a single snapshot as they are so magnificently tall. And again these are not the Sequoia’s that are now on our bucket list, and are farther North. One section is called Cathedral Grove and as you enter they ask you to walk and speak quietly to enhance the spiritual experience. Very lovely.

Finally we hit wine country and that was another epic couple of days. We drove through beautiful agricultural country, farm after farm – fruit trees, kiwis, pistachios and on and on . Then the next day we took a drive through the beautiful vineyards of which there are so many that they can,t possibly be counted. We ended the afternoon with a wine tasting at the Buena Vista vineyard which is the first vineyard in California. It was a great experience. The sommelier was from Romania and very knowledgeable about the wine business. Because we had spent the day in the vineyards we had lots of questions.

Tasting room for small groups for Private Reserve wines

The biggest bonus of our trip was that we spent the final two nights with Lal and Ned Mundell. It was wonderful to see them mid way between Tad seasons and not only in Tadoussac. Many of you know that Ned had a very catastrophic fall in early October. While his recovery has been slow we can tell you that he is well on his way to full recovery and has been working again. It was wonderful to see him so well and to spend time with them both at their beautiful farm.

And so we arrived back in Lakewood on Friday and Saturday night all of us headed to Oceanside south of here by 1 1/2 hours. Our nephew Ian lives there and guess what? Granny Anne was down caring for the kids for a week so we got together with her and the two girls, Hannah and Abigail. It was great fun to see them as well.

Now we are getting ready for our trek home. I see by the weather map that there is big snow expected on the eastern seaboard over the next couple of days. We hope that there will still be lots of snow when we get to Tad but would just as gladly not be driving in it when we spend our first few days back. We go to Peterborough for a Christmas celebration with my family on the 31st, then to Renfrew to fetch our pooches – I hope they actually want to come home. If I understand it correctly they have forgotten we even existed and are now sleeping on Susie’s couch!! February 2nd – home in Tadoussac So next post will be full of snow again.

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2015 has arrived – in California!

January 15, 2015 Jane Chambers Evans 2 Comments

I hope everyone has had a good start to the year despite the weather. We were lucky in Tad and never lost our snow. Alan was skiing and we were snowshoeing and toboganning with the kids when they were with us for Christmas.

The good news – at least for us – is that we are now in California!!

The day we left Tadoussac was -22 with a windchill of -28 and looked like this:

Then we came to Martha’s place and wow what a different planet. I love the snow and we are looking forward to going back but this little respite is much appreciated. I have put some photos below of some of our highlights to date. The first is that Martha had to leave for a business trip and her boss told her to bring us to share her room in this very fancy hotel in Santa Barbara. Now I really feel retired as we sent Martha off to work and we just went to play all day.

We arrived just as the sun was going down so ran to the beach immediately for a nice sunset walk.

The Four Seasons Biltmore was absolutely stunning – way out of our league so very nice to play the poor cousins along for the ride. The rooms were amazing. Martha and I were drooling over the bathroom – Alan less so as you can imagine.

Most spectacular were the gardens. The hotel was originally built in the 1800’s and so is on a large piece of land. The gardens had been kept almost as a botanical gardens in itself. Alan and I spoke to one of the gardeners who said he had been tending the gardens there for 36 years so had had a great deal to do with the planting and types of growth. They had a walking path all around the property so you could admire the gardens and identify the trees etc.

orchids everywhere – these at the front door

bougainvillea along the terrasse. They are so beautiful but I had not realized that they are essentially a weed with spines and are often planted for security

fountain at the entrance to the pool and hot tubs

As difficult as it was we did actually leave the hotel itself. Alan and I are always searching for gardens, aquariums, harbors and beaches and then any other bonus historical sites.

First of course was the harbour.

Alan found his next boat

And I found mine

The boats and the harbor was pretty amazing.

We also visited Santa Barbara mission which is a very interesting piece of early California history. Started by the Franciscans in the early early days of California it has been rebuilt and restored following fires and earthquakes and remains an active parish steeped in the history and the heart of the community. They have received grants and awards for the archaeology work and the restoration work that they have done. Very beautiful place to spend a morning.

A cross was placed in this position at the entry to the property by the original Franciscan brothers who started the Mission. A cross has always remained on this spot.

stunning sculpture of the story of Mary Magdelene meeting Jesus at the tomb after the resurrection

Entrance to the side of the church from the cemetery. We were surprised to see skull and cross bones over the doors but apparently at the time it was a symbol of a cemetery - not of pirates — Entrance to the side of the church from the cemetery. We were surprised to see skull and cross bones over the doors but apparently at the time it was a symbol of a cemetery – not of pirates

magnificent fig tree which had been an ancient gift from Brothers in Australia sat in the center of the cemetery

The other place which we went that blew us away was the botanical gardens up in the Mission Canyon Valley. They have focused only on the plants and trees of California and now are part of a large group of gardens and researchers trying to find ways of dealing with the catastrophic drought conditions of California. I think we need to take more seriously our wealth – forget the damn oil sands – it is water that is going to make us a hot commodity worth invading!!

There were memorial benches throughout but I loved this one best as it was labelled Granny's bench — There were memorial benches throughout but I loved this one best as it was labelled Granny’s bench

Impossible to capture the randeur of these beautiful Redwood Cedars. These were smaller cousins as they normally grow further north in more humid and foggy climates. We sat on the benches in amongst these trees and just tried to take them all in. Now the Redwood stands are on my bucket list

An old knarled trunk - not Alan the tree! — An old knarled trunk – not Alan the tree!

This is actually an oak. They are a species call a Live Oak and they grow to great heights - as our oaks that we are more familiar with - but these have very twisted trunks with bends that are apparently very good for boat building for curved joints and butts — This is actually an oak. They are a species call a Live Oak and they grow to great heights – as our oaks that we are more familiar with – but these have very twisted trunks with bends that are apparently very good for boat building for curved joints and butts

large stream runs down through the gardens from the mountains above. Although I did not get good pics of it. this became the water source for the Mission below with an elaborate system of aqueducts and small damns.

Finally just so no one thinks we have completely forgotten our roots Martha took Alan to a Anaheim Ducks vs Toronto Leafs game last night – sad spectacle from the Canadian team. The only redeeming note was that Cory Perry who scored a hat trick for the Ducks was drafted from the Peterborough Petes where I grew up. I know grasping at straws but really Leafs – not even one goal.

Jayson plays a game on the weekend and there is actually hockey equipment hanging in the backyard to dry!! How weird is that.

So that is where we are and what we are up to. Don,t see this as gloating over the weather see it more as sharing our respite – sure that is going to work.

Landfall

Post Christmas chaos

December 27, 2014 Jane Chambers Evans 8 Comments

Merry Christmas everyone wherever you are! Wasn’t it bizarre to go to church on Christmas Eve in the pouring rain. Not my favourite, although Becky was jumping in the puddles of rain running down the main road and thinking it was very funny. Christmas morning was wonderful with lots of presents and laughing and 2 Dads trying to get the toys released from the ridiculous packages and put toys together.

Starts out nice an calmly with stockings — Starts out nice and calmly with stockings

things get progressively noisier and more fun

Eddie helping Grandpa free his rescue boat from the evil packaging

Maybe Pap can do it. — Maybe Papa can help me with Sofia the 1st!

We ended our great day having Christmas dinner with all of us and Alan and Caroline Dewart and Catie. What a treat for us to have them here for 2 seasons instead of just one! Our only sad bit was that Peggy is not with us. She went home to Taiwan to see her family as with her new job she will have no vacation for a year and the company closes only this week. We missed her very much but have been skyping so that is fun. We also skyped with the California crew and are very excited about seeing them in less than two weeks!!

My floating candles (that Heather was able to find for me in Ottawa)

PS Sometimes if you send a Pinterest idea to your husband-perhaps by mistake- it magically appears as a very cool present!!

The rain did eventually stop and we were still lucky enough to keep about half of our snow. Some of the road behind our house is very icy but once you get to the woods it is fine walking. Fun for the little ones as they don’t break through.

The sun came out today and we took full advantage. We used Tudor Hart driveway as a perfect place for 4 and 2 year old sledding!! here are some fun shots. The end of the year is soon upon us and we are having trouble imagining all that has gone on this year. So many pinch me – is it real – moments. We are feeling very blessed.

Luxury living having Grandpa and Eddie pull you up the hill

If I don't soon go inside and have my soup I am going to be asleep out here in the snow! — If I don’t soon go inside and have my soup I am going to be asleep out here in the snow!

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Christmas on the streets of Tadoussac

December 22, 2014 Jane Chambers Evans 1 Comment

Christmas is just a couple of days away and I wanted to send some pictures of the village and all its lovely decor before the sleet, rain slush that is predicted to fall from the sky ruins the beautiful snow.

I have included some of the usual landmarks- the small chapel that we all have taken photos of a million times, the marina, the boardwalk, the entry where the mariner statue stands in summer and also some of the beautiful decorations on the houses.

Wherever you are I hope your prep for Christmas is not too frantic and that you have time to enjoy the moment!

La Merveileuse is apparently open for 4 days between Christmas and New Years for gourmet dinners.

These little trees are all lit up at night

Even though the hotel is closed (except for the fellow who is charged with the maintenance work there are still decorations — Even though the hotel is closed (except for the fellow who is charged with the maintenance work) there are still decorations

The next 4 pictures are all from houses up the hill after you turn at the garage. I cannot tell you how beautiful this street is at night. Every house is covered in lights.

Also just to let you know. Those of you who would be interested André Tremblay who owns and operates the L”Eauberge de Jeunesse writes a monthly newsletter called Le Reflet. It is a very interesting read – sometimes light and funny, sometimes scathing in criticism of topics of the day, always political. We have had several occasions to meet him over the last month and it has been very interesting indeed. A lot of thought and work goes into the publication. We have not yet been able to gauge how it is received by the citizens. If you are on Facebook you can “friend” request L’Eauberge de Jeunesse de Tadoussac and you will find the Reflet there as well and other news about what is going on.

We are slowly getting involved in some things here most particularly the marina and the Ferme Hovington project. I will send out a summary probably after Christmas (the last Reflet of Dec 14 has a summary) as there may be others who might be interested in being involved.

Our love to all of you at this blessed time.

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Most amazing Tadoussac Baie photo ever

December 17, 2014 Jane Chambers Evans 3 Comments

At the end of September, Lewis and Cathy had a group of friends come and join them for a weekend at Windward. One of their friends, Tim Douherty brought his drone camera and took lots of aerial videos of our properties. He also turned the drone outward on several occasions so that we could have some panoramas of the baie. I have never seen such a beautiful shot and thought that with rain and drizzle falling on most of us for the last week or so that this would be a real tonic.

This is how it looked this morning early, so just keep focused on the sunny beach.

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Warning: This post is about Christmas decorations!!

December 16, 2014 Jane Chambers Evans 3 Comments

I felt I needed to put a warning as when I told Alan I was going to post these pics there was a lot of eye rolling!! I figured that I would start by saying that there are those among you that actually asked me to send pics of my decorations. Be careful what you wish for.

Christmas is my favourite time of year. I love the music, the decorations (did I mention that), the smell of the house with all the greenery, the food and most of all having some time with family that seems uninterrupted and relaxing for a change.

Needless to say, like everything else in this house I have been thinking about the first set of Christmas decorations since we put the first shovel in the ground – how ridiculous, I know.

First the tree – interesting as no one seems to sell trees here. We had to go to Malbaie to the big RONA greenhouse. At any rate we took a quick trip and put it up on Sunday.

Next I did the outside. It is fun as lots of people walk by especially on the weekends so it is nice to have some cheer in the woods.

And the front door

The dining room next

The kitchen – yes even the kitchen

The living room

You already saw the tree but I put stuff everywhere. What other time of the year do you get to decorate – you might as well take advantage.

Finally even the bathroom got a little touch

We are hoping to have the basement finished during this weekend – just in the nick of time- so I will be able to do this all over again down there. I saved some decorations. The little ones will be in the family room and guest room so I saved all my little one stuff for there.

One last little silly thing. I started thinking about the people who walk along the path at water’s edge in the winter with their dogs and kids. People often talk to us about how they finally found where we are in the woods so I decided to add ‘un petit cadeau’ in the forest. Right at the corner of where our property meets Tudor Hart at their gate there is a small but lovely spruce tree. I decorated it with little plastic balls and gold ribbon so that when you walk by you have a surprise. My pictures did not turn out too well as the silver balls blend into the snow in the background but perhaps you will get the idea. (I really need Santa to bring me a more sophisticated camera!!)

And now for the weather report!! A few flakes of snow are falling and not a minute too soon. We had a real thaw over the weekend and then a freeze so it is very icy and no skiing or snowshoeing at present. Phooey. WE want to be able to slide with the little ones so hopefully it will smarten up – just no snow on the 24th which is travel day for Michael and the family.

I will post a little tour of the basement when we are finished. Guest accommodations are almost ready!!

Have a great day. Oh yes the last posted view was from Sprucecliff looking up towards Pointe Rouge. More to follow.

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View #4 answer and a new one to take a look at

December 9, 2014 Jane Chambers Evans 3 Comments

Good morning,

Alan always used to say that he knew exactly who was calling on the phone if I started with a weather report. Being farmers my parents words right after hello was always “So what’s the weather like down there today?”

So Gwen is getting whacked with a ton of rain and the rest of us some measly bit of snow. It is even predicting that we will get a bit of rain but we are hoping they are wrong. It will ruin the nice white snow we have. The bigger storm will pass south of us so far but it is dark and dreary here today.

The last view was indeed from William’s lawn. It was such a lovely day the day that I took the shot.

Now here is one taken from an odd angle on a lawn to hide identifiers see what you think.

Good luck with the Christmas rush. I decided that because I was retired I would make some of my gifts – because I had so much time – what was I thinking!! At any rate I am trying to redeem myself and at least get the cards out before Christmas. Then I will make the same resolution as I do every year at this time – next year things will be different around here.

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Marché de Noel in Tadoussac December 8th

December 9, 2014 Jane Chambers Evans 2 Comments

What a great weekend we have had. This weekend was the Marché de Noel which is a huge 2 day bash that combines a large bazaar of Tadoussac artisans as well a few from Escoumins and Les Bergeronnes.

Friday was the set up in the morning. The whole thing took place at the L’Eauberge and the great main room was emptied and set with tables etc. then we did a major cleaning and decorating.

Saturday morning everyone arrived early and set up their tables. It was great fun and lots of interesting stuff for sale. One room was completely hand crafts and the bar was set up with those who were selling food – sausages (chocolate and poivre rose: raspberry/cumin – you had to taste to believe – wow); spaghetti sauce (Gibard); oils vinegars, teas etc (Bakery) and preserves and homemade breads and tourtiere).

Amazing drift wood carving by artist Andre Nicolas

Remember Fimo? Some very cute decorations for the tree and some darling Christmas earrings

Lots of amazing handmade jewellry — Lots of amazing handmade jewelry

And too cute for words the primary school had made Christmas tree decorations, painted mugs and offered a wrapping service. I am happy to report that every single thing they made was sold. So exciting for them.

20141207_094110 — Melanie Lebel had a terrific display of potions, aromatherapy, crystals and other healing sources. She is well known as a healer in the village. Very interesting to get to know her.

The biggest excitement for the children , of course, was the arrival of Santa Claus. Guess what -he arrived at the Caisse (for those from out of Quebec that is the bank and it is on the main corner of the village) and rode up the hill on the back of a nicely decorated Lamarche tow truck!!. Everyone met at the appointed place and the fire, police and first responder personnel escorted Santa and the children up the hill to L’Eauberge. Santa led them into the little outside village set up for this purpose and then his chair was placed at a discreet distance so each child could have a private audience with Santa to share their wishes. The yard was beautifully decorated there was even an ice bar with frozen juice slushies for the kids and substantially more potent juices for the adult types!! There were marshmallow trees and a fire pit to roast them on. It was really very special – and this was only day 1.

Santa leads the children and their parents to the L'Eauberge — Santa leads the children and their parents to the L’Eauberge

Firs responders and fire personnel carry Santa's throne — First responders and fire personnel carry Santa’s throne

Parents and children all arrive together with Santa

Marshmallow trees . You can take the branches and cook over the fire

On day 2 there was more of the same but the end of the day there was a closing party for all the volunteers and the artists. First there was a terrific choir made up of adults and children from Tadoussac to Longue Rive. The music was wonderful and it was a real singalong as well which was a lovely ending.

Then a less sedate party started in the bar. Children of the volunteers were allowed to attend and two local very well known musicians Eric Cyr (dark hair – rocker in summer and traditionalist in winter) and Raoul Hovington (grey hair) played traditional, foot stomping, hand clapping music for 2 hours straight. Some of the children were helping to keep the beat and Sean Thompson , who many of you know from marina was fantastic guitar accompanist. The place was rocking and the drink flowed. Alan and I were given what we suppose is the Tadoussac version of a Newfoundland screech – in and we were given a shot of what can only be translated as Beaver Balls shots. There was something floating in the bottle and I have no idea what it really was and when they tried to tell me I refused to listen!! We instantly needed a beer and a glass of wine to wash it down!! Oh man.

Sean Thompson on extreme left, two local children then Raoul and Eric in front. This picture does not at all capture the sheer fun of it all.

Another great community event to launch into the Christmas spirit. For us an amazing way to meet lots of people as we begin to get more and more into the community.

On the Saturday night Alan and I went to a local dinner dance that is sponsored by the local club for people 55 and older. There was an amazing dinner – cooked by the Chantmartin and throughout the evening dancing. Of course Alan and I were the only ones that no one knew so we were quite the object of interest. Everyone has been super friendly and again, as in most small communities these events are a wonderful mix of many generations. Alan sat beside a couple who knew his Dad very well and so they were thrilled. and so was Alan. I actually won a brunch at the Chantmartin for the next day and when we arrived there was a whole room of people who had been at the dance and they all started joking with us about staying up late and partying.

I imagine that it will quiet right down now. The constant thread of conversation amongst the women was “as soon as this weekend is over, I have got to get my own stuff done!!” I feel the same way. I was sewing all day today and need to get some baking done. The tree and decorations will be Saturday. The basement progresses. We told Michael that as of yesterday he could take a shower but could not yet pee as there is no toilet!!

We feel like our progress in the community has taken some big steps this weekend. Slow and steady wins the race.

Hope you are all well.

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Answer View #3 and next view

December 4, 2014 Jane Chambers Evans 3 Comments

Bright, cold and howling wind here today. I have a feeling that the howling wind is the big constant. So many people have put up shelters around their doors. Even the post office has created a shelter because they get really swept being on top of the hill. Everyone is covering their houses with decorations and especially lights to ward off the long dark days – really very pretty. We got about 6-7 cm of snow overnight.

View #3 was taken from the Dewart platform directly in front of the little white house. I took this one (view 4) this morning. So many of our houses have a similar view but just a twist of difference. Here is the next one.

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Freezing our butts off in sunny Tadoussac!!

Death defying roads and soaring trees

2015 has arrived – in California!

Post Christmas chaos

Christmas on the streets of Tadoussac

Most amazing Tadoussac Baie photo ever

Warning: This post is about Christmas decorations!!

View #4 answer and a new one to take a look at

Marché de Noel in Tadoussac December 8th

Answer View #3 and next view

Loving life at Landfall, Tadoussac, Quebec