Hodge Podge

Today I have multiple things to write about so I decided to bundle them all together... 

 This picture was taken on Napoleon st. Near the top,you

can see Mount Royal and the cross. It lights up at night.

It was erected in 1643 by Paul Chomedey de Maisonneuve (the city's founder)

 fulfilling his vow to the Virgin Mary in his prayers to end a disastrous flood.

The cross is made of steel and consists of 1,830 pieces joined by 6,000 rivets weighing 26 tons. It is 31.4 metres tall and its arms span 11 metres and it stands 252 metres above the St. Lawrence River. Following the latest renovation, it is lit by 158 18-LED bulbs.Next to the cross, a plaque marks the emplacement of a time capsule buried in 1992, during Montreal's 350th birthday celebration. It contains messages and drawings from 12,000 children, depicting their visions for the city in the year 2142, when it is scheduled to be opened.

It is one of my favorite things from Montreal and I would like to thank Wiki for 

that bit of history of our cross. I remember when I was a wee girl I saw the cross with red lights

during Holy week.

NEXT!!!

A couple of weeks ago I was looking for fennel italian sausage 

at the grocery store and could not find any....

I wrote the company and lo and behold they invited me to their company store!

 It was so clean and exotic!

Dad would've love that!

He was super curious and was always amazed

of how I would find out about good deals and special places!

 I got my special sausage at half price!

YAY for me! 

Next!

 What enchants me about Easter candy are the beautiful shiny colors.

Most of the time I am disappointed with said candy...

 Look at those beautiful eggs!

I want them all because they are so shiny, bright and colorful....

But I know I will be disappointed!

NEXT!!!

Since Spring is officially here...

This is officially the first Spring sprout.

Forget me not that I got in my Xmas stocking.

I think the tomatoes are sprouting too !

Until next time...

Take care and stay thrifty!

Well...

Well, I wanted to post about the seed catalogs I've been receiving....and took a couple of pictures....

But this morning I got a new Apple download for my phone and guess what? My phone can't connect with my computer and I'm too tired to deal with this.....

And this is what I don't like about the Apple cult, you buy a product and then you have no idea wat is happening!

For the past week I haven't been able to put songs in specific playlists...why? I have no idea!

I think that if I need another intelligent phone that I will buy another kind outside of the Apple cult.

Maybe a Samsung or a Blackberry

 

Chocolate Stanley cups??? Really?

 

As if we needed another excuse to buy chocolate! LOL

 

Be well!

 

Linda, I hope Mr. Toes is getting better, he is constantly in my prayers 

 

I met Lenny!!!

Not too far from Cliff's is where Lenny the chocolate Moose lives.

Yes you read right, a chocolate moose. He lives in the Len Libby store, which sell candies,chocolates and ice cream.

Believe it or not (but I swear it's true!) I was all sugared out and even the sight of fudge made me feel queasy....So I didn't buy anything.
But I was sure glad to meet Lenny. Yes it is made of real chocolate, all 1700 pounds of it! I was quite surprised because he looked much better than in the pictures i'd seen on flickr (he looked all white, like old chocolate).

The pond he was standing in was a bit dusty....Un-Yum!

Here's a close up of one of Lenny's pals a cute bear cub,also made of chocolate. But why the pink cap?

I'm glad I saw this. I think it's a once in a lifetime thing. It was weird and funny at the same time.

Today we started country line dance courses. That was a hoot! We learned 2 dances: the canadian stroll and the electric slide. I can't wait for next week! And to think that I don't even listen to country music! LOL

Happy Easter!

Happy Easter!

Happy Passover!

Don't eat too much chocolate...LOL