Monthly Archives: November 2016

Westmount Park

Our Friday “dog walk” through Westmount park.

“If a dog will not come to you after having looked you in the face, you should go home and examine your conscience.”  (Woodrow Wilson)

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Westmount Park

Walking amongst the piles of leaves at the edge of the park – their fragrance is amazing!  Looking closely, one can see they are from Catalpas, Limes and several species of Maples. A group of small children were enjoying throwing handfuls  of leaves at one another.

I sometimes wonder, watching the commercial leaf vacuums hard at work, at what point did fallen leaves became a “blight upon the land”.

 

Westmount

For some, unexplained reason, when walking our dog we leave the house  using the front door.  One would call it “force of habit”.

On occasion, we leave by our back door that leads  into a myriad of lanes built in the 1800s to deliver ice and coal to the Victorian houses that line the streets. It’s a delightful array scents for him!

The lanes are adjacent to Montreal’s best shopping (and tourist) area: Saint Catherine Street (rue Sainte-Catherine) – however; it trickles to an end within our neighbourhood. The street’s sole restaurant and coffee shop close at 3pm on Saturdays and are never open on a Sunday.

 

 

Westmount Park

Many city parks have Japanese Tea Gardens serving light lunches and tea.  Westmount Park; however,  is  home to Mouton Noir that serves excellent coffee and a choice of meals seven days a week.

I recall, several years ago, at the city’s former recreation center, a mother and her daughter selling candies and other treats to children attending summer day camps.  It was very popular until they were required to install a sink with hot and cold running water!  Even though they were forced to close, it did set the stage that indicated what  users of the facility enjoyed.

After all those years, Westmount has their unique version of a tea garden – yes, they do sell tea!

 

 

Westmount Park

Our evening “dog walk” through Westmount Park – slow and steady.

I was reading in the “Secret Life of Dogs” that their sense of smell exceeds ours by 100,00 times.  As such, compared to us, they perceive the earth in a manner that has been described, in some books, as almost “alien”!