and divides evil. this has been some trip. in the short time that i have been here i have seen some things that really amazes me, the culture, the people the buildings and this history behind this place called Quebec. i often thought or i should say that this was a province within canada that at one time there was much division within canada. seeming now it`s a province that has over 400 years of history. I don`t think there is any other place within the americas like this. The flight here was fine and then it`s a very different climate in comparison to western canada yet there is something to be said with regards to Quebec. Culture, culture and more culture. I have seen buildings that are so amazing. in the short period time the people they are very different yet there is commonality. To talk with a few people and right away they can switch to english so fast and so graciously...I really feel like I am in europe. I have to say that as it really is something to me and yes i am easily amused when it comes to cultures...what i find most thus far is how open people are. There is an ease a way that i really don`t know how to explain. how far this has come to days of the past were up to a time there was a large division within canada between Quebec and the rest of the country. probably there would be some with some of the older folk yet i have yet to met one. Soon I will be going to a birthday party for a very respected elderly person. I can`t wait....as well I will be meeting with one person thereafter I will write on that has a vast array of history behind him. I am seeing things from another scope. it`s very difficult to write on it as I could write three logs on this but i literally don't have as much time yet each one you and you know whom you all are I truly have and am honored to be a friend on here. So i shall try to load up a few pictures on here as i have my small old one and then .......another that over the weekend I will be able to show more. But I felt that this evening here at 8pm I would do a small write and there is a great photography book that had this quote on the back....
``there is no desert like living without friends - friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil - it is the soul remedy against misfortune, like fresh air to the soul`` Baltasar Gracian
wishing you a good night and a great day tomorrow.
ReplyDeleteAnd the very same to you Parrie...
ReplyDeletethanks for updating ..glad all is well..[hugs]]
ReplyDeleteVery pleasant update thank you. Gracious and polite people are like a breath of fresh air. I look forward to seeing the future photos. I am unable to spend as much time here right now will catch up on blogs more later. Goodnight
ReplyDeleteI am glad you are having a good time :), Keep yourself well. Looking forward to the pictures.
ReplyDeleteQuebec sounds simply wonderful and I am looking forward to seeing your photo's. You sound happy Jack!! ~smile~
ReplyDeleteLove the final quote ......
I love the photo of the window!
ReplyDeleteI may have said I've visited Canada a few times. There was a major difference between Canada & the U.S. I was mostly impressed by the people, & then the cleanliness of the cities & villages. There was also a charm to it that I've only found in Carmel...hanging baskets & window boxes of flowers, that sort of thing.
Thanks for keeping in touch. I'm pleased this trip is turning out so well for you.
"it's the soul remedy" Yes, it is the good we do that builds our soul.
ReplyDeleteYou sound content...Hope the feeling continues...Love the reflection in the window...makes a great frame.
ReplyDeleteoh i am in touch with that emotion :)
ReplyDeleteRashmi, it`s ironic you mention this as for two days straight I caught a infection my lungs came to be so...well we shall leave it at that..the change of weather as ironically it`s cooler here or the sea level here as i was hit with a bug like i never have been within my lungs. And last night i was going to place some on but literally I wished to get rid of this so the lights went out at 9.....yet i have never ate as well as what i have been now. Mind you there is someone within my life that is sweet so I thought I would get a gift of specialized chocolates....pictures shall come this here was one that I had taken the place was right near this lake which I can`t recall the name...the strangest thing if I may add it to once again see real weeping willows. Second to that a marina believe it or not....when your in the west you never see boats like this.
ReplyDeleteLynne, I was going over these two large photography books one was titled Friendship the other was Love...when I saw the back of it the night that I was looking it over the quote literally took me.
ReplyDeleteQuebec and British Colombia in Canada are the two provinces I have never been too. i had been through Quebec and know the history of it well, but i think it`s the second largest city in all of Canada....
I found the quote to be too good to pass up (would quote it again but no on my own computer).....smiles back...
Lucija in the 60s and 70`s I think there were yet western canada is very american....countless times this was talked about as my father was there in the USA on diplomatic status. Affording me to really become a yank...back then and even back then years ago when I returned back into Canada everyone in NY used to say how clean canada is but, i think it all depends on where you are. It all depends on where you are. Saskatoon right now I find to be much cleaner. This is a trip that so many now have been asking me on the phone what my intentions are......i think between now and right before the new month I shall know....
ReplyDeleteI do wish to keep in touch with everyone as there are some friends on here that literally have been there during very hard times over last year when I returned from a city named Edmonton and literally had a host of situations. So it is going well, cadence is the key and one has to take another person into consideration I mean myself now within my life.....
Hugs there friend!
Dj yes now I truly have a question for you are you an american living in France.
ReplyDeleteI find that the quote and the pictures of this book really reminded me of this song, ``one love``...
all good things take time, they take that compromise, that understanding ......I can say that as time goes on it`s not as easy in comparision to being younger. There have been slight differences now and then but the understanding that they can be surpassed IF THERE IS COMMUNICATION.
ReplyDeleteI never intended on coming here on a whim....so I think it really is all about having some of your own time as well as keeping something of value alive. I am content that day I took that picture was one day that there were two very happy faces and as well content ones. I loved the picture as it literally looked so european to me. Very different to what I am used too seeing very...