Born that man no more may die

Happy second Sunday in Advent! Today's song is Hark the Herald Angels Sing, a favorite since I was a little girl. 

Palais Du Gare, November 2014

I'm feeling a bit under the weather, so today is a picture day. That's the Palais du Gare near Vieux Port, Quebec City. I thought it looked so pretty with a light dusting of snow. Of course, I woke up this morning to at least five inches of snow and it's been snowing all day. C'est la vie, n'est pas? 

I'm going to freeze to death.

I woke up this morning and it was zero degrees. Since I've had the same headache for the four days, I decided it was the day to skip my 9 o'clock class. It took all my willpower to leave the house and make the trek to school.

I'm currently wearing sweatpants with fleece lined leggings underneath. I went grocery shopping and I looked like this:

And I was thinking this: 

(And also this. Fyi, profanity warning.) 

Think Pink!

I will never become tired of colorful buildings in this city! During my Sunday walk I passed by this...um, tree? (I have no idea what type it is! Any botanists out there?) I thought the red against the pale pink building was gorgeous and festive.

*Pssst! Happy Thanksgiving, Americans! Eat some pie for me!* 

Sunday Walk, pt 2.

Quebec is getting ready for Christmas and looking fairly gorgeous with twinkling lights on every available tree. This weekend all the Christmas markets begin, and I'm planning on attending all of them. What can I say? Christmas is my favorite holiday. I'll be sure to take pictures of all my activities especially since one of the markets is German. (Rumor has it that the spiced wine is amazing. I'll let you know!)  

Sunday Walk, pt. 1

It's become a tradition that I spend Sundays meandering around Quebec City. I say meandering because I have zero intent or purpose when I set out. Normally I'll buy a coffee and then just follow my feet.

On this particular walk I actually brought my real camera and became a little obsessed with the winter branches and plants against all the winter hues.

Chutes de Montmorency

Before coming to Quebec, I'd never seen a waterfall before. Now I can say I've seen five. Ha! I don't necessarily want to visit waterfalls since I live in the country and spend enough time in nature. Here I prefer to spend my time exploring the city. 

But gosh darn it. The chance to photograph nature and waterfalls is too appealing! My inner naturalist comes out to play,  but I can fully blame that on my Mother. She made sure that all of us appreciated nature growing up. Nature walks, species identification and sketching our insect finds were all part of the homeschooling package. I have very found memories of growing up in the country.  

On y va! (Roughly translated: let's go!) 

Isle d'Orleans

After the beach, we headed across the river to the Isle d'Orleans. I'll never pass up a chance to photograph that gorgeous island! I'd love to stay on the island the next time I visit Quebec. It is charming and rural, just my type of place. 

When these photos were taken the trees were still holding onto their fall leaves, but now? The trees are completely stripped. It's a little sad, but the Christmas decorations are just beginning to make an appearance.

I was surprised because I'd thought it was a little early for Christmas things but then I remembered that Canadians have already had their Thanksgiving. I really think Americans should adopt an earlier Thanksgiving because then we'd have that much more time for Christmas!