Was in the vicinity of a used bookstore the other day so I went in for a look. I was in search of some paperbacks to end the summer. I checked out the racks, starting at the end of the alphabet, and tried to find some Vonneguts but nothing jumped out at me – so I asked the clerk for some help.

She came back a few moments later with a copy of Mother Night and said that was all she had. I barely noticed some scribbling on the title page and it reminded me of how much I hate it when people deface books by highlighting or underlining. In this case it looked like doodling. It was only when I got home that I took a better look and realized I had scored a Kurt Vonnegut autograph from 1995! Not bad for a 3 buck purchase.

Old Montreal’s Bonsecours Market.

Bonsecours Market from the Old Port. Click for full size.

Bonsecours Market (French: Marché Bonsecours), at 350 rue Saint-Paul in Old Montreal, is a two-story domed public market. Named for the adjacent Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours Chapel, it opened in 1847. Construction began in 1844 by architect William Footner, and was completed in 1860 by George Browne. Bonsecours Market housed City Hall between 1852 and 1878.

Canadian Lynx or hybrid? This pussy cat looks like a Blynx to me: possibly a hybrid of a bobcat (Lynx rufus) and a Canadian lynx (Lynx canadensis).

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A beautiful albeit cool August day. Took the afternoon to shoot some interesting birds.

Immature wood duck. Click for full size.

Strange Brew. Click for full size.

Barn Owl. Click for full size.

Antique Wine Cart at the Castello di Amorosa. Calistoga, Napa Wine Country, California. July 2009.

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