Montreal was blessed with beautiful weather for Christmas day and I was glad to have a bit of time to get out to enjoy it and get some Mount Royal winter shots – Plus I got to work off some of the extra calories that have been consumed over the previous days 🙂

Although it was a nice day, I thought this guy was a bit underdressed in shorts and sandals on Mount Royal, but credit to him for taking a run on Christmas day…

Shorts and sandals in winter
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We were not alone getting a breath of fresh air up on Mount Royal…

Mount Royal staircase
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Red Berries
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A Crisp winter day on Mount Royal
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Skiers on Mount Royal
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Christmas day on Mount Royal
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Christmas day on Mount Royal
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With the little ice rain we had on Sunday and the continued cold spell, Mount Royal has looked magical all week with the trees being covered in a thin layer of ice.

Mount Royal Cross
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While on avenue du Parc, I noticed next to the cross, what looked like a section of a rainbow. I imagine the coloured light was formed by ice crystals in the air and the low sun. Maybe there’s a scientific name for this phenomenon, but I’ll just call it a mini-rainbow.

Mount Royal Cross with mini rainbow
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McGill University Health Centre
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Avenue du Parc
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Frozen window
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Icicles
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Boxing Day and some light snow

I also managed to get a few shots today. Rather than clear blue skies, the air was filled with nice fluffy snow flakes, perfect powder snow and made me wish I was out skiing, but a walk through Saint Louis Square was about as close I got to the country today.

Saint Louis Square
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Saint Louis Square
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Saint Louis Square
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The squirrels were out in force foraging for food, and this little guy was particularly inquisitive.

Inquisitive Squirrel
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Having had the day off yesterday, the Montreal snow clearing and removal crews were out on the roads again today cleaning the streets and sidewalks after the storm last weekend.

I wanted to get a shot of one of the snow ploughs on avenue Laval, but having some of the light snow that was falling in focus rather than the plow and background. I will need to try this again when there’s more snow in the air 😉

Snow removal
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I’m off to Québec City tomorrow and will be sharing some pics on my return.

Thanks for stopping by. Until next time.

– Martin

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