Weather was perfect here in Montreal, not a cloud in the sky throughout the event. We walked down to the Lachine Canal, which has broad open spaces without trees, and sat with hundreds (not thousands, our plan was to avoid crowds and we did so) of neighbours, watched it all. The totality was, of course, awesome, especially the “sunset” colours in the sky around the whole sky not just the western part. Wow! There won’t be another total eclipse in Eastern Canada until, um, 2206 I think they said, so the term “once in a lifetime event” was especially true of this experience!
I’m walking 5 minutes from my house to a more open area, where we will have 1 1/2 minutes of totality. Weirdly, a few kilometers away in the northern half of Montreal, they will only get a partial eclipse; that’s how narrow the path of totality is!
Thank you, Sambora1 – that was my cat Meip, who lived with me for all the 14 years of her life (and who I still miss some 17 years after her passing). It’s my favourite photo of her, or actually of any of my cats ever.
When my family moved from rural England to California in 1967 (I was about 8), my parents told us kids to substitute that word with “tiger” because the rhyme we learned included a word that was hurtful in America. I should mention that at that time, rural England was probably 99% white, unlike, say, London.
We will get 1 1/2 minutes totality here in Montreal. Have proper glasses, and while we’re in dense city space, we also have an open Canal space 5 minutes’ walk away. Friends coming to join the view, can’t wait!
Had around 10 cm of snow here on Saturday. Today, Tuesday, it’s sunny and will reach something like 14C (c57F). Tomorrow evening, 20mm of rain. Yeah, Spring. (Still haven’t seen returning birds yet, though I’m told Canada Geese are flying home; I’ve just seen the normal “small brown job” birds that never leave, even in winter. Hopefully our cardinal will return to our backyard one day soon.)
Weather was perfect here in Montreal, not a cloud in the sky throughout the event. We walked down to the Lachine Canal, which has broad open spaces without trees, and sat with hundreds (not thousands, our plan was to avoid crowds and we did so) of neighbours, watched it all. The totality was, of course, awesome, especially the “sunset” colours in the sky around the whole sky not just the western part. Wow! There won’t be another total eclipse in Eastern Canada until, um, 2206 I think they said, so the term “once in a lifetime event” was especially true of this experience!