Callie Perry is a successful family photographer living in upstate New York. She adores her two daughters, has great friends, and actually doesn't mind that her workaholic husband gets home at 9 p.m. every night-that is, when he's not traveling six months out of the year.

Callie's younger sister, Steff, on the other hand, has never grown up. She's a free spirit, living in downtown Manhattan and bouncing between jobs and boyfriends. Lately, she's been working as a vegan chef, even though she can't cook.

Lila Grossman is Callie's best friend and has finally met the man of her dreams. Eddie has two wonderful children, but also a drama queen ex-wife who hates Lila. And then there are Callie and Steff's parents, Walter Cutler and Honor Pitman. Divorced for thirty years, they rarely speak to each other.

The lives of these colorful characters intersect when they each receive a shocking note that summons them together for one extraordinary summer in Maine and changes their lives forever. This novel is about the hard choices we have to face, about having to be your parents' child long after you've grown up, and about the enduring nature of love.

Le culte du Légo

 

Mike Doyle's "Three Story Victorian with Tree" (2011): "I enjoy turning this simple, familiar toy into expressive works of art. There is a shock of seeing this toy, so familliar to most, executed on such a serious level. The puzzlelike challenge of overcoming a strict, rule-based system to create works of beauty and meaning is especially attractive to me and always keeps me coming back for more." - Mike Doyle

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Le Canada est le 3ème pays le plus heureux au monde.

Deuxième pays du monde par sa superficie, le Canada est le 3ème pays le plus heureux au monde. Nation multiculturelle, elle a réussi en à peine un demi-siècle à passer d'une économie rurale à une économie industrielle dynamique. Le Canada gagne ainsi 7 places par rapport au classement de 2009.
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When the body of a young woman is discovered in Central Park, the clock begins ticking for Assistant DA Alex Cooper and Detectives Mike Chapman and Mercer Wallace to find the killer who has breached this haven in the middle of New York City. Is the body found in the lake, under the unseeing gaze of the Bethesda angel, the first victim of a deranged psychopath, or is the case connected to other missing girls and women in years past whose remains have never been found? Just as the trio gets their first lead, the investigation is almost derailed when Mike and Alex become embroiled in a scandal.

As Alex attempts to fight the accusations leveled against her and Mike, she follows clues that range from the park’s most buried — literally — secrets all the way to the majestic Dakota, which has experienced its own share of tragedies. When another young woman is attacked in the park, a new question arises: is this enormous urban park a sanctuary—as it seems to the thousands of New Yorkers and tourists who fill it every day—or is it a hunting ground for a killer with a twisted mind?

Once again, Linda Fairstein will thrill both longtime fans and new readers with an explosive page-turner filled with a shocking realism that only she can deliver.)

Heureux 8e anniversaire

                                        Sophie et Chris

Brome / Météo de septembre 2013

Neige : N/S
Pluie : 183.0
Maximum : 16.2 / 30.5 - 11 septembre
Minimum : 12.4 / -1.5 - le 17 septembre
Nuages : 05/10
Vents : 9km
dominants : NW

Météo / Moyennes des mois de septembre

 

Brome / Septembre 2013

 

Litoria caerulea

 

magnifique façon de commencer la journée... en souriant!
Country Living

                  

Serge Chapleau, La Presse , 28 septembre 2013 

Sabrina et des copines

Mathieu et un compagnon

 

Jane Green has become a nationally bestselling author with legions of fans through her novels about the true-life dilemmas of real women, �their relationships, their careers, their loves, their triumphs and disappointments. In her latest book, Green tells the story of a group of people who haven't seen each other since they were best friends at school. When one of them dies in a terrible tragedy, the reunited friends work through their grief together and find that each of their lives is impacted in ways they could have never foreseen. Warm, witty, and as wise as ever, this is a story of friendship, of family, and of life coming full circle.

C’est aujourdhui, à 16 h 44, que l’été prendra fin officiellement pour laisser place à l’équinoxe d’automne. Cette journée sera marquée du fait que la durée du jour sera égale à celle de la nuit.

C’est l’inclinaison de la Terre qui est la cause de cette variation de la durée du jour au courant de l’année. À l’approche de l’équinoxe d’automne, le Soleil monte de moins en moins haut dans le ciel, ce qui explique que les journées raccourcissent jusqu’au solstice d’hiver. À Montréal, la durée du jour varie d’environ 7 heures dans une année.

Ce décalage est notamment responsable du fait que les saisons n’arrivent jamais au même moment d’une année à l’autre. Comme une année solaire dure 365,26 jours, il y a un décalage d’à peu près 6 heures. C’est d’ailleurs le but des années bissextiles : replacer les saisons aux bons endroits! C’est ce qui permet de conserver le calendrier civil synchronisé avec le calendrier solaire.

Pour connaître la date et l‘heure exacte d’arrivée d’une saison, il faut considérer la position du Soleil par rapport à la Terre. Ainsi, lorsque les rayons directs du Soleil arrivent du côté de l’équateur, c’est soit le début de l’automne, ou le printemps.

TODAY   |  September 21, 2013

Mystery clown spooks British town

In a sleepy English town something very strange is going on, and it has people looking over their shoulders. Known as the Northampton clown, he carries balloons, and sometimes a teddy bear, but doesn’t speak. NBC’s Duncan Golestani reports.

 

http://ca.eonline.com/news/460698/northampton-clown-terrorizes-u-k-town-at-night-but-says-he-just-wants-to-amuse-people
 

Vicky Townsley is single, solvent, and seriously successful. Features director of the hugely successful Poise! magazine, she has an amazing flat, good friends, a fantastic wardrobe . . . in short, everything except the life she wants: marriage, children, and a house in the country.

On the other side of the Atlantic, Amber Winslow has a stone mansion in Connecticut, two kids (and a full-time nanny), the requisite golden retriever, and a busy charitable commitment for the local Women's League. But she hasn't quite found the fulfillment she had expected from being a wife and mother. When she spots an intriguing contest in Poise!, Amber never expects to be picked.

Life Swap is a riotous and poignant look at what happens when two women, both of whom think their bliss lies elsewhere, walk in each other's shoes for a month only to discover that happiness is closer than they'd ever thought. A rich, clever, and sharply observed chronicle of the true lives of women, Life Swap is a must read for the modern mademoiselle that will again squarely position Jane Green in a preeminent place in women's fiction.

On the other side of the Atlantic, Amber Winslow has a stone mansion in Connecticut, two kids (and a full-time nanny), the requisite golden retriever, and a busy charitable commitment for the local Women's League. But she hasn't quite found the fulfillment she had expected from being a wife and mother. When she spots an intriguing contest in Poise!, Amber never expects to be picked.

Life Swap is a riotous and poignant look at what happens when two women, both of whom think their bliss lies elsewhere, walk in each other's shoes for a month only to discover that happiness is closer than they'd ever thought. A rich, clever, and sharply observed chronicle of the true lives of women, Life Swap is a must read for the modern mademoiselle that will again squarely position Jane Green in a preeminent place in women's fiction.

Domaine Breeze - Sutton Jonction

 

Domaine Breeze - Sutton Jonction