The document provides observations from walks around Verdun, Montreal. Locations mentioned include Rue Galt with Notre Dame des Sept Douleurs in the background, De l'Eglise metro station, Rue Wellington which is usually busy, a shop window on Wellington with bright colored dolls, turning onto 2nd Avenue because a building looked nice, nature appearing in unexpected places, downtown towers visible from Rue de Verdun, colorful leaves on 2nd Avenue in mid-November, a quiet but seldom deserted 2nd Avenue, an unusual depanneur storefront on 2nd Avenue, Avenue Rielle being as grandiose as Verdun gets, and the Canal de l'Aqueduc where old childhood pursuits