village gossip

I kept up the tradition of an alcohol free January just like last year, the "Dropless January" and will continue the diet with a "Sipless February". Ironically, this healthy diet gave me a flu or whatever this is. Normally when I would feel I'm coming down with something,I would take a sip of cognac and feel better the next day. Now I've just been forced to drink tea in bigger quantities while staying in bed. While I've been sipping on my sweetie's handmade delicious tea, I've been watching endless episodes of Miss Marple. Both older ones with Joan Hickson and the newer ones. Anything I could found. Anybody who have read these Agatha Christie's books or watched the movies knows that a certain amount of village gossip is shared over a cup of tea. So that made me think of the little ladies I met in the Old Port. 

These ladies are called "Les Chuchoteuses" (The Gossipers). A bronze sculpture by the artist Rose-Aimée Belanger. The ladies have been sitting there gossiping since 2006 and one can't help but to be a bit curious about what their subject might be. 

They are situated on the Rue St.Paul. The street follows the Saint Lawrence river and is one of Montreal's first streets. I have walked this street many times but only this fine Saturday in January did I noticed these lovely ladies for the first time. I guess I'm not much for gossip.

"Gossip is the art of saying nothing in a way that leaves practically nothing unsaid"