A little party to warm up the winter a bit

^{Moonrise over Mount Megantic, December 15 with sunset. The astronomical Observatory is located on the middle summit in the photo. - Open up in a different window for full size.}

It was party time last night @ Notre Dame des Bois. We were celebrating the Capricorns among us.
Interestingly enough there were villagers, real locals, and "strangers" like me who've been living around here from 2 to 20 years. Among the Villagers, women of a certain age outnumbered their male counterparts. On the "strangers" side of things, people of different walk of life came in, especially people involved in different forms of what we cal "alternative" living and doing.
Not much is happening in the big ring surrounding Mount Megantic and such a happening deserves notice. Maude thought the whole thing, Frances joined her and the message was carried all over.
One had the feeling that most people needed to fill up a whole in socialisation, a fix of some sort, 'cause they are rarely gatherings of this type just for fun.
The day before, Maude and Frances celebrated their X birthday and in the coming days, some of the participants would do so as well.
I am not a capricorn but it's my ascendant! So was I told. Never checked that out.
There were painters with exhitions in bars, carpenters, councellor of all types, homemakers, B&B owners, part-time professionals by choice so they can devote more to projects they cherish. All interesting people.
So we drank, chitchatted and danced till 2:30am. Even the villagers stayed well pass midnight. I guess it meant it was cool enough.
At the end of a little speech, Maude asked around how everyone would feel about renewing this , say, once a month... Well, people clapped enthusiastically about the idea. And the caf� is rather OK to gather for a multitask night, eating, drinking, dancing, talking. After all, in the dead of winter it is so therapeutic to get together just to show up and realize only the wall are not talking back.

^{Interior of La bonne Etoile cafe @ NDB.}