first paddle on the Ottawa River

Gardened this morning. Sowed swiss chard, small green onions, sunflowers, and curly lettuce. There is still a chance of frost but I'm risking it.

Filmed a basketball game between my grade six students and their parents and older siblings. I think this might become a new tradition.

Went paddling with buddies, Jacqueline and Lyne, in the late afternoon. The wind, although still creating tiny ripples on the bay, was dying down. We crossed a muskrat and an unidentified sea bird. I can't find it anywhere in my bird books and I'm a little tired today.

10 things I'd like to do this summer

1. Kayak on the Upper St-Lawrence and see the great blue whale.

2. Walk up Mont-Tremblant with my best friend again.

3. Visit a beekeeper.

4. Learn to play the mandolin.

5. Cycle a different part of the island of Montreal, maybe along the Lachine canal.

6. Paddle with belugas on the Saguenay river.

7. Sit the veranda in a slightly damp bathing suit and read all day.

8. Observe white or blond bears north of Montebello.

9. Raise and release at least 30 monarch butterflies.

10. Get published.

breakfast in St-Eustache

Drove to St-Eustache just for fun. Got lost on the way home. Stopped at the racetrack.

first milkweed plants!!!

I photographed my first milkweed plants. According to JourneyNorth. Monarchs are already as far north as the Niagara peninsula.