June 21 ... Happy Summer...

All first days of summer should be as glorious as today was. I was lucky - I had a late start to work - which left my morning free and clear. I went on a most amazing bike ride. Up the mountain and through the woods of Mount Royal, down through the Plateau, to Old Montreal and home again. It was the perfect temperature. It smelled absolutely wonderful on the mountain, everywhere actually. The Linden trees are in bloom - and while in a week or so I will be cursing the sap or whatever shit sprays from those trees in the middle of the summer, making the whole front of the house sticky and disgusting, when they bloom it's another story all together. It smells fantastic around here. The mountain smelled of the country and while I got weepy for only a second or two - I felt ever grateful for the morning I was having. A lot of smiling on my face today.

May 27 ... A simple thing...

While my day was heavy in terms of work, it was also split - so I started early, had a nice long break, and finished late. This means too, that I walked to work twice today. My first walk was early enough in the morning and it was glorious. No more humidity and oppressive heat - just wonderful breeze on my bare arms, lovely smells, sun shining, all wrapping me up in niceness, all the while listening to Keith Jarrett. It put a smile on my face, sometimes that's enough and that's why I chose to share.