Lilacs have been in bloom for about a week, and as the climate suits them, they stay in bloom a long time. Lilacs and Manitoulin are a match made in nature.

Manitoulin lunch—spicy local sausage, pickled egg, cheese, and Clamato juice

Very chilly north wind this morning, but full sun all day warmed things up, and wind switched west. Black and white warblers have joined the black-throated greens, and our resident winter wren is back and in full voice. Saw a monarch butterfly on the Lane, but don’t know how to explain its presence.

While the pulling boat got a coat of varnish on its brightwork, quite a lot of trimming and mowing got done.