Columbines in flower, and also star flower, wild strawberry, and buttercups.

Bought 6 tomato seedlings from Ted of, Gypsy Family Farm, at the farmer's market in Gore Bay; and then planted them out in the Kagawong garden, where they will have to fend for themselves for the next week. Today was hot and humid, with a strong south wind, so it is hard to imagine frost as a threat, but we shall see.

A light shower before dinner-time, but thunder in the distance. Hearing that, Pax left his dinner untouched and went off hiding somewhere. A bit more rain would be good to settle in the tomato plants.

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Afternoon On a Hill

I will be the gladdest thing
Under the sun!
I will touch a hundred flowers
And pick not one.

I will look at cliffs and clouds
With quiet eyes,
Watch the wind bow down the grass,
And the grass rise.

And when lights begin to show
Up from the town,
I will mark which must be mine,
And then start down!

—Edna St. Vincent Millay