Oh, I’m glad it is still warm. We are having a chilly spring, but at least all the snow has melted from the roads and pavements so I can ride my bicycle. In my borough and the ones just south and just north of it, we have an extensive network of cycle lanes, which makes it much safer. That isn’t the case yet everywhere in Montréal, though it is immproving. The only gardening I’m doing now is starting some seeds and taking cuttings from overgrown houseplants (my jade plant is huge and needs a bigger pot, but I can’t do this without help). I already have one ready to leave at the house of my friend who has wintered over in Cuba.
My friend who spends boreal winter/austral summer in her native Argentina won’t be returning until May, when it is full spring here.
One of the members of my housing co-op is a horticulturist at the Botanical Gardens here, but we don’t want to abuse her skills. I just need two more hands to transplant my jade tree, who is 20 years old.
I only do balcony gardening of herbs and perhaps some tomatoes, because our actual gardening space behind the triplexes is very shady and not much edible will grow there; we have mostly shade-loving plants and some lilacs that manage to flower. We can’t plant edibles on the tiny postage-stamps in front of the buildings because too many people walk their dogs. At least the louts who don’t clean up after them have mostly left the area, but even too much no 1 isn’t good for crops! And there is pollution from cars and trucks.
Yes, the shoes seem not only comfy but supportive enough for walking. And pretty enough to wear with a skirt, and acceptable for most of the times I work at conferences and meetings.
I have a Portuguese poster from this day last year, Dia internacional do livro infantil, with four children reading on the back of a friendly tiger! (Have been a harcore catperson from their age or even younger…)