What a gorgeous day. It started and ended on equally lovely notes and was nice in between. It was clear all day and light breezes from the east, eventually swung around to the west. The barometer was fairly steady, not doing much and the forecast is for those westerlies to come up tonight and tomorrow.

It is incredibly beautiful here right now with the flowers blooming everywhere, a legacy from light-keepers with gardens. Tulips, daffs, bluebells, grape hyacinth, snapdragon, phlox and calendula are everywhere, reminders the long history of the place going back to when light-keeping happened here at Race Rocks, before Canada was a country. The stone cairns bear witness to people using this place long before it was a light station and a worry today is that the Canada Geese are over-grazing and trampling these iconic and ancient cairns.

I was off-station today, my first trip since arriving twelve days ago. Everything worked well including the winch, marine railway, carriage and the Boston Whaler with its Yahama engine. Alex (my husband) came back with me and will spend a few days here.

Emil, one of the Pearson College students here over the weekend sent me this photo to include in the blog. You can see that they were enjoying being theatrical and generally had a great time on the rock.