While the butterflies float by outside the window, and the blue jays flicker back and forth between the fully leafed trees, the family and I are enjoying Victoria Day weekend with bookish conversation, salads (potato, of course), cake (decorated within an inch of its young and transitory life), and, if plans unfold as they should, fireworks on the beach this evening! Let summer commence, I say.

Here's wishing you all a Happy Victoria Day tomorrow!

And, in anticipation of this evening's more modest entertainment, some Victoria Day firework footage from Ontario: