On my way home last night I saw an ad for the Magic of Laterns in the Chinese Gardens near the Big Owe. Yes, Montreal may only have "China block and half" but we do have Chinese Gardens. Then again, everywhere in this city is China town just like everywhere is Greek town or Haitian town. Montreal is simply no longer easy to divy up via ethnic boundaries. Even the traditional French English split east and west of St. Laurent Boulevard (St. Lawrence to American tourists) is blurring. So be it! Bring on diversity and all of her beautifully mixed trilingual children.
That was a bit of a tangent. "And now back to the original purpose of this post ..." So, I called gorgeous last night and we arranged to meet this evening at seven by the gates to the Botanical Gardens. I'm going to bring a little snack and some hot chocolate. Then again it might be too hot for hot chocolate. It is currently 15'C outside and the forecast indicates that it will be 19'C later. Unheard of in Montreal at this time of year. The world is ending but at least the flowers are prettily blooming.
Have a good weekend!
Rachel ****
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