Hard days' work... sort of

^{Work in progress on a tin rooftop}
This rooftop is quite elaborate. Before applying any paint to it, one (me) has to scrape off the surface, which is particularly long. The only one who could do it without fear of the height around here happens to be me. Passers-by seem to fear for my well-being and I have to reassure them.

^{North view of Lac aux Araignées (Spiders Lake) from the south beach}
Tuesday the temperature was heading for toaster like heat on the rooftop, which could put me at risk. Rooftops are usually hot under the sun because of their colours (usually black)or due to the inclination or any other reasons that comes to your mind...
Thus I was invited to go canoeing and swimming at Lac aux Araignées (Spiders Lake), just east of Lac Megantic, along the Maine border. It is a rather big lake on a piece of land large like a country and belonging to one man.

^{One can almost feel the heat on this one.}
To be able to swim one has to walk almost half a kilometer in the water to reach a depth that allows swimming. That helps a lot the growth of waterlillies in this very warm water. The lake is not in a good health with the presence of this vegetation in its midst.

^{Water lilies on the lake. Beautiful but worrysome}
The sand is white and hundreds of waterlillies are floating on the curling waters. The canoe trip was rather hard on this windy day.

^{At left Lac Megantic, center Lac aux Araignées. The red line is the Maine border.}