To the Beautiful Summer!

So, I did not die in the Spring, as my dreams foretold,l though a great deal of shedding continues. I think we'll have a beautiful summer.

"...'Hearken to an old man's words, who has not many hours to live. There is nothing in this world to fear, nothing to revere or trust, nothing even to hope for; least of all is there anything to love [...]Fools you are; be fools forever...it is the best thing I can wish you; boy and girl, be boy and girl until you have grandchildren.'
-Lorna Doone (1869) by R.D Blackmore