"Summer Afternoon"

       Thank you, "Mutts," thank you Patrick McDonnell, thank you, Henry James, and thank you even finally, I believe, Edith Wharton who quoted Henry James from a conversation on a perfect afternoon they spent together, in her book A Backward Glance.

       Yesterday longest day of the year on the solstice, today only a breath shorter I'm sure.  And these long afternoons are good for naps for both Connie and me when you can wake up and find the sun and light still g-l-o-r-i-o-u-s-l-y with us.

      Summer Afternoon . . . Summer Afternoon.