... or is it flying back into the coop? In any case, I fly tomorrow morning, after a last day and a half with the family in Macedon. (These cockatoos are regular guests here, too, and they were in fine form this morning. The one who looks like he's perching in the tree at right is in fact flying away.) It was a lovely day, bright and cool. I was thinking about the possibly very muggy heat of New York in July, and wondering what reverse season shock is - they say that reverse culture shock (coming back to the place you know best) is the toughest kind. But then we happened on a tree so splendidly oblivious to seasons south or north as to make all worry seem silly. It's the "ume" plum which - at least in Japan - is the harbinger of spring! It'll make the perfect stepping stone between a southern winter and a northern summer. Au revoir! It's been a wonderful year.
