Summer brings sunshine, warm and flowering.

Last summer had meant lots of Sam Adams Summer Ale by herself on hot weekend days when it seemed like just her and the Dominican Day parade.

Now the windows, blinded by the glare of the empty square, had fallen asleep. The balconies declared their emptiness to heaven; the open doorways smelt of coolness and wine.

The light of an early Summer afternoon as it slips toward dusk has so many good things wrapped up in it..