This morning we started early, with breakfast on the porch by 6:30, and off on our bikes by 7:15, in the cool early hours. We rode hard for about an hour--at least it was hard for me, if not for daring Delycia, who sailed down the roads sometimes far in front of me, past shadowy fields and houses just starting to stir, and past birds by the hundred singing their best. The rest of the day we spent in the shade of the yard with the supportive breezes, or up in the air-conditioned bedroom with the window shades up to see the overflowing summer trees. Dinner at Water Street Cafe with friends.