It’s summer, glorious summer! The solstice was last night at 10:22 eastern time. It’s time to go jump into some water. Fantastic fruit will be coming our way soon. Strawberries. Raspberries. Blueberries. And… in only about four and a half weeks: apples. It’s been a good year so far. A suitably cold winter, a slow, cool spring with no scary warm stretches, plenty of rain, plenty of sun. Despite the recent Fire Blight and the ever-curious and sometimes chaotic behavior of those weird creatures we call humans, the apples trees are once again—as they’ve been doing for the three million years (or so)— sprouting new leaves and a dazzling and mind-blowing assortment of fruit. Let summer begin.