I lean and loaf at my ease

Saints and Trees is taking a break.

In the meantime, here are some summertime images, quotations, and whatnot, for your delectation:

Enjoy!

I loaf and invite my soul,

I lean and loaf at my ease observing a spear of summer grass.

–Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass

Summer Books for my Hammock

Gershwin’s “Summertime” with an Island View