We got the stone lantern yesterday. It is so perfect for the scale of the garden. We set a tealight in it last night, and sat out there and just had a quiet drink in the garden after dark, both a slightly somber occasion, remembering family, and a happy one. It's just exactly what we wanted. There will be pictures.

This morning I was determined to have our usual breakfast outdoors with our beautiful lantern, and I had just carried breakfast out to the pondside when it began to rain…a northwestern