Waning Summer

[alt_poppy]

I've been busy, packing much into these last days before the academic term begins. Pembrokeshire. Berkshire. Cumbria. Bucks. Dorset. All quick stops for this and that item. I've collected respectable numbers of gall wasps, stiletto flies, wormwood moonshiners, and cockchafer beetles, plus more late-season plants than I could list in a reasonable space. I'm on my way back to the castle by a circuitous route, but I'll arrive there well ahead of the Hogwarts Express.

I trust that all of the young people preparing for their return to school have had as lovely a long vacation as I have had--and I hope each and every one of them is taking all precautions to return to us in good health.


I wish you all fair fortune until we meet again.

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Private message to Poppy Pomfrey

[alt_sinistra]

Glad to hear you're heading safely back: I've been rather at loose ends, what with a fair portion of the staff gone. I'm looking forward to hearing about your adventures, and generally catching up. (Did you get a chance to see any starry skies while you were out rambling? I've had far less gazing time than I wanted, though I've had a chance to do more this past week.)

The YPL trips were... well, you've seen the journals, but I've other stories that might amuse you as well. Mostly the same old things and little dramas and moments best appreciated by other people who have to deal with the same students from time to time.

Tea when you get back? I know the first day is always chaos, and you'll have first years needing reassurance (and need to deal with whatever new pranks the older ones have come up with.) But sometime this week, I hope?

Re: Private message to Poppy Pomfrey

[alt_poppy]

Oh, yes indeed! Tea would be lovely.

I plan to arrive late afternoon today. Perhaps I will see you at supper?