I present the third in my series of seasonal illustrations; 'Sumer Is Icumen In'. (Watercolour, ink, pen and gouache on paper.) To celebrate the engorging sun, as midsummer approaches; a palimpsest of folkloric and mythological symbolism pertaining to nature, the beasts and birds, the fecundity of the wood and the meadow, the lost gods of Britain, and the sacredness of the growth that surrounds at this time of the year. The sources of image and idea woven into this piece are