A awful serenity has taken possession of my entire soul, like these sweet mornings of spring which I enjoy with my whole heart. I’m alone, and feel the charm of actuality in this spot, which was created for the bliss of souls like mine. I’m so happy, my dear friend, so absorbed in the exquisite sense of bare tranquil actuality, that I neglect my bents. I should be unable of drawing a single stroke at the present moment; and yet I feel that I noway was a lesser artist than now.