Rain has showered far her drip * 16 weeks

I believe I have counted right, and there are sixteen weeks left until September 1st.

I thought, also, that spring was the perfect time to bring up another famous Scot: Donovan Leitch (born in Glasgow, no less!). His album A GIFT FROM A FLOWER TO A GARDEN, especially the second half of it, often has the flavor of old Scottish ballads. These are, in my opinion, his greatest songs. In his song, "Lullaby of Spring" (which we listen to and sing every May Day) one of the lines is:
"from the stony village kirk
Easter bells of old ring.
So begins another spring..."