21 Granite: I failed to notice that spring started three weeks ago! I also failed to notice that I was dead. Technically I'm "missing" and have no clues as to what happened. I engraved a memorial slab to set up in the hospital and all it says is that I went missing. I'm guessing I got hit by a drawbridge somewhere.
Funny, I had a very good turn, only a handful of dwarves were lost, but they were all named dwarves! (Zubb, Rocknlol, and now Joe).
We have plenty of food and drink and the fort is sealed to the surface as well as to the caverns. (The goblins are still outside the gate.) I've mined lots of malachite and have dug to the magma, but didn't set up forges and smelters yet. The only thing really scarce is wood. I would recommend the next overseer expand the "grotto" 1 level below the surface. You could also get a soap industry going... we now have lots of tallow saved up including about 70 units of forgotten beast tallow. I've moved most of the industries down to the floors below Lower Whimcrafted and my vision is that all the rest would follow, leaving only agriculture and military functions in Upper Whimcrafted. I still haven't done anything about the defensive weakness of Upper Whimcrafted. This would be a good area for my successor to do a megaproject ... new entryway, tower, traps, or total re-architecting if you prefer. I designated a number of male immigrants as "Troopers" fit for drafting into the militia. Right now the only "barracks" is an armor stand next to the trade depot, so you'll want to improve the facilities for our warriors.
The other big long-term project for you all is to civilize the first cavern layer. I'd still like to see it done... wall off the edges, put grates over the lakes, pave the road from Upper Whimcrafted to Lower Whimcrafted in gold. New traps should be prepared before the next FB arrives.