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A thousand thousand stories
musings from and about our cottage in the West of Ireland
I gladly admit to defeat on that one. 🙂 I willingly surrender!
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Me, too. 🙂
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And so summer is here with the best that nature allows! By the way,Beverly Nichols is one of my favorite authors of cat tales in the British fashion.
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I might have imagined that you were a fan of Beverly Nichols, Marilyn. 🙂
Summer is, indeed here. The weather has been – different. We take the good days and enjoy them.
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Please give an update on the weather in your area. Hope all is well with you.
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Marilyn, sorry for not giving a longer answer. We are up north grandparenting, with is sheer bliss, but, boy are we tired. 🙂 Stormy weather back home and lots of rain, then every possible cloud formation heading on up. Today and yesterday have been the most perfect of weather days. Yes. All is well. 🙂
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Happy to give up!
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Indeed. 🙂
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This reminds me of when I was young and would stand with my head buried in my mother’s three lilac bushes and take a deep breath!
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Perfect memory, Janet. 🙂
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Perfect! Heady!! And a good way to lose yourself for a while. 🙂
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A week later and they are STILL emitting the most delicious fragrance. I lose myself quite often.:)
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Beautiful! My mother loved to read Beverly Nichols. I will borrow your season’s fragrance as we go into a very unfragrant phase and winter grows colder.
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Thank you, Juliet – and take all the fragrances you need right now. 🙂
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