tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68307827000691701322024-03-13T10:35:56.193-07:00Victoria A Return to LovelinessKathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00310044533488593888noreply@blogger.comBlogger107125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6830782700069170132.post-26444656325575559722012-08-24T15:22:00.005-07:002012-08-24T15:22:49.597-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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With the ebb and flow of the things that you must do each week,</div>
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I feel it is very important to take time to feed your romantic heart.</div>
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We all have things that call for our attention, or things that weigh</div>
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That is why, taking time for what calms us, what creates peace in our</div>
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I do love to take time for tea; to listen to soothing music and to read</div>
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lovely things.<br />
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'<i>Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble,</i></div>
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<i>whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are</i></div>
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<i>lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and</i></div>
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<i>ifthere is anything praiseworthy - meditate on these things.</i></div>
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I found this delightful little book published several years back by</div>
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Victoria magazine, 'The Romantic Heart'. I was particularly drawn to</div>
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Inside is a compilation of Delightsome photos and poetry that had</div>
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been included within the pages of the classic Victoria Magazine.</div>
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It is truly a feast for the eyes, heart and mind.</div>
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I adored these roses when I purchased them and because I was unable</div>
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I love that the Allium heads and the roses tone of color is so very similar.<br />
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A previous Vintage Inspiration post by Debra at <a href="http://commonground-debrasvintagedesigns.blogspot.com/">Common Ground </a>featured</div>
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I moved temporarily the French Bottle Rack I got from Amy Chalmer's store,</div>
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Maison Decor I had already hung some of the dried roses and had changed over </div>
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To enhance the soft whites and the sepia colors already on my desk, I added</div>
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After a bit of tea, and after reading some of the lovely poems on the pages</div>
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of The Romantic Heart, I am rejuvenated, restored and ready to enjoy </div>
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the day's events - come what may!</div>
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With the ebb and flow of the things that you must do each week,</div>
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I do love to take time for tea; to listen to soothing music and to read</div>
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lovely things.<br />
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'<i>Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble,</i></div>
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Inside is a compilation of Delightsome photos and poetry that had</div>
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been included within the pages of the classic Victoria Magazine.</div>
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I adored these roses when I purchased them and because I was unable</div>
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I moved temporarily the French Bottle Rack I got from Amy Chalmer's store,</div>
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Maison Decor I had already hung some of the dried roses and had changed over </div>
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I do love to take time for tea; to listen to soothing music and to read</div>
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lovely things.<br />
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'<i>Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble,</i></div>
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Victoria magazine, 'The Romantic Heart'. I was particularly drawn to</div>
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Inside is a compilation of Delightsome photos and poetry that had</div>
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been included within the pages of the classic Victoria Magazine.</div>
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I adored these roses when I purchased them and because I was unable</div>
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A previous Vintage Inspiration post by Debra at <a href="http://commonground-debrasvintagedesigns.blogspot.com/">Common Ground </a>featured</div>
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a lovely blogger, <a href="http://www.missgracieshouse.blogspot.com/">Miss Gracie's House</a>. One of the photos shared was a beautiful<br />
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I moved temporarily the French Bottle Rack I got from Amy Chalmer's store,</div>
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Maison Decor I had already hung some of the dried roses and had changed over </div>
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To enhance the soft whites and the sepia colors already on my desk, I added</div>
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This notepad is the only spot of color that remains on my desk - I just love its cover.</div>
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After a bit of tea, and after reading some of the lovely poems on the pages</div>
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With the ebb and flow of the things that you must do each week,</div>
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I feel it is very important to take time to feed your romantic heart.</div>
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We all have things that call for our attention, or things that weigh</div>
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heavy on our minds - life is never stagnant.<br />
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That is why, taking time for what calms us, what creates peace in our</div>
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hearts - is so very important.<br />
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I do love to take time for tea; to listen to soothing music and to read</div>
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lovely things.<br />
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'<i>Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble,</i></div>
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I found this delightful little book published several years back by</div>
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Victoria magazine, 'The Romantic Heart'. I was particularly drawn to</div>
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Inside is a compilation of Delightsome photos and poetry that had</div>
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been included within the pages of the classic Victoria Magazine.</div>
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It is truly a feast for the eyes, heart and mind.</div>
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I adored these roses when I purchased them and because I was unable</div>
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A previous Vintage Inspiration post by Debra at <a href="http://commonground-debrasvintagedesigns.blogspot.com/">Common Ground </a>featured</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">the diminutive blossoms are a paler version of their spring self.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>The Birds of Morning pro musica</i>". It captures </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">the joyful </span></div>
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Inspiration (from the Latin inspirare, meaning "to breathe into") refers to an unconscious burst of creativity in a literary, musical, or other artistic endeavour.</span></i><br />
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">To some, inspiration comes from unseen beings - muses. To a Christian, inspiration and beauty come from God. To ponder on the thought that God is the source of inspiration and creativity - one realizes how beautiful it really is. </span></i></div>
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">'And he has filled him with the Spirit of God, with skill, with intelligence, with knowledge, and with all craftsmanship, to devise artistic designs, to work in gold and silver and bronze,'</span></i><br />
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">God created such a complex and glorious work of art in this world and in the universe surrounding us, no wonder mankind has been inspired to imitate in some form or fashion. </span></i><br />
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">For behold, he who forms the mountains and creates the wind, and declares to man what is his thought, who makes the morning darkness, and treads on the heights of the earth— the Lord, the God of hosts, is his name!</span></i><br />
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">A few things came together this past week to draw my imagination and thoughts that God is the source of our creativity. We were watching one of our favorite movies, "The Count of Monte Cristo". Several </span></i><br />
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">My daughter asked me to help her find a poem for her English class and I was drawn to a few - one being 'On Being Human' by C.S. Lewis. He wrote that there are things angelic beings do not understand - things that only we can - things only we can see, touch, sense and know - connections we have to our Creator - inspiring thought.</span></i><br />
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Another was To Imagination by Emily Bronte. She personified Imagination as a friendly companion within her world that dispelled the dreariness and seemingly hopelessness of the world without. </span></i></div>
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I have always been drawn to the beauty that surrounds me - the shape and form of flowers, trees and the landscape. The beauty of a bird soaring in the sky.</span></i></div>
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">No wonder that over time, people have been inspired to create in song, poetry, art and form the beauty that surrounds them.</span></i><br />
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I was preparing the table, trying to choose which creamy white dishes to use. As I stacked them side by side on the table, I was struck by the individual beauty of the shape of each teacup and saucer - as well as the simplicity in their color and style. </span></i><br />
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Someone somewhere was inspired to create these lovely things - for us to enjoy - for me to remember and to be thankful of the beauty of the ultimate creator - the ultimate artist - our God. Isn't it a wonderful thing - isn't it a gift to us - to imagine, to be inspired and to create.</span></i><br />
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A Summer's Afternoon</h2>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>I will be the gladdest thing</i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>Under the sun!</i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>I will touch a hundred flowers</i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>and not pick one.</i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>I will look at cliffs and clouds</i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>With quiet eyes, </i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>Watch the wind bow down the grass, </i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>And the grass rise.</i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>And when lights begin to shwo</i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>Up from the town, </i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>I will mark which must be mine,</i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>And then start down!</i></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>It seems this month, the allure of the character Anne Shirley created by </i></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>L.M. Montgomery will not release my imagination. While reading</i></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>the book, and looking for information and pictures, I came across some</i></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>tidbits about L.M. Montgomery I found intriguing. What do we really</i></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>know about this woman? What do we really know about the heart of</i></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>any woman. The corner of the veil of L.M. Montgomery's life was lifted</i></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>by Irene Gammel in her book, '<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Looking for Anne of Green Gables -</span></i></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">the Story of L.M. Montgomery and Her Literary Classic</span>'.</i></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>Are there similarities in the life of L.M. Montgomery and the </i></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>wonderful, endearing character she created? What were the circumstances</i></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>of her childhood? What influenced her life and her writing?</i></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>According to Irene, L.M. Montgomery was a prolific writer throughout</i></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>her life - she kept scores of journals. Intriguingly, she did burn a number</i></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>of these and was noted to have regretted the act. She later carefully </i></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>disclosed bits of information here and there about her creativity and her life.</i></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>I am just beginning this book and hope to share more with you. Have you read</i></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>this book? Do you wonder about the life of L.M. Montgomery, the influences</i></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>Shall I go down to the river soon?</i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>Or to the field where the kingcups grow?</i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>Or sail my kite if the breezes blow?</i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>What shall I do that's best of all?</i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;"><i>"Oh, Marilla!" Anne clasped her hands. "How perfectly lovely! You are able to imagine things after all or else you'd never have understoond how I've longed for that very thing. It will seem so nice and grown-uppish. No fear of my forgetting to put the tea to draw when I have company. Oh, Marilla, can I use the rosebud spray tea set?"</i></span><br />
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The next day Anne was astonished to learn from Mrs. Lynde that Mrs. Barry accused Anne of setting Diana drunk, <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">"<i>She says that I must be a thoroughly bad, wicked little girl and she's never going to let Diana play with me again. Oh, Marilla, I'm just overcome with woe</i>."</span></div>
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Thus goes one of the Delightsome scenes in the novel, Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery. The complete story is so very Delightsome one falls in love with this whimsical, poetical young lady. </div>
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Filled with the beauty that is Prince Edward Island and the blissful rhythm of the pace of rural life on the island, you can be transported in your imagination discovering the wonders of life and the trials and triumphs of this marvelous heroine whom you'll cherish your life through...</div>
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Creamy Cherry Coffee Cake</h3>
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2 cups all-purpose flour</div>
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After Dearest and Darling Daughter have gone their separate ways, after </div>
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just before our home the speed limit changes and trucks make horrendous </div>
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The weekend was filled with both good and not so good things. I think we</div>
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I began to read Cornelia's cookbook and could not put it down.<br />
This is more than a cookbook, it is a lifestyle book.<br />
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'cruelty-free' eating, easy entertaining, elegant living and sprinkled throughout<br />
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Given some thought for a moment, how would <i>you</i> define - 'Easy Elegance'?</div>
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This outlook encompasses every aspect of Cornelia's life - and she shares her foundational teaching from her gifted mother, C. Z. Guest, Katie Monahan Prudent ((riding instructor), Halston and Andy Warhol. Each one imparted lifestyle philosophies to Cornelia that translated into her definition of 'easy elegance and great style'.</div>
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In our time, we have at our disposal a dizzying array of products and foods.<br />
A great deal of these products come from far away lands and from commercial<br />
enterprises where the produce has been altered to last longer on the shelf,<br />
preserved against damage from elements and insects etc...Some of these<br />
procedures remain in the product and are not good for our health. As a result,<br />
organic foods and locally-grown produce have become more<br />
attractive to us. We also realize that eating more fruits and vegetables is<br />
beneficial to us and to our families. If you are not interested in<br />
becoming a vegan or following the 'cruelty-free' lifestyle, then you will<br />
still benefit from the information and recipes provided by Cornelia to expand<br />
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you could follow in Cornelia's friend's footsteps by incorporating,<br />
'Meatless Mondays' into your dining routine. </div>
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We all entertain from time to time and know that the preparing<br />
and decorating process can be somewhat daunting and taxing to ourselves.<br />
Cornelia shares her motto for entertaining along with some very practical<br />
tips from planning a party to setting a lively table. Following this<br />
introductory conversation, Cornelia divides her recipes seasonally. She<br />
includes a list of seasonal vegetables, garden ideas, tips, as well as a<br />
seasonal menu including drink, appetizer, entree and dessert. Sprinkled<br />
throughout her book are intriguing and useful 'tips' such as Jeff Deperon's<br />
Bliss Smoothie filled with ingredients that promote '<i>feelings of well-being, </i><br />
<i>focus, and quiet energy</i>'; Publisher of the beautiful magazine '<i>Flower</i>',<br />
Margot Shaw's tips on seasoning your home and table and Joanna Vargas<br />
tips on organic skincare products and cosmetics among many more. All of<br />
these things make Cornelia Guest's book, <i>Simple Pleasures - Healthy </i><br />
<i>Seasonal Cooking and Easy Entertaining </i>a worthwhile book to own, but this<br />
book is just as beautiful as it is useful. The photography and illustrations<br />
are wonderful. I plan on getting several copies for my family and friends -<br />
I know they will find as I did there are beautiful nuggets of inspiration as<br />
well as beautiful recipes that I will return to time and time again.</div>
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<i>There is nothing like sweet summer corn. This pairing is smooth and crunchy, </i><br />
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4 ears of corn, shucked</div>
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1 avocado, sliced</div>
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¼ cup chopped fresh cilantro</div>
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1 tablespoon fresh lime juice</div>
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1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil</div>
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½ teaspoon coarse sea salt</div>
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1. Heat a grill to medium-high. Grill corn, rotating often,<br />
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3. Gently toss corn kernels with avocado, cilantro, lime juice,<br />
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<small><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; font-size: xx-small;"><i>Cooking and Easy Entertaining</i> by Cornelia Guest. The above excerpt is a digitally scanned reproduction</span></span></small></div>
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<small><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; font-size: xx-small;"> of text from print. Although this excerpt has been proofread, occasional errors may appear </span></span></small><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; font-size: xx-small;">due to the </span></div>
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© 2012 Cornelia Guest, author of <i>Cornelia Guest's Simple Pleasures: </i><br />
<i>Healthy Seasonal Cooking and Easy Entertaining</i></div>
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<span style="color: navy; font-family: 'Book Antiqua'; font-size: 14pt;"><i>noun – ‘an
experiment or period of serene and carefree happiness, usually in beautiful
surroundings and often in the context of a romantic relationship<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: green; font-family: 'Book Antiqua'; font-size: 14pt;"><i>‘…long ago…a
little girl used to wake on Sunday morning feeling that a whole life of
happiness lay before her in that day.’ Three Houses Angela Thirkell 1931
memoirs<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: olive; font-family: 'Book Antiqua'; font-size: 14pt;">You are aware once you've awaken…there’s no other place on earth you’d rather be than this
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<span style="color: olive; font-family: 'Book Antiqua'; font-size: 14pt;">The weekend morning belongs to you - to inhabit completely, this day is a longed-for serenity surrounded by the pleasures of a summer weekend.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="color: navy; font-family: 'Book Antiqua'; font-size: 14pt;"><i>(definition continued) a short work
in verse or prose, a painting, or a piece of music depicting simple pastoral or
rural scenes and the life of country folk, often in idealized terms<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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freedom of the day that yielded no rule or time..” Diane Ackerman, Searching
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<span style="color: olive; font-family: 'Book Antiqua'; font-size: 14pt;">Summer weekends are
special in that you write the script of your day. There are no alarm clocks, no
rushing or schedules, no someplace you have to be. You can rise with the first rays of the
sun or you can linger-snuggle down into the softness of the goose-down topped
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be a leisurely affair taking in the fragrances and textures of the first day’s
meal. Conversation is light and comforting – words wrapped round one’s heart in
love and contentment.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: olive; font-family: 'Book Antiqua'; font-size: 14pt;">A picnic lunch
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<span style="color: green; font-family: 'Book Antiqua'; font-size: 14pt;"><i> ‘This day has a felling in my picture of
warmth and light breezes and sunshine and afternoons that stretch to eternity
and mornings full of far-off bells’ A Pale Golden Sunday Angela Thirkell 1931
memoir<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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breeze caresses – not too chilly. The fireflies begin their dance in the air
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<span style="color: olive; font-family: 'Book Antiqua'; font-size: 14pt;">Watching the rise of
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<span style="color: maroon; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face'; font-size: 16pt;">In '<i>The Secret Garden</i>', we find hurt and neglected souls finding new life and joy in the
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<span style="color: maroon; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face'; font-size: 16pt;">Mary
Lennox was not loved by her parents and grew to be an obstinate, angry young
girl. The reflection of this lack of affection was seen in her sallow, thin
appearance topped by a solemn expression causing other children to chant,
‘<i>Mary, Mary quite contrary</i>….’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the death of her parents, Mary is shipped off to an unfamiliar land – from hot
and dry India to cold and rainy England. There, she is met by the kindhearted
Martha, a housemaid tasked to look after Mary, who first begins to reach the untilled soil of Mary’s heart. Mary finds
herself off alone exploring in a large estate with a vast garden. Martha’s mother, Mrs. Sowersby, in an inspired moment, purchases a jumping rope – to encourage the child to get
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spring arrives, Mary learns of a secret – locked garden that no one has entered
in ten years. She knew somewhere there was the key and the only occupant was a
sweet red-breasted Robin.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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and Magic begin to occur when following the Robin, she finds the key to the
garden and later finds the door behind swaying and draping vines.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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this forlorn garden, Mary finds the hope of life in the shape of crocus pocking
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discovery and softening heart leads to the unraveling of tangled vines that
choked the life and love out of a disillusioned father and an angry-bewildered
child.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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love – causes a man, Archibald Craven, to shut his heart to the world he knew and to his new born
infant, Colin, – he becomes a wanderer in beautiful lands and the serenity and peace is
lost to him because of his broken heart.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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and thought ill and cripple, Colin’s heart and temper are at the mercy of a
household filled with staff, a doctor to care for him without the loving-tender
arms of a mother or approval of a father. Depths of despair and loneliness
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face'; font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 21px;"> I hear the voice love a loving mother. Frances wrote out of necessity to provide for her family and greatly loved her sons who at different times were both ill - one losing his life. Yet, in these books you find the heart of a woman who loved children, understood the need for nurturing, laughter and love as well as the joy found in the wonder of living as demonstrated in the beauty of the garden.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: grey; font-family: 'Book Antiqua'; font-size: 14pt;"> Today, there is a light rain outdoors –
perfect weather to curl up with a good book. Last week I shared with you the
delightsome story, ‘<i>The Secret Garden’ </i></span><span style="color: grey; font-family: 'Book Antiqua'; font-size: 14pt;">by Frances Hodgson Burnett. It is
such a lovely story – three lives changed through hope, love and redemption.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: grey; font-family: 'Book Antiqua'; font-size: 14pt;"> Frances Hodgson Burnett had the singular
ability to understand the heart of a child, the importance of a loving and
nurturing parent and what could happen in the life of one who is encouraged to be of good character, to be kind and to be giving.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: grey; font-family: 'Book Antiqua'; font-size: 14pt;"><i>Little Lord
Fauntleroy</i></span><span style="color: grey; font-family: 'Book Antiqua'; font-size: 14pt;"> was her first story, which was originally written in installments.
There was some controversy at the time to which Frances had to seek legal
avenues to retain control of authorship of her story in play form. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: grey; font-family: 'Book Antiqua'; font-size: 14pt;">I was completely
enchanted reading <i>Little Lord Fauntleroy</i></span><span style="color: grey; font-family: 'Book Antiqua'; font-size: 14pt;"> because we are terrific fans of
the 1936 film version of this story starring Freddie Bartholomew as Cedric
Errol – Little Lord Fauntleroy. We have four, maybe five copies of this movie –
you have often heard me refer to my husband as ‘Dearest’. It was this story
that prompted that – something very special between us. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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in redemption, <i>Little Lord Fauntleroy</i></span><span style="color: grey; font-family: 'Book Antiqua'; font-size: 14pt;"> demonstrates how faith, character and
selfless giving could uplift sad burdened hearts transforming the lives of
others through goodness and kindness. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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was an idyllic child from a very early age. His father Captain Cedric Erroll
died when Ceddie was quite young and by the example he saw between his parents
– he took on the role of caring for his mother and calling her ‘Dearest’.
Ceddie was of such delightful character – childlike honesty and likeability - that all who met him became greatly fond of him. Ceddie was also a very handsome
young child – reflecting the best of both his parents.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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tyrannical, mean-spirited father – Earl of Dorincourt who was known for being
unkind and cruel. Captain Errol’s two eldest brothers were crude and selfish –
great disappointments to their father. The Earl did see potential good in his
youngest son, but this caused him to dislike him all the more because these
characteristics lacked in his eldest son – the heir to the title and property
of Dorincourt. Captain Errol further incurred the wrath of the Earl by marrying
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his lawyer, Havisham to America to fetch his heir to England to raise him in
the manner he would see fit to inherit the title and the property as future
Earl of Dorincourt – thereby giving Ceddie the title – Little Lord Fauntleroy.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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worse from his parentage and American upbringing, the Earl was surprised and enchanted by the
loving child-like faith he found in Ceddie, who thought his grandfather to be
the kindest, greatest man alive. Over time, the Earl’s heart was melted by
Ceddie’s acts of love, faith and philanthropy causing the Earl to finally ‘love
another human being’. The Earl was also not able to break the strong connection
of deep affection between Ceddie and his mother through bribery of toys or even
a pony causing a sense of jealousy toward the mother.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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circumstances threaten Ceddie’s inheritance causing the Earl to see clearly his
thoughtless rejection of the Captain’s wife as a tragic mistake. The story
concludes with such delight in the importance of honest faith, love and giving
to your family and to your fellow man.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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reading the story and dialogue I was enchanted to recognize that the 1936 movie
followed faithfully in the pure intent of the story written by Frances Hodgson
Burnett. I related this to my husband that he would love the story and
recognize a great deal of the favorite lines from the movie we so love.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #779227; font-family: 'Book Antiqua'; font-size: 16pt;">Over the
years, the Editors of Victoria Magazine have captured the many facets of the
beauty of and the celebration of woman. The magazine became like a prism held
up to the light to shine in rainbow hued colors the many and complicated sides to
womanhood.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">this little teacup and saucer are new finds Micasa - Petit Point</span></span></i></td></tr>
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<span style="color: #779227; font-family: 'Book Antiqua'; font-size: 16pt;">I appreciate
these thoughts and reminders over the years – the treasuring of appreciating
the precious things in life.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #779227; font-family: 'Book Antiqua'; font-size: 16pt;">I am
particularly drawn to an article today in the 1993 May issue of Victoria – an
issue specifically dedicated to ‘the feminine touch’.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #779227; font-family: 'Book Antiqua'; font-size: 16pt;">A
photographic contributor to Victoria Magazine and author, Starr Ockenga was
shared in her book, ‘On Women and Friendship’ –</span><br />
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<span style="color: #779227; font-family: 'Book Antiqua'; font-size: 16pt;"> a look at Victorian Women who paid
tribute in the loving ties they shared in things such as through beautiful
paintings and bookmarks embroidered, ‘forget me not’.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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collector of albums, needlework,
paintings and poems of the Victorian era, Starr offered a look at those
keepsakes in – which illuminated
the friendship of those Victorian women’s lives so many years ago.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="color: #779227; font-family: 'Book Antiqua'; font-size: 16pt;">Starr was
drawn to friendship albums filled with words and sketches shared between
Victorian women , ‘I read the words from the past, from a way of life with a
different pace, words from one woman to another about the meaning and
importance of friendship. The women wrote of friendship as the staple of their
life’.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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collected volumes of albums and emphemera revealing sentiments shared by
Victorian women – she ‘found a thread that unted this ephemera: They all
represent facets of women’s regard for one another, expressing what she calls
‘a gentle but strong communion’. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="color: #779227; font-family: 'Book Antiqua'; font-size: 16pt;">I find, that
through modern technology – we have continued in our own way this gentle lesson
of connecting – to celebrate the art and the beauty of womanhood – to relate as
Kindred Spirits – <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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to Starr for pursuing this collection – for sharing these women’s thoughts and
sentiments. I plan to take a moment or two with my daughters – to teach them
the beauty and the wonder of cultivating friendship with like-minded women – </span><br />
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<span style="color: #779227; font-family: 'Book Antiqua'; font-size: 16pt;">to
honor and to cherish one another – perhaps they too can find friendships in the
words left by these Victorian women as Starr described, ‘tender document of
connections and feelings, as delicate and fragile as their braided hair
wreaths’. </span><br />
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been rewarding in so very many ways. One of the best rewards is to meet
beautiful and gracious people.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Book Antiqua'; font-size: 16pt;">Last week I received
a sweet note from Gail with these two books – <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Book Antiqua'; font-size: 16pt;">Victoria The
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Book Antiqua'; font-size: 16pt;">I was so deeply
moved. Sharing my love and admiration for Victoria magazine has been such a
blessing – to connect with Kindred Spirits – uplifts my heart.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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this with those who share faith in God and joy for living is all the more
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you are a true blessing and I know based upon our faith we are sisters and will
definitely meet one day. </span><br />
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been raining good fashion (as the folks say) here at A Delightsome Life – I have
all the doors open and love hearing the pitter pat of the rain on the pathways
and the tin roof. Every once in a while there’s a delicious roll of thunder. It
hasn’t rained here since April 18! Generally, spring is our wet season setting
up the garden to endure the long, hot, dry summer days. I have been helping my
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because of the heavenly blessing, I am spending my day indoors. I began the
morning with my usual two cups of coffee and am now looking forward to a
refreshing cup of afternoon tea. What could be more refreshing than mint tea! Just
to smell the invigorating fragrance lifts my spirits and gives me renewed
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Delightsome – busy weekend – our middle child graduated from College – praise the
LORD! Now, she and her husband can close that chapter of their newly married
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May Victorias – so much scope for the imagination and delight for the feminine
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gardeners of every shape and size, of every inclination. When the romance
between the gardener and the garden begins is individual. It could begin as a
child when given a handful of seeds to plant, to watch and to discover the
miracle of a garden.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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garden at dusk/ Is the soul of love/Blurred in its beauty and softly
caressing;/I, gently darling/This sweetest confessing, Say your garden at dusk/
Is your soul,/My Love.”<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333399; font-family: 'Apple Chancery'; font-size: 14pt;"><i>“I have
special sitting and looking places in my garden, where I can absorb colors and
shapes, the masses, and textures. Then I can create in my imagination new
pictures, new combinations”<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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is, the romance can begin softly or in a whirlwind - but it definitely grows as the gardener comes to know
herself/himself more and to know and to understand one’s garden more.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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is either your joy and your passion, or you can’t do it. The whole idea is to
be part of it. It’s a commitment to your property, and you want it to be
wonderful”.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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love began in the first garden and is nurtured in the heart and in the soul of
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April, May, and the first two weeks of June, I live and breathe gardening. And
the rest of the year, I’m snipping, pruning, and tidying up!”<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><i>pictured Romantic Homes Magazine Mother's Day issue 2012 along with almond <br />cookies, tea and a rose from each bush that is blooming today at A Delightsome Life</i></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Cochin; font-size: 16pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #073763;">I have always wanted to visit Prince Edward Island being a long-time fan of Anne of Green Gables story and have all the more since becoming acquainted with Carolyn and with Sandi - <i><a href="http://sandimyyellowdoor.blogspot.com/">Rose Chintz Cottage</a></i>, true Kindred Spirits. Perhaps someday. Until then, I look forward to visiting their glorious blogs.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style'; font-size: 16pt;"><i>“Strawberries are the angels of
the earth, innocent and sweet with green leafy wings reaching heavenward.”<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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the south, it is strawberry season. There’s nothing more lovely than to pick
your own strawberries – fresh and warm from the field. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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this delightsome mug while doing my thrift shopping rounds last week. I shared
a couple finds here and will share more later this week.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style'; font-size: 16pt;">This is
Alpine Strawberry by Roy Kirkham, made in England.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style'; font-size: 16pt;">I love
the strawberries and blossoms winding their way round the mug and the
occasional bee. Anything with bees on it draws my attention.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style'; font-size: 16pt;"><i>Right now, this moment is the only one we’re guaranteed. We make
lists and plans. We think we know what we’ll do tomorrow, next week, next
month. But really…all we have is right now. All we ever have is one wonderful
now after another. So in this one golden moment of precious life—pick the
strawberries – Kate Bartolotta<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style'; font-size: 16pt;">When I
go to the pick-your-own fields I find it a wonderful time to contemplate the
blessings of life – there are so many – one should never take them for granted
or miss giving thanks.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style'; font-size: 16pt;">I made
these Pecan Shortbread cookies to go along with my tea and strawberries – their
tender butteriness are a perfect foil for the sweet berries.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #003366; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style'; font-size: 13pt;">3/4 pound unsalted butter, room temperature<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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cups small diced pecans<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style';"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">note: I was out of all-purpose flour so I substituted self-raising flour</span></i></span><br />
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the oven to 350 degrees F.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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butter and sugar until they are lightly mixed together. Add the vanilla and almond
extracts. In another bowl, combine and sift together the flour and salt. Add the flour mixture to the butter-sugar mixture. Add the pecans and mix on low speed until the cookie dough
comes together. lay out a sheet of plastic wrap on counter, set the dough on top and shape into a
flat disk. Wrap and chill for 30 minutes.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #003366; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style'; font-size: 13pt;">Roll
the dough 1/2-inch thick and cut with a plain or fluted
cutter (or cut into any shape you like). Place the cookies on an ungreased
baking sheet.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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‘garden’ strawberry was grown in France in the 1800’s.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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a new cultivar of strawberry that is called ‘Pineberry’, White Soul or White
Delight. These pineberries lack the protein that causes strawberries to ripen
to their red color. Some consider this the part of the strawberry that may
cause allergies. The pineberries are currently being marketed to European
restaurants and bakeries.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Cochin; font-size: 16pt;">– miracles begin in the garden. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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more…lingering along through April and May in a succession of sweet, fresh,
chill days, with pink sunsets and piracles of resurrection and growth”.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Cochin; font-size: 16pt;"><i>L.M. Montgomery “Anne
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and late at night, the blend of
the fragrances from the Mock Orange, Roses, Snapdragons, Iris, </span></div>
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<span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Cochin; font-size: 16pt;">from the birds – the activity of life
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<span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Cochin; font-size: 16pt;">In a story about
Ellen McClelland Lesser in the 1995 issue of Victoria magazine, Ellen is quoted
as saying, ‘<i>love is only the beginning’. Even though we are ‘smitten by the
prospect of creating a wonderful garden, it takes hours of hard work and lots
of patience to make one come to life. For many gardeners, their toil takes
place in private</i></span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Cochin; font-size: 16pt;">” Nancy Lindemeyer.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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a large place for sentiment. My garden of flowers is also my garden of
thoughts and dreams. The thoughts grow as freely as the flowers, and the
dreams are as beautiful. ~Abram L. Urban<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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ever-changing ongoing process that reaps bountiful rewards. I am constantly in
awe by the first bud of a rose or
a peony – by the immergence of a volunteer flower – seeds from beloved blossoms
seasons past.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Cochin; font-size: 16pt;">What a marvelous
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<span style="color: #993366; font-family: Cochin; font-size: 16pt;">I would begin, by
walking in the garden with a lovely cup of coffee with cream. The soft – cool breezes,
the song of the birds lift my spirits – I give thanks to God.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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of a bubble bath. There’s nothing more serene than to spend a few moments, soft
music in the background, beeswax candles giving the only light – <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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contemplate those things that are lovely.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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flowers into my home – to meld the beauty of the garden with the atmosphere of
the home. Whether I pick flowers from the garden or bring them home from the
market – flowers in the room add a sense of loveliness and joy.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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lovely cup of tea in the afternoon with a good book. I have been blessed by
another intriguing book from Laura Childs, <i>Scones and Bones</i></span><span style="color: #993366; font-family: Cochin; font-size: 16pt;">. I have enjoyed
spending time with the wonderful characters she’s created.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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moments I spend sharing thoughts, events and memories with my husband in the
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my day thanking God for his many blessings and wonder in awe of His love to us
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: English; font-size: 18pt;"><i>“<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">The tea ritual:
such a precise repetition of the same gestures and the same tastes; accession
to simple, authentic and refined sensations, a license given to all, at little
cost, to become aristocrats of taste, because tea is the beverage of the
wealthy and the poor; the tea ritual, therefore, has the extraordinary virtue
of introducing into the absurdity of our lives an aperture of serene harmony.
Yes, the world may aspire to vacuousness, lost souls mourn beauty,
insignificance surrounds us. Then let us drink a cup of tea. Silence descends,
one hears the wind outside, autumn leaves rustle and take flight, the cat
sleeps in a warm pool of light. And, with each swallow, time is sublimed.</span>”</i></span></div>
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the Hedgehog</span><o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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enjoying the latest copy of </span><span style="font-family: English; font-size: 20pt;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;">Teatime Bliss</span></i></span><span style="color: #181818; font-family: 'Book Antiqua'; font-size: 16pt;"><i>-a<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: 'Book Antiqua'; font-size: 16pt;">This issue is
filled with beautiful, inspiring photography – tea time tips, seasonal tea
settings as well as a number of tantalizing recipes. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: 'Book Antiqua'; font-size: 16pt;">I am
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: 'Book Antiqua'; font-size: 16pt;">Some of the
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<span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua'; font-size: 16pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;">Managing the
menu</span></span><span style="color: #181818; font-family: 'Book Antiqua'; font-size: 16pt;">-‘<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">the heart of any get-together is always the food…</span></i></span><span style="color: #181818; font-family: 'Book Antiqua'; font-size: 16pt;">’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua'; font-size: 16pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;">A warm
welcome </span></span><span style="color: #181818; font-family: 'Book Antiqua'; font-size: 16pt;">– using the ordinary and the extraordinary to set a lovely tablesetting.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua'; font-size: 16pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;">Thoughtful
details</span></span><span style="color: #181818; font-family: 'Book Antiqua'; font-size: 16pt;"> – ‘<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;">plan a seating chart to ensure that everyone has a chair. Place
cards makes a lovely addition to a table setting, and you can prompt easy
dialogue by appropriately placing people who have common interests near each
other</span>’</i></span><span style="color: #181818; font-family: 'Book Antiqua'; font-size: 16pt;">. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: 'Book Antiqua'; font-size: 16pt;">Quoted from <i>‘<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;">Tea
and Etiquette: Taking Tea for Business and Pleasur</span>e’ </i></span><span style="color: #181818; font-family: 'Book Antiqua'; font-size: 16pt;">by </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: 'Apple Chancery'; font-size: 24px;"><i><span style="color: #65651d; font-family: English; text-decoration: none;">Dorothea Johnson</span></i></span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: 'Book Antiqua'; font-size: 16pt;">* Do take
small bites of food<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: 'Book Antiqua'; font-size: 16pt;">* Don’t reach
across the table.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: 'Book Antiqua'; font-size: 16pt;">* Do maintain
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to others when they speak<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: 'Book Antiqua'; font-size: 16pt;">* Do thank
others fore their kindness<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: 'Book Antiqua'; font-size: 16pt;">* Do write a
thank-you not to show your appreciation<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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practiced the art of taking tea – our society would be more cordial, more
relaxed and more thoughtful.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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this and quite a number of amazing recipes in the latest issue of </span><span style="font-family: English; font-size: 20pt;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;">Teatime Bliss</span></i></span><span style="color: #181818; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style'; font-size: 16pt;"> – definitely a Delightsome
teatime read.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: 'Book Antiqua'; font-size: 16pt;">The official
first day of spring is just one week away! I have been enjoying my garden – the
weather is supposed to be more like April and May for the next ten days. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: English; font-size: 18pt;"><i>“<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">Moments like this act as
magical interludes, placing our hearts at the edge of our souls: fleetingly,
yet intensely, a fragment of eternity has come to enrich time...When tea
becomes ritual, it takes its place at the heart of our ability to see greatness
in small things Where is beauty to be found? In
great things that, like everything else, are doomed to die, or in small things
that aspire to nothing, yet know how to set a jewel of infinity in a single
moment?</span><span style="color: #181818;">”<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #181818; font-size: 18pt;"><i>―</i></span><span style="color: #181818; font-family: English; font-size: 18pt;"><i> </i></span><span style="color: #181818; font-family: 'Apple Chancery'; font-size: 18pt;"><i><span style="color: #65651d; font-family: English; text-decoration: none;">Muriel Barbery</span></i></span><span style="color: #181818; font-family: English; font-size: 18pt;"><i>, </i></span><span style="color: #181818; font-family: 'Apple Chancery'; font-size: 18pt;"><i><span style="color: #65651d; font-family: English; text-decoration: none;">The Elegance of
the HedgehogDorothea Johnson</span></i></span><span style="color: #181818; font-family: English; font-size: 18pt;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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the countryside of England, Cotswolds. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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drive east of London, one comes upon golden-hued villages cupped in the green
hands of the hills, each with its ancient church tower. This ist the Cotswolds
region, where cottage doorways are a tangle of roses, and within, one can sink
into furnishings as amply welcoming as these—<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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filled with dried flowers. Photographs, ornaments, small items…covered every
horizontal surface</span></span><span style="color: #6d3d17; font-family: 'Big Caslon'; font-size: 14pt;">”. Rosamund Pilcher, <i>The Shell Seekers<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #6d3d17; font-family: 'Big Caslon'; font-size: 14pt;">“</span><span style="font-family: 'Big Caslon'; font-size: 14pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;">Nowhere else
is there such a sense of tranquility</span></span><span style="color: #6d3d17; font-family: 'Big Caslon'; font-size: 14pt;">” Julain Thompson – furniture designer for
the Cotswolds Collection for Highland House is quoted as saying.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #6d3d17; font-family: 'Big Caslon'; font-size: 14pt;">According to
the Victoria magazine article, due to the dark English winters, the walls in
these cottages were typically whitewashed to reflect light. Also, ‘</span><span style="font-family: 'Big Caslon'; font-size: 14pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;">nature has a
way of crowding in too. A butterfly collection gathered by a Victorian
ancestor, a sprig of herbs enbcouraged in a warm corner, play their role in the
artless decoration. For what cheers and comforts has its own dateless style—and
a gift for fitting in, like an old stone dwelling on a hillside that greens
anew each spring</span></span><span style="color: #6d3d17; font-family: 'Big Caslon'; font-size: 14pt;">' Forsell.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Rosamund Pilcher’s novel, <i>The Shell Seekers</i></span><span style="color: #6d3d17; font-family: 'Big Caslon'; font-size: 14pt;"> is set in
Cotswolds.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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mysteries.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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set a whole series of novels, <i>The Thrush Green </i></span><span style="color: #6d3d17; font-family: 'Big Caslon'; font-size: 14pt;">books which are
set in a fictional village in Cotswolds. These stories relay a clear picture of
the life of those living in Cotswolds – seemingly as they have for decades.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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books by Nancy Mitford, such as </span><br />
<span style="color: #6d3d17; font-family: 'Big Caslon'; font-size: 14pt;">‘<i>Love in a Cold Climate’</i> are well written with
a wry sense of humor.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Trollope novels are said to be set in the smaller villages in the Cotswolds. These stories are said to be
‘</span><span style="font-family: 'Big Caslon'; font-size: 14pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;"><i>unique and interesting…as well as intriguing because of their British setting</i></span></span><span style="color: #6d3d17; font-family: 'Big Caslon'; font-size: 14pt;">’.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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there are the<i> Mary Russell Mysteries</i>, stories set in the countryside. </span><br />
<span style="color: #6d3d17; font-family: 'Big Caslon'; font-size: 14pt;">Mary
Russell is said to have been the wife of Sherlock Holmes! </span><br />
<span style="color: #6d3d17; font-family: 'Big Caslon'; font-size: 14pt;">These stories are
written by Laurie R. King.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #6d3d17; font-family: 'Big Caslon'; font-size: 14pt;">Even Agatha
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stories set depicting the author’s childhood including some of the darker side
of rural living. A movie was made with the same title.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Meredith Mitchell series;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #6d3d17; font-family: 'Big Caslon'; font-size: 14pt;">Patricia
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<span style="color: #6d3d17; font-family: 'Big Caslon'; font-size: 14pt;">M.C.Beaton's
brisk and aggravating middle-aged sleuth Agatha Raisin;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #6d3d17; font-family: 'Big Caslon'; font-size: 14pt;">Rebecca Tope's
<i>Cotswolds Mysteries</i>;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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creation of author Betty Rowlands;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Marston's historical mystery <i>The Owls of Gloucester</i></span><span style="color: #6d3d17; font-family: 'Big Caslon'; font-size: 14pt;"> set in the
11th century;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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detective Keith Tyrell<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #6d3d17; font-family: 'Big Caslon'; font-size: 14pt;">I am fascinated
by all I have found of this romantic sounding place – with names of villages
such as Bourton-on-Water, Chipping Campden, Stow-on-the-Wold and more. There does
seem to be a sense of mystery and magic in these names and the descriptions of
the ‘honey colored limestone villages of Cotswolds. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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ever too busy to chat and perhaps to invite you in for buns and tea</i></span></span><span style="color: #6d3d17; font-family: 'Big Caslon'; font-size: 14pt;">” In a place
where – nothing seems to have changed – where sheep remain the main economy of
the countryside and chickens still roam through the gardens and into the
kitchens. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Completely idyllic. I plan to find one of these books and travel through my
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