Greetings Dear Gentle, Refined Ladies,
I hope all is well with you and your home, and that you have great plans for improvement.
The Manse is being changed from a Winter Retreat to a Summer Inn. I hope you will join me for the next months for respite from the noisy assault on our senses!
This is the south-east side of The Manse you rarely see, which I am going to use as an outdoor breakfast area during the late mornings.
A little stealth sipping in this location, too.
Due to expenses and obligations at home, many of us are not traveling or taking vacations, but are enjoying our homes in different ways.
Maybe you recall the picnic in front of the cottage in the story “Sense and Sensibility” when Elinor and Marianne’s mother, Mrs. Dashwood, said of her home, “I have great plans for its improvement.”
That is my goal this year: Less time away from home, and more time getting things in order.
Miss Lillian prepared food for an afternoon tea which she served to several ladies.
I will try to talk to you all soon!
Lydia Ruth
2 comments:
Dear Lydia, you are precious ! And you are always such an encouragement to us, you friends. How may I encourage you today?
Love,
Marianne in AL
Dear Marianne, if you have time, please pray for me. Like Emma said, there is a grim job to be done. I’d like to get several areas in the house in adequate order by the time they pull up the kitchen floor and reroute the water. I’d like to finish putting “that room” which I call a hoarders room, with all the folding cots, bedding, and seasonal things, in order before anyone gets lost in tit. I am still cleaning and sorting books. I know it’s going to take time but it sure does get uninteresting 😊. I am sequestering myself to home and trying not to go on trips beyond my local area until I finally reach these goals. I would also like to post more often.
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