20 October, 1911
Dearest Caroline,Oh, I have ever so much to tell you about the Lake District! It is so green and so beautiful, I could stay here forever.
I sketched William Wordsworth's home for you. We drove past the spot where he wrote "Daffodils," and I wished we could have come in the spring, for our guide told us they still bloom there (the daffodils).
John Ruskin's home was amazing, too, and we even had a peek inside. There are many ruins and old villages with cobbled streets, and of course the lakes are simply Heaven on Earth. The colours are just starting to change to reds, oranges, and yellows. Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful! I wish I could bottle the scent and sent it to you. This leaf will have to do.
I hope that you have had a wonderful week. Send everyone my love.
Your cousin,
Hettie
Oh, dear mother! How do you do it?
ReplyDeleteHow can you weave such stories into words?
I can do it in my head, but I'm not as good as you when it comes to writing them down....
Again, YOU SHOULD publish Hettie's Letters!!!
I love you!
~Audrey