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Sorry for yesterday's dip into 'sighs.' This morning, I'm looking at pictures and quotes about The Cotswolds and so, how can I not smile? :-)
'Victoria' March 1998 is one of their 'Come To England' issues, and a joy. One article is titled 'Cotswolds Cozy.' And the introduction
goes like this...
Some two hours' 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 is the Cotswolds
region, where cottage doorways are a tangle
of roses, and within, one cans sink into
furnishings as amply welcoming as these--
a return to timeless English comforts.
Now, how not to return to smiles,
on a morning in March,
when looking at such as these pictures? :-)
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