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:( Oh no, not rain...the worst is you can't prevent that.

So that's what they're called! I feel like I should go round with a gardener or someone like you to help point out what the flowers are...I only know the most general categories, like "rose" and "daffodil" and the like.

The thick script is using those nibs, and the thinner one (the copperplate!) is with this devilish pointy pen which splays open for thick bits. It took me awhile to learn how to not just make inkblots! One wonders how the old writers managed to write quickly and neatly...no wonder penmanship was so much more important before!

AH HA! I bet the author went and found names from maps of France :) Now I want to visit *flail* You are in Brittany, I think?

Augh, spring cleaning? Isn't it almost summer? (And does that excuse us from doing more cleaning?) Then again, the satisfaction of having clean things is also important...