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from "David W.E. Roberts" contains these words:


I blame the weather.
All those geeks stuck indoors with nothing to do.....

Is your weather bad? We've had two glorious sunny blue days. Working
outside today I actually felt the sun HOT; if I'd had been wearing a
Tshirt under my sweater it would have been the first outdoor-Tshirt day
of the year :-)

I wish you could all see the tall campbellii magnolias in flower at
Brodick castle atm; we can see them from two miles away across the bay
like huge lighted candelabra in the woods. I keep making little
pilgrimages with the dog to stand underneath them and swoon with
pleasure.

Janet (Arran).