![]() But she is an author that I have loved since I discovered her many years ago. If you don’t know who Gladys Taber is, you can read more about her HERE. We’ve been away ~ I was asked to speak and sign A FINE ROMANCE at the annual meeting of the Friends of Gladys Taber, in Danbury Connecticut. So here’s what we’ve been up to since we last talked. I suppose one of these days we will have to cut the beauty bush back, we can barely get through it to get to the back garden, but probably we won’t be doing it today. I really wanted to come in and update the Blog, and pick the winners, but would you look at this day! So, you may have noticed, I’m late. I got the laundry going and started hanging it on the line. Pink perfection “Linda Porter” (named for Cole Porter’s wife, he wrote the song you’re listening to) is blooming. We had a good drenching rain storm, so the mock orange (left) and the pink Beauty Bush are cascading over each other and smelling like exotic perfume. I have it all to myself.” First thing I did was walk out to see what grew while we were gone. I checked to see what Vanna was doing, and found her bed empty. To the kitties, here’s Jack posing, Girl took off the moment I pulled out the camera. Waking up to the quiet, to the going-nowhere-today, to birds singing and morning sun slanting through the maple trees. Īnd now, here I am bright sunny Monday morning. ![]() When we see the church spires, we know we’re there. Wind, sea, seagulls crying, more lovely hints that we are drawing nearer. So beautiful, love catching glimpses of them under sail. There are a few wooden schooners like this that live permanently in the Vineyard Haven harbor. Good clues for knowing we’re almost home. There’s the lighthouse and some of the little cottages along the shore. We’ll be home in time to light the candles and set the table for dinner. What a week! We had a wonderful time in Connecticut, but it is so nice to be home! Here we are on board the ferry heading back to Martha’s Vineyard the slow way. I would be willing to go around the world if I could be back in time to light the candles and set the table for dinner.” ♥ Gladys Taber. “Traveling is all very well if you can get home at night.
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