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[alt_kingsley]

I’ve taken my journal up to the lea of the old gatehouse. There’s a warm stone here near the sundial where I can sit and stretch out my legs and write. I’ve got a long view northwest over Peel Bay toward the Stack and Cain’s Strand. There’re shrill voices drifting up from the Green, along with the baaing of goats, and the clatter of the cistern

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[alt_alice]

Oh, Kingsley, I'd gladly pay the cost of a dozen eggs to see all of you again.

Caradoc mentioned he practiced juggling with "bean-bags," so I whipped up a couple for Sarah and Freddy to practice with. They should make a good deal less mess with the bags than they did in their earlier efforts. Although with those two, Merlin knows.

[alt_molly]

Oh, that's what Kingsley meant about the eggs. Oh, dear. What a mental picture!

Bill's mentioned Sarah, come to think of it. He told us a bit about her when he's come over for dinner. Apparently she made quite the impression when he was there--a complete urchin, I take it? Always with streaks of dirt on her cheeks and a cheeky grin, according to him.

Alice, I haven't forgotten the idea of coming for a visit once Ginny's off to Hogwarts. I think I should have another couple queen bees by then, and so I'll be able to help set you up with some bee hives. It would be fun for the children (Ginny finds beekeeping fascinating) and I'm sure you can make very good use of the wax and honey.

[alt_alice]

She's a handful, that's for certain. She loves climbing trees even more than I did when I was her age, and I've put more plaster on her skinned knees than on all the other children put together.

I would simply adore a visit from you, Molly, and the bees would be very worthwhile. We actually talked about that very thing over dinner the other day, and Stephen mentioned that it may be important to test the children for allergies first, as apparently, some people can react very strongly to bee stings. We'd still want the bees, of course -- we'd just have to take extra precautions.

[alt_molly]

Perhaps testing the children for allergies is something that Poppy can do while she's there, when she makes her visit?

[alt_frank]

don't think I've laughed that hard in a long time, the look on Caradoc's face was bloody priceless.

it's been good talking with you lot in person. feels like an Auror reunion of sorts every time we all get together in the same room.

[alt_poppy]

I do wish I could have seen that. My cousin Caradoc brought down a peg or two by some children and a dozen eggs! He was always full of piss and vinegar as a boy, you know, so it's undoubtedly a dose of cosmic payback that he's earned over a lifetime.

[alt_sirius]

Calmed down, then, has Turner? Good.

I do have a report for you lot, but it's a bit difficult to post a lengthy entry just now. I can only risk a few minutes per day just to keep up with everyone.

I've been playing a lovable stray...it's working. But it's also exhausting.

[alt_frank]

working with Arabella has done wonders. you could tell he was chuffed when he got to sit in on the meeting with Dorcas.

[alt_kingsley]

That's what he needs the most, I'd say, the conviction that he's making a significant contribution. Once he's found the right harness, he'll throw his whole heart into it.

Victor told me he finally found the wrenches, so if you want us to make that excursion into Peel to salvage that Muggle contrapation John was talking about for the pump, we could go this afternoon.