Camelias for Eglantine
Happy Birthday eglantine_br!
You asked if Susan's shopping list was written in her own hand, it wasn't, we presume it was written by a clerk. You were right about one thing though, she had a very firm hand indeed, and here it is! Very few of Susan Pellew's letters have survived so we were delighted to find a few previously unknown letters written by her to her son George. Here's an extract from one that we thought you might appreciate for all kinds of reasons....
I have had a severe cold - as indeed we have all had - but thank god I am now inclined to walk out and enjoy the spring flowers a little which is a great blessing snow drops and crocuses abound I suppose even in Yorkshire - but we have Camelias of all kinds looking in upon us from the green house
nodbear and I went to visit West Cliff House in Teignmouth, were Susan wrote this letter from, and were delighted to find that her green house has been beautifully restored. And what did we find growing inside it? A single camelia.
So here's hoping that, like Susan, you've also recovered from your flu and that it won't be long before you can enjoy the spring flowers too :)
You asked if Susan's shopping list was written in her own hand, it wasn't, we presume it was written by a clerk. You were right about one thing though, she had a very firm hand indeed, and here it is! Very few of Susan Pellew's letters have survived so we were delighted to find a few previously unknown letters written by her to her son George. Here's an extract from one that we thought you might appreciate for all kinds of reasons....
I have had a severe cold - as indeed we have all had - but thank god I am now inclined to walk out and enjoy the spring flowers a little which is a great blessing snow drops and crocuses abound I suppose even in Yorkshire - but we have Camelias of all kinds looking in upon us from the green house
nodbear and I went to visit West Cliff House in Teignmouth, were Susan wrote this letter from, and were delighted to find that her green house has been beautifully restored. And what did we find growing inside it? A single camelia.
So here's hoping that, like Susan, you've also recovered from your flu and that it won't be long before you can enjoy the spring flowers too :)