Excellent week, this.

[toadflax]

Aside from that bit of cold that I think pretty much everyone got a touch of--which is the trouble of living in close quarters, and it's been rather funny watching everyone steaming from the ears--it's been just a brilliant week. I was so excited about the ball that I completely forgot to be nervous about the Transfiguration exam, and got full

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[toadflax]

Oh, I didn't get it very badly, don't worry. One dose of Pepperup and plenty of tissue and I was all right the next day. And Professor McGonagall said today that she'll be expecting a higher standard of work from me in future, so the exam was kind of a mixed blessing after all--but I don't mind trying to live up to her expectations, because she's always fair about them.

Your color choices are noted, and pink and yellow are easy. The variety I've got right now, that I've been working on most of this year, looks like this; it's a winter flower, hardy enough to bloom right through snowbanks and survive even covered in ice--and they will, too, I've had a box of them in the big kitchen freezers for a week and they're doing fine. Smells very nice, too, a bit like cinnamon and lilacs now that I've finished. If everything breeds true through a few generations Professor Sprout says I'm practically guaranteed the best Herbology mark in the year, which I'm not sure is quite fair since it's just a hobby.

If you've got any preferences for shape or scent--scent's harder, and I can't make guarantees--I'll try to work those in as well.

[hannah_abb]

Neville, they are beautiful! Oh, the Great Hall is going to smell so great if everyone is wearing your flowers... cinnamon and lilac, yum!