Bea is busy with ideas and play. She is best kept outside, near her tea set, or next to one while they do the dishes. You can cheer her, if sad or upset or mad or all of those emotions by giving her little chompers or some fresh purple play dough.

That first picture of the variegated camellia really caught my eye! There are a million varieties of the stuff. Now our homeland sprouts peonies, roses, and the like; lilly of the valley, peppermint galore, and bright orange poppies. Soon we'll see daisies, lilies, flowering lambs ear, and tall, tall grass everywhere. It is a heavenly time!

Love to you all!