I'm reading Victoria Houston's series set in Loon Lake, Wisconsin.
http://www.victoriahouston.com
A very enjoyable cozy (although it has neither quilts nor cats). it had me pleasantly drifting toward sleep when .....wham! one simple word sparked so many warm memories of a grandmother with a German heritage.
dumhof!
It's German for "stupid" -- never used to describe another, but rather in the "I am/was a dumhof" when I did that.
oh, compensating for the lack of cats & quilts, one of the main characters is a female Chief of Police.
Shropshire Union Canal, England -- Water Like a Stone by Deborah Crombie. I'm gorging on all the Kincaid & Gemma not-yet-reads.
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I've seen these -- part of the canal system, on a London tour ages ago.
Can we hope that Spring has come in -- and meld quietly into Summer without so much as a soft sigh?
Here are some Blue Tulips with their memories of Holland. I think the forsythia will bloom soon -- those in back are shaded and tend to be later. It's time to shed winter's cocoon.
