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But there are plenty of flowers in bloom or just coming out, the honeysuckle most conspicuously. The south portico is fragrant with that now. BUT THERE ARE PLENTY OF FLOWERS IN BLOOM OR JUST COMING OUT THE HONEYSUCKLE MOST CONSPICUOUSLY THE SOUTH PORTICO IS FRAGRANT WITH THAT NOW
love the house itself, without and within, for its associations, for its stillness and its simplicity. We love the garden. And we like Washington. We almost always take our breakfast on the south portico now, Mother looking very pretty and dainty in her summer dresses. Then we stroll about the garden for fifteen or twenty minutes, looking at the flowers and the fountain and admiring the trees. Then I work until between four and five, usually having some official people to lunch--now a couple of Senators, now a couple of Ambassadors, now a literary man, now a capitalist or a labor leader, or a scientist, or a big-game hunter. If Mother wants to ride, we then spend a couple of hours on horseback. We had a lovely ride up on the Virginia shore since I came back, and yesterday went up Rock Creek and swung back home by the roads where the locust trees were most numerous--for they are now white with blossoms. It is the last great burst of bloom which we shall see this year except the laurels. E THAN MOTHER AND I WE LOVE THE HOUSE ITSELF WITHOUT AND WITHIN FOR ITS ASSOCIATIONS FOR ITS STILLNESS AND ITS SIMPLICITY WE LOVE THE GARDEN AND WE LIKE WASHINGTON WE ALMOST ALWAYS TAKE OUR BREAKFAST ON THE SOUTH PORTICO NOW MOTHER LOOKING VERY PRETTY AND DAINTY IN HER SUMMER DRESSES THEN WE STOLE ABOUT THE GARDEN FOR FIFTEEN OR TWENTY MINUTES LOOKING AT THE FLOWERS IN THE FOUNTAIN AND ADMIRING THE TREES THEN I WORKED UNTIL BETWEEN FOUR AND FIVE USUALLY HAVING SOME OFFICIAL PEOPLE TO LUNCH NOW A COUPLE OF SENATORS NOW A COUPLE OF AMBASSADORS NOW A LITERARY MAN NOW A CAPITALIST STORE LABOR LEADER OR A SCIENTIST OR A BIG GAME HUNTER IF MOTHER WANTS TO RIDE THEN WE SPEND A COUPLE OF HOURS ON HORSEBACK WE HAD A LOVELY RIDE UP ON THE VIRGINIA SHORE SINCE I CAME BACK AND YESTERDAY WENT UP ROCK CREEK AND SWUNG BACK HOME BY THE ROADS WHERE THE LOCUST TREES WERE MOST NUMEROUS FOR THEY ARE NOW WHITE WITH BLOSSOMS IT IS THE LAST GREAT BURST OF BLOOM WHICH WE SHALL SEE THIS YEAR EXCEPT THE LAURELS
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