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Mocking birds, meadow larks, Carolina wrens, cardinals, and field sparrows were singing cheerfully. We came up the river in time to get home last evening. MOCKING BIRDS MEADOW LARKS CAROLINA WRENS CARDINALS AND FIELD SPARROWS WERE SINGING CHEERFULLY WE CAME UP THE RIVER IN TIME TO GET HOME LAST EVENING
 up to the monument which marks where the house stood in which Washington was born. It is a simple shaft. Every vestige of the house is destroyed, but a curious and rather pathetic thing is that, although it must be a hundred years since the place was deserted, there are still multitudes of flowers which must have come from those in the old garden. There are iris and narcissus and a little blue flower, with a neat, prim, clean smell that makes one feel as if it ought to be put with lavender into chests of fresh old linen. The narcissus in particular was growing around everywhere, together with real wild flowers like the painted columbine and star of Bethlehem. It was a lovely spot on a headland overlooking a broad inlet from the Potomac. There was also the old graveyard or grave plot in which were the gravestones of Washington's father and mother and grandmother, all pretty nearly ruined. It was lovely warm weather and Mother and I enjoyed our walk through the funny lonely old country. UNCH AND WALKING UP TO THE MONUMENT WHICH MARKS WHERE THE HOUSE STOOD IN WHICH WASHINGTON WAS BORN IT IS A SIMPLE SHAFT EVERY VESTIGE OF THE HOUSE IS DESTROYED BUT A CURIOUS AND RATHER PATHETIC THING IS THAT ALTHOUGH IT MUST BE A HUNDRED YEARS SINCE THE PLACE WAS DESERTED THERE ARE STILL MULTITUDES OF FLOWERS WHICH MUST HAVE COME FROM THOSE IN THE OLD GARDEN THERE ARE IRIS AND NARCISSUS AND A LITTLE BLUE FLOWER WITH A NEAT PRIM CLEAN SMELL THAT MAKES ONE FEEL AS IF IT OUGHT TO BE PUT WITH LAVENDER INTO CHESTS OF FRESH OLD LINEN THE NARCISSUS IN PARTICULAR WAS GROWING AROUND EVERYWHERE TOGETHER WITH REAL WILD FLOWERS LIKE THE PAINTED COLUMBINE AND STAR OF BETHLEHEM IT WAS A LOVELY SPOT ON A HEADLAND OVERLOOKING A BROAD INLET FROM THE POTOMAC THERE WAS ALSO THE OLD GRAVEYARD OR GRAVE PLOT IN WHICH WERE THE GRAVESTONES OF WASHINGTON'S FATHER AND MOTHER AND GRANDMOTHER ALL PRETTY NEARLY RUINED IT WAS LOVELY WARM WEATHER AND MOTHER AND I ENJOYED OUR WALK THROUGH THE FUNNY LONELY OLD COUNTRY
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