All the Blue of Heaven
“Janey Roswell, five years old and possessing the tenacity of a bulldog, asked the question for the seventeenth time.
“When I’m ready, honey,” Alberta answered with a sigh. “I couldn’t find any fine summer dresses with a high collar so I’m just tucking this scarf in...
like so. ” With another nervous tug Allie adjusted the lace across the baby pink skin around her neck. She would have to get a dress made as soon as they arrived. Fickle fashion. She used to love getting new gowns ever...y year. That was when she had perfect skin and only worried about becoming too tan. Her parasol and large brim hat were a fair-haired girl’s best friend. Her lips twitched in bitter irony at the thought of how much trouble she used to take against a little extra sun.
“Are we almost at Grandmother Leeds’ house?” Janey peered through the train window at the farmland flashing by.
Three days’ worth of questions. Allie silently ticked another tally mark next to ‘are we there yet’, and stroked Janey’s soft blond hair.MoreLess
“When I’m ready, honey,” Alberta answered with a sigh. “I couldn’t find any fine summer dresses with a high collar so I’m just tucking this scarf in...
like so. ” With another nervous tug Allie adjusted the lace across the baby pink skin around her neck. She would have to get a dress made as soon as they arrived. Fickle fashion. She used to love getting new gowns ever...y year. That was when she had perfect skin and only worried about becoming too tan. Her parasol and large brim hat were a fair-haired girl’s best friend. Her lips twitched in bitter irony at the thought of how much trouble she used to take against a little extra sun.
“Are we almost at Grandmother Leeds’ house?” Janey peered through the train window at the farmland flashing by.
Three days’ worth of questions. Allie silently ticked another tally mark next to ‘are we there yet’, and stroked Janey’s soft blond hair.MoreLess
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