Conquer the Memories (1984)
“Tight velvet buds were just starting to form on the rose stems. Her favorite was the rich apricot-colored one, the one she had grafted herself and the one she had never really believed would work.
Absently, she brushed the trail of moisture from her forehead with her sleeve. Her shoulder just slightly protested the movement with a twinge of stiffness, but not much. Two weeks had made a difference.
Just being home had made the real difference.
Even with the slanted windows open, it was unbelievably hot in the narrow greenhouse. As much as she loved her roses, they refused to thrive under Wyoming’s baking sun and endless, driving winds. Charlie and Craig had put the building up two years before, over her repeated protests that she and Craig were away too much for her to spend the time with her favorite hobby. The two men had ignored her—their favorite pastime—and now they were both clearly to blame for the dirt under her fingernails, the hair curling wildly around her cheeks and the lux...urious relaxation she felt after digging in the rich black dirt for the past two hours.MoreLess
Absently, she brushed the trail of moisture from her forehead with her sleeve. Her shoulder just slightly protested the movement with a twinge of stiffness, but not much. Two weeks had made a difference.
Just being home had made the real difference.
Even with the slanted windows open, it was unbelievably hot in the narrow greenhouse. As much as she loved her roses, they refused to thrive under Wyoming’s baking sun and endless, driving winds. Charlie and Craig had put the building up two years before, over her repeated protests that she and Craig were away too much for her to spend the time with her favorite hobby. The two men had ignored her—their favorite pastime—and now they were both clearly to blame for the dirt under her fingernails, the hair curling wildly around her cheeks and the lux...urious relaxation she felt after digging in the rich black dirt for the past two hours.MoreLess
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