Bee-autiful!👏👏🥰

Exactly! Her own personality and wit shine through every sentence.

Thank you!

gorgeous ❤️

Those waves are wonderful! I love painting the sea (or trying to)

I used to love those books when I was a child! They were all in the local library, and this picture brings back my delight 📚😊

Beautiful - and an excellent demonstration, thanks 👏👏☺️

wonderful atmosphere in your pictures 👏👏👏

I can't understand people who go to the theatre and cannot manage without food and drink for two hours. (Haven't been to the cinema since those buckets of popcorn started showing up 🍿😬)

Thanks for reminding me of this poem, because I just love it - rhythm, words, everything 😍

The BBC drama is very well done - but to me, the characters are just not Jane Austen's, so I'm giving up 😞☹️

Beautiful effect👏🎨😎

In the original, Mary was always the one who pushed herself forward for the piano, etc, and Lizzie was actually very kind to her. As for Janice Hadlow's book, I'm afraid I can't get over Mr Bennet dying early on - he is deliciously, dryly funny, and has some of the best lines in P&P (imho) 😍

I'm a bit disappointed too - and I do agree with you about the music. (I'm trying to imagine e.g. 'Hamlet' on stage, with musicians plonking away to add atmosphere 🤨)

This is truly frightening.

Lovely scene. Wish I was there!

I visited Brantwood a few years ago. Good to be reminded of a beautiful house and its amazing owner.

Happy writing to you. May your words flow! (mine too)
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Beautiful words and picture ❤️

Gorgeous 😍

What sound and useful advice - thanks

Great advice 👍

Beautiful 👏👏

We've had plenty of rain in Derbyshire lately, so I took a break from writing to paint a watery landscape
#art #painting #watercolours

I do agree! 'Middlemarch' is another favourite of mine (though I still love Jane Austen's humour) 😀

I'm an Elizabeth Gaskell too, and loved North and South. I wonder if she's not popular as Austen because her novels are Victorian, and TV, films etc adore the Regency period?

Thanks for the reminder of Bath - I visited long ago and loved it. ❤️ I seem to have missed out on the Romans though!

Reminds me of Leonard Cohen, whose songs used to encapsulate those post-party hours (and days)

Beautiful painting❤️

I never realised these hats were so useful for draining off the rain! (Maybe we should bring them into fashion) 😀