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Two lovely portraits, one in paint, one in words.

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Bemused she certainly. You captured her beautifully.

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Apr 15Liked by man of aran

Yup, elevating diction, your game, swell rhyme--assonance, I guess--of glance and laugh. Uplifting! (Baseball game this AM in Maine--spring break, for goodness sake--20 miles from here. Grandma on the lookout for Grandpa's rabbit holes, though these are Grandpa's lifelong goals. We don't want the kids, or Grandpa, entertaining any ideas.)

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She was on the £20 notes right up until the Euro came in 2000 and something. An iconic image for anyone who remembers the old money.

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