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Tonight I'll be reading a snoozy opening to the flower fields of Alpine Switzerland

by George Flemwell, originally published in 1911.

You'll hear lots of descriptions of mountains and flowers and flowers on mountains. Let's get cozy. Close your eyes.

body into the softness of your bed.

Now, take a few deep breaths. Chapter 3, the May Fields This is the hour, the day, the time, the season sweet, quick quick hasten laggard feet

Brooke not delay

May tide will not last

fourth fourth while yet tis time before the spring is passed, by Louis Morris, time to

rejoice. It is essential that we arrive amid the Alpine fields in May

for we must watch them from the very beginning.

To postpone our coming until June

would be to miss what is amongst the primest

of Alpine experiences, the awakening of the earlier gems in their shy yet trustful

legions. Indeed, in June, in any ordinary year, we should risk finding several lovely plants gone

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