Love Letters From Ladybug Farm - Donna Ball [0]
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Dearly Beloved
Chapter 1 - A Day to Remember
To Love and to Cherish
Chapter 2 - What a Difference a Year Makes
Chapter 3 - Opportunity Knocks
Chapter 4 - Dreams Coming True
Chapter 5 - The Wonders of Modern Technology
Chapter 6 - A Few Complications
Chapter 7 - Love Stories
Chapter 8 - Rising to the Occasion
For Better or For Worse
Chapter 9 - Good in a Crisis
Chapter 10 - The Trouble with Men
Chapter 11 - A Small Affair
Chapter 12 - Homecoming
Chapter 13 - Problems of Their Own
Chapter 14 - Love Letters
From This Day Forward
Chapter 15 - On Tending Gardens and Taking Chances
Chapter 16 - Life Is Not a Rehearsal
Chapter 17 - Here Comes the Bride
We/come Home
At the corner of the driveway to the house, there was a sign, hand-painted by Lindsay and decorated with ladybugs and a garden scene, that said, Welcome to Ladybug Farm. It never failed to make them smile. As they made the turn and started down the gravel drive, lined with tall oaks, the anticipation of some grand destination always made the heart beat a little faster. And then, coming out of the shadows and rounding the curve where the full, emerald lawn with its purple hydrangeas and brilliant pink peonies and carefully cultivated beds of hollyhocks and impatiens and showy, old-fashioned dahlias spread out like a ruffled quilt designed to show off all the colors of nature, there was always a catch of breath. In the background, the majestic blue mountains spilled their shadows onto a bright green meadow dotted with sheep. And in the foreground the big old house with its faded brick, painted columns, and tall, high windows seemed to reach out to them, and welcome them home. Bridget and Lindsay shared a glance as they pulled up in front of the wide front steps, each of them understanding what the other was thinking: I can’t believe we live here.
Berkley Books by Donna Ball
A YEAR ON LADYBUG FARM
AT HOME ON LADYBUG FARM
LOVE LETTERS FROM LADYBUG FARM
A BERKLEY BOOK
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Ball, Donna.
p. cm.
eISBN : 978-1-101-46443-4
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