On Thursday, the poppies were in flower at the Georgi, big, orange petals at the end of tall stems.
The hydrangea trees, curving in a row across the lawn, weren’t blooming yet, but the breeze carried blasts of lilac scent. The Batten Kill wraps around this lawn, making it a peninsula of grass and flowers, with the house on a rise, surrounded by the rushing of the river.
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