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in lodges making pictures for the prize of Rome.  The exhibition will soon be open.  Its only two weeks to the first of may.  We are very anxious for that opening. 

The weather is now bright & clear & warm like summer.  The leaves are all out, & in the evening we sit out on the balcony looking on the delicate sky & new moon till dark & without a bit of chilliness.  Green pease & strawberries & asparagus are come but are too dear to buy but in a week or so they will be plenty.  We are fixing our studio up very nicely.  We have bought some good photographs & prints to hang on the walls & besides some plasters casts that are very nice & useful to draw from once in a while. 

Last Sunday Bill & I took a long walk in the country & in coming home we saw one of the horse races.  I am about run out now so I'll write a little letter to Caddy & then stop. [[strikethrough]] My tr [[/strikethrough]] I have had two tribunes one from Poppy & one from the office.



Dear little Caddy, 

There is a lady next door to our studio that has a big white pussy cat with green eyes.  When it is warm our studio window is open & the pussy cat comes in from the roof to see us.  Sometimes she climbs up on our shoulders & looks at us while we paint & sometimes she goes & lies down on my mattrass.  She is a very nice cat & we will always let her in if she dont get fleas on her. 

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