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for stewed tomatoes and find that they have been sweetened. ( I have had so much of this that the illustration was present in mind, thought [[t striked out]] not elegant. I had been counting the days.______ every thing is beautifull [[l striked out]] now & my studio looks quite nice decorated with bittersweet winterberry & some fine rose hips with dark maroon colored leaves. It is as warm as Summer. -Probably by next week the cold will set in & you know I can have no fire and shall be all shrunk up & cranky.___