It was still the custom of the countryside to build with local materials produced as close to the selected site as possible, for transport was difficult, even the best of country roads being more fitted for horseback traffic rather than… — Flora Thompson Copy Share Image
It was a morning of ground mist, yellow sunshine, and high rifts of blue, white-cloud-dappled sky. The leaves were still thick on the trees, but de-spangled gossamer threads hung on the bushes and the shrill little cries of unrest of… — Flora Thompson Copy Share Image
“When I am dead and in my head And all my bones are are rotten, Take this book and think of me And mind… — Flora Thompson Copy Share Image
Special qualities are required of the essayist. A poem or a novel may spring from the inner consciousness of an author. Reasoning poers must… — Flora Thompson Copy Share Image
Other days, other ways; and, although they have now been greatly improved upon, the old country midwives did at least succeed in bringing into… — Flora Thompson Copy Share Image
I do not compare the past with the present without a prejudice for either, but, great as the improvement in country life is in… — Flora Thompson Copy Share Image
No age can have everthing and in material ways ours is more fortunate than any preceding one. Our ancestors appear to have mastered the… — Flora Thompson Copy Share Image
We cannot bring the good old days back but, if we must eat mass-made foods, get laws passed to insist upon its goodness and… — Flora Thompson Copy Share Image
What greater restoratives have we poor mortals than a good meal taken in the company of loving friends? — Flora Thompson Copy Share Image
So quiet and subtle is the beauty of December that escapes the notice of many people their whole lives through. Colour gives way to… — Flora Thompson Copy Share Image
Now, with the glamour of the past upon them we are inclined to look back on old world festivities with regret and consider present… — Flora Thompson Copy Share Image
Strict honesty was the policy of most of them; although there were a few who were said to 'find anything before 'tis lost' and… — Flora Thompson Copy Share Image
