The Corner Shop on Foxmore Green by Lilac Mills EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
- Author: Lilac Mills
- Language: English
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Rowena Lloyd stepped out of her front door, pulled it shut behind her and
turned her face up to the sun, feeling its warmth on her skin. The day was
shaping up to be a glorious one, and she couldn’t wait to dive right into it.
She took a steadying breath, the scent of the wisteria which grew around
her front door filling her nose.
Bees hovered over the cascading purple
flowers before settling, and their busy drone made her smile. She’d thought
she’d lost the plant as last winter had been such a harsh one, but it had
gamely rallied and was now in full bloom. It looked marvellous growing up
and over her porch, and it was just a pity it didn’t flower for longer. Maybe
she could grow some honeysuckle through it, or jasmine, so there would be
flowers well into the summer.
Rowena cast her eyes over the rest of her tiny front garden with
satisfaction. At this time of year it was a riot of colour. Orange, red, and
yellow tulips stood to attention in their pots, although they’d be past their
best shortly, and the lilac bush growing on the other side of the window
sported many pink flowers. The lavender was out, and the sweet peas that
scrambled through the hedge separating Rowena’s garden from next door’s
added their fragrance to the heady mix. It was a bee’s paradise and Rowena
was immensely proud of it.
She allowed herself a few more moments of indulgence, thinking that her
granny would have approved of what she’d done with it. Granny had died
when Nia was only seventeen-moths old, leaving the cottage to Rowena (plus
a small inheritance which Rowena guarded closely) and although she didn’t
have a great deal of spare cash, she had spent it wisely on the flowers and
shrubs that she’d planted in the garden.
Tearing herself away, she focused her mind on what she needed to do
today. ‘Rallying the troops’, she called it in her head. Another term was ‘guilt
tripping’ them. For Rowena, this meant knocking on doors and trying to
drum up interest.
She wasn’t religious and only went to church for weddings and at
Christmas, but the lovely old building was in danger of falling down if
something wasn’t done about it. It would be a shame for it to be
deconsecrated and sold off, either to be demolished or turned into a house or
flats.
It’s not like she was asking anyone to put their hands in their pockets –
what she was asking was for people to sign a petition to keep the church
going, and maybe donate a few things to the bring-and-buy sale that Betsan
was organising in order to raise funds. It wasn’t much to ask, surely?
Foxmore without its lovely, rickety old church would be unthinkable.
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