The Building of the Nest 



generous porch, the living room, the 

 stairs and sleeping quarters are not 

 seriously faulted. The dining room 

 was, and is yet, small, too small for 

 general entertaining, but there are but 

 two of us left now, and with the lapse 

 of years our visitors seem to be 

 narrowing down to just a few of those 

 we love the best, so that the very 

 coziness of the little nook contributes 

 perhaps whatever charm it may pos- 

 sess. The door that opens towards the 

 little garden on the east is guarded by 

 mock oranges now reaching upward 

 to the roof, laden each May with 

 heavily scented bloom; a favored leafy 

 canopy for nesting birds. Along the 

 casements on the south rare holly- 

 hocks send up each year the brilliant 

 stalks so loved by busy "bumble" 

 bees. 



The trouble was the architect and 

 myself both forgot about the kitchen. 

 That is, I forgot it altogether, and he 

 very nearly. He did "come to" long 



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