CAROLYN’S COMPOSITIONS
EYES OF LAVENDER, VIOLET & AMETHYST
There are no photographs of Madame Rosalie de la Val, an émigré to America during the French Revolution and a major character in my historic romance novel. This fact leaves me free to create her physical characteristics in my image.
Madame is a very strong, very unusual, woman. I visualize her being petite, with black flowing hair and violet eyes that change shades, or colors, according to her mood.
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Within three months of her 1791 emigratioon to the United States she became an independent land speculator, participating in a playing field that included General Henry Knox, Colonel William Duer, General Henry Jackson, and William Bingham. They themselves were involved in the whirlwind of land speculation following the American Revolution, which included large tracts of land in Hancock and Washington counties, Maine.
She skillfully, artfully, and very business-like, maneuvered through this field, in spite of the fact (to continue reading click on: http://intertwinedlove.wordpress.com/2010/04/19/eyes-in-shades-of-purple/ )
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ADDITIONAL READING:
Discovering Hardy Lavender
Violet infestation? Why complain?
CANDIED VIOLETS: Remembering My Mother on Her Birthday
From flax to linen: The Stahlstown (Pa.) Flax Scutching Festival
Kudzu in Pennsylvania? OH, NO!
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Eyes of lavender, violet & amethyst
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CAROLYN’S COMPOSITIONS
EYES OF LAVENDER, VIOLET & AMETHYST
There are no photographs of Madame Rosalie de la Val, an émigré to America during the French Revolution and a major character in my historic romance novel. This fact leaves me free to create her physical characteristics in my image.
~~~~~~~~~~~~
Within three months of her 1791 emigratioon to the United States she became an independent land speculator, participating in a playing field that included General Henry Knox, Colonel William Duer, General Henry Jackson, and William Bingham. They themselves were involved in the whirlwind of land speculation following the American Revolution, which included large tracts of land in Hancock and Washington counties, Maine.
She skillfully, artfully, and very business-like, maneuvered through this field, in spite of the fact (to continue reading click on: http://intertwinedlove.wordpress.com/2010/04/19/eyes-in-shades-of-purple/ )
~~~~~~~~~~~~
ADDITIONAL READING:
Discovering Hardy Lavender
Violet infestation? Why complain?
CANDIED VIOLETS: Remembering My Mother on Her Birthday
From flax to linen: The Stahlstown (Pa.) Flax Scutching Festival
Kudzu in Pennsylvania? OH, NO!
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