Romance in Redwork

Here's something I just came across, for you romantics at heart (like me).  I so do love these quaint, old Ingall's motifs from the late 1800's.  A bit of a Valentine's theme, or something straight out of a Jane Austen novel.  Perhaps it's Miss Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy strollling along arm in arm.  Doves cooing softly overhead.  This reminds me of my wedding day. A pair of doves appeared (for the first time ever) in a tree outside my window.  I marveled at that, counted it as a good omen and tucked the memory away.  A few years later, after moving to a new home in another town, doves visited again and actually roosted near the front door.  A house blessing!  We lived in that house for 12 years, and I only saw them one other time, right after the birth of our third child, seven years later.  A pair had perched outside the nursery room window on a vine-covered wall.  That beautiful moment is still so clear in my mind.  I watched them resting there for about ten minutes before they flew off.   We've since moved a thousand miles north and I've only seen them twice.  Once at the last house and again after moving out here to our "country house", when a small flock landed in a tree near the back porch. I guess they were making up for lost time.   Enjoy the free pattern.  May it bring a little love to your neck of the woods.