" That's the apple-scented geranium . "
" Oh , I don't mean that sort of a name . I mean just a name you gave it
yourself . Didn't you give it a name ? May I give it one then ? May I call it
ーlet me seeーBonny would doーmay I call it Bonny while I'm here ? Oh ,
do let me ! "
" Goodness , I don't care . But where on earth is the sense of naming
a geranium ? "
" Oh , I like things to have handles even if they are only geraniums .
It makes them seem more like people . How do you know but that it hurts
a geranium's feelings just to be called a geranium and nothing else ?
You wouldn't like to be called nothing but a woman all the time .
Yes, I shall call it Bonny . I named that cherry-tree outside my bedroom
window this morning . I called it Snow Queen because it was so white .
Of course, it won't always be in blossom, but one can imagine that it is ,
can't one ? "
" I never in all my life say or heard anything to equal her , " muttered
Marill, beating a retreat down to the cellar after potatoes . " She is kind
or interesting as Matthew says . I can feel already that I'm wondering
what on earth she'll say next . She'll be casting a spell over me , too .
She's cast it over Matthew . That look he gave me when he went out
said everything he said or hinted last night over again . I wish he was like
other men and would talk things out . A body could answer back then and
argue him into reason . But what's to be done with a man who just LOOKS ? "
Anne had relapsed into reverie , with her chin in her hands and her eyes
on the sky, when Marilla returned from her cellar pilgrimage . There Marilla
left her until the early dinner was on the table .
昨日、富山からチューリップが届きました
（ありがとう
）
昨日は、気温が高かったので、届いたチューリップも箱を開けたときにはすでに
つぼみがすっかり開いたものも何本かあったり、水揚げして花瓶に挿していく
その間にも、みるみる開花していくものですから・・・ちょっぴり焦りました
そんなわけで、花もちが心配な今年のバレンタインチューリップでしたが・・・
今日は、この寒さで、少しほっとしています。花も私も！
しかし、ベランダの鉢植えの芽は、今日の寒さに震えてる！？
アンデルセン公園のチューリップたちは今頃 どうしてるかしら？？？
今月読んだ本たち
