I'd love to hear more about your travels! It seems like you had a very dynamic summer indeed, both at home and abroad.
You come from a country with such a rich and dramatic history. I hope to visit England one day. My family and I had actually planned to visit the United Kingdom this summer, but we had some scheduling conflicts, but hopefully next year we can see England.
I wanted to thank you for recommending the series Britain's Bloody Crown by Dan Jones. I absolutely loved it, each episode was better than the last. I really came to a deeper appreciation of Margaret Beaufort, the episode A Mother's Love was the best of all. I was blinking back tears by the end.
As for Edward IV, you know his marriage to Elizabeth Woodville is actually a requirement for liking him, right? You think I don't love for him for that reason too? :) It's not every day a king defies his counsel and rejects a French princess to marry a "commoner" for love. She brings no money, land or armies to him, just herself. That's a true romantic. It also means it's time to grab the popcorn, the outrage and action starts like when Henry VIII married Anne Boleyn.
Another reason that I am drawn to Edward is his courage and devotion to his house, especially considering his young age. If Margaret Beaufort's story is A Mother's Love, you might call the story of Edward's early years A Son's Love. Edward gets dragged into this chaos as a teenager because of his father. This was a civil war between Richard Duke of York and Margaret of Anjou. It probably wasn't a fun time for Edward to have his fortunes taken, be seperated from his family and country, live on the run and go charging into battle, but his father's life was on the line, his whole family was. A situation had been constructed for Edward where winning the war was the only option left that could result in this kid and everyone he held dear not being destroyed. Edward had to go all of the way. It's the situation the Starks find themselves in. Fortunately for Edward there's a happy ending, and he ultimately is able avenge his brother and father and do what his father could not. I think his dad would have been incredibly proud of him.
Dragons are the best. They're my favorite Pokemon type! I'd love to know yours.
Yes like has an incredible smell. I like rose for the look, though the scent is nice too, but lilac is something else! The scent that gets me the most intoxicated though would he gardenia.
You get my seal of approval to just be a dragon. If you ever want be a snapdragon like me though just let me know ^_^
Hope your autumn days are looking bright!
-Sam