Another year in the bin.

[alt_poppy]

And what a year! I trust we will not soon again be tested as we were this past year with the Scourge. In fact, it seems the year to come will bring the silver lining of that dark cloud: the Prophet and these journals have been full of birth announcements in numbers we haven't seen for many a year! I see today alone that congratulations are due to the Hodgsons in Dent, the Peeles of Lyme Regis, and the Herrings of Pocklington. Best wishes to all of you.

Such a hopeful way to ring in the new; such a beacon for spring!

I suppose I needn't say it, but spring cannot come soon enough for me. It's been a dreary and dreadfully cold season here, following on from one of the most blustery, wet autumns I can remember.

Comments

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[alt_poppy]

Bless.

Of course, you want to do normal things. It must be very difficult to have to hide all the time.

That sounds like a very useful set of omnioculars, indeed. I should think there might be other uses for such a set. If the right person were to give it some thought!

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[alt_sirius]

Why Madam Pomfrey! You sly little witch.

Keep that up and between you and Minerva I may lose all my illusions about the temperance of Hogwarts matrons.

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[alt_poppy]

I haven't the faintest idea what you thought I meant, Sirius Black. Perhaps your mind is not best suited to considering the useful applications, after all.

I had in mind surveillance of buildings with part of a team outside and one person taking the riskiest part on the inside. Or spying on meetings or events when only one person can reasonably hide close enough in for a proper view of things without being detected.

That sort of thing.

Sly, indeed!

Honestly.