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good background and middle ground – and I do not like

to take ~~to take~~ the foreground from one place and the background

from another place, – I must visualise it together

in order to determine, how "warm" or "cold" they should be

in relation to each other – now the marigolds are beginning to disappear, –

but I have 4 pictures of marigolds in progress,

so that You can have something to choose between, and I will

perhaps begin a fifth, which I have observed;

I transplanted marigolds on my farm in order to

be able to have them against a background of my liking,

and have had these plants lying in the earth so that

they can take “root”, – they have not sprung up quite yet.

But if it turns out to be difficult,

despite all this, to manage to create a

satisfactory picture, – I have several small sketches

that You can have a look at and choose something from

for another year; – If I knew in advance,

how You would prefer the rest of the motif, it

would be easier to decide – this time I have in a

way had too much to choose between, despite

the present paucity of marigolds. An agronomist

discouraged me by saying that "hopefully the era of marigolds will

soon be over ^forever, they were synonymous with neglect". With

best wishes I am Yours sincerely

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