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Mr. and Mrs. Teabody Take to the High Seas

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Mr. and Mrs. Teabody Take to the High Seas How is winter 2014 progressing for you, Gentle Reader? Is your heart longing for longer, sunnier days? Is your sitting room strewn with the various brightly-colored catalogues from Mister Burpee and from Wild Flower Farm? Have you, in fact, already purchased potting soil and begun the process of growing your own fledgling tomato plants, rutabagas and broccoli rabe? My, how wonderfully sensible you are! It is always a good plan to look springward whilst one sits hopefully gazing at the bleak, wintry landscape just outside one’s window. On an especially fortunate day one may even catch two or three errant sunbeams incising the leaden January skies. Mrs. Teabody adores how the large windows of Chez Teabody look out into nature on even the winteriest days. The Teabodys love home. And they especially love the luxury of planting their feet firmly on the ground. However, a few months back when Mrs. Teabody suffered one of her rare