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Kaname bows a thank-you. "Yeah, I did make it myself, actually...." she smiles shyly. "They're simply sunflower seeds."

::laughs::I should have remembered that they are nuts about sunflower seeds...back where I came from the football team ate them too, the bus was a mess after away games

::Eliza notices the bow and trys to return it without looking too awkward::thank you again - I'll put it outside my window next to my shard collection..

(I have a random set of crystals hanging up - when the sun hits them, it's rainbows everywhere smile )

Kaname smiles. "Back in Ireland, I used to make small squirrel feeders with my Mah. She's quite fond o' the little devils~."

::Eliza giggles - not used to having squirrels reffered to that way but is funny to hear::you know..for all the problems they seem to cause,

it amazes me how many people will make special efforts to attract them to thier yards ::pauses to giggle again::

- even if to the other side so the birds can eat too ::Eliza takes a breath and smiles::

::Eliza has been sketching the time they'd been talking, hands Kaname a cartoon of a squirrel cowering away from two oversized acorns. The acorns have manga-style silly faces on them::

::the caption for the cartoon::what do you do - when what you love - makes you nuts?

::Eliza giggles::I thought of this after hearing it in a poetry slam...please take it as part of my thanks for the feeder

Kaname smiles. "It's adorable~! Thank you so much!" she says while gently taking it, as to not tear it. She giggles a bit, and takes out a folder, gently putting the paper in the folder's pocket. "It's so much fun talking to you, Eliza-chan~!" She says with a smile.

::Eliza blushes at the kind words - double for her modest attempts at cartooning::likewise - I hope we can talk again sometime...

::trying not to be too forward, as it is so close to summer vacation - it would probably be better to take things day to day, after all she had no way of knowing the other's summer plans and if she was returning to Ouran in the fall::

::Eliza gestures to Kaname's folder::I have one of the binders with a see through cover I made a collage of cartoons, stickers and even a few photos...

::laughs::a bunch of them were in the recycling bin at the copy place, I could design one for your drawings and folders if you need one?

::Eliza was not trying to go overkill but after all - she did have a lot of the darn things and if nothing else was a fun way to get to know people to make one for another::

::Eliza tries to think, though she had been offered to do some traveling with one of her classmates she wasn't sure how long the trip would take::

::might as well be honest::It's ok - I'm going to be doing a little traveling - Paris... New Orleans..possibly Mexico

then maybe some photograpy, art and editing::grins::I hope to finish at least one book though - so I can start sending them to publishers during the slow season...

::looking to Kaname, tucks a lock of hair behind an ear::how about you? anything special?

"I'm headed to Karuizawa for a while, then going to visit some friends in Ireland." she says with a small smile.

::excited for her friend::wow..Ireland and with friends! ::smiles:: I've never been though part of my heritage is based there...

which part of the Emerald isle are ya'll going?

Kaname smiles. "We're headed to Dublin. Then, weather providin', we're going to Londonderry and Kildaire....do you know where you're family's from?"

::Eliza thinks carefully::I think it has something to do with the Isle of Man...I kind of remember my dad saying something about it being a varient of the keeper of the park...

funny isn't it?::laughs:: some people here only know about the kind of green that gets exchanged in banks

::Eliza is innocent of money matters only knowing it took A LOT to go to school at Ouran and it took A LOT of money to move her family there::

::looking surprised, Eliza's response is to back up::

oh hello there - what brings you here?