He looked like a small child who had been told to look and not touch. Then he put his hands behind his back.

You know I invented that clock for a one-shot challenge fic. here at PS.  It was a throw-away line by George about how Ginny sounded like Aunt Martha's anxiety clock. 

How happy I was to find a use for it in this fic!  It's my own little Greek chorus!

I liked your discription of magical places. I've been told out places like that - in this world, I mean. I friend told me seeing the Northern Lights out in the wild is very much like that. Are they ever seen in Nova Scotia?

Very interesting scene between Harry and Ginny outside the house at night. I like how they're getting closer in a subtle (and yet at the same time not so subtle) way. I particullarly like Ginny's project with the Jarvey...I'm imagining it coming in handy later on in ways she wouldn't expect.

It they can be seen - they usually announce it during the weather on the news.  It's fairly unusual for the part of Nova Scotia I live in.  (We're south of where we lived in Maine - not too many people move south to Canada)

I  especially like how Ginny is an actual person with moods, and not a one-dimensional cliche.  She's much more likeable like this.

That's hard to do with someone we haven't seen enough of in canon - I hope I got her right!

So many good things in this chapter... put him in a room where nobody had died... the Oakshaft scene... Sir Crackpot... the stone circle... Aunt Martha's portrait and Harry comment about avoiding the landscapes. That gave me a lump in my throat. And then the last few sentances. *shiver* Can't wait for more! This is wonderful stuff.

I admier the facility with which you turn a slightly sad, reflective conversation into something either darker or funnier and I find myself reading not just for the story you are sharing with us, (for which, many thank!)but also to see if I can work out how you do it and thus improve my own scribblings.

I'm glad Aunt Martha has stayed interesting - I'm enjoying getting to know her along with Ginny.

I have visited stone circles in England and Scotland and there truly is something special about them.  I'm glad I could capture a little bit of that.

I love the anxiety clock.  It feels right.  You have done a wonderful job with Aunt Martha as well.  I will not be able to think of the Weasley family in future without including her among them.   

Again, you have done masterfully with Harry and Ginny.  I especially like seeing this story from her point of view.  Watching them dance around each other is endearing and excruciating all at once.  I think Ginny knows what she's fleeing from.  Not admitting is not the same as not knowing. 

I'm glad you like Aunt Martha - since there aren't too many other characters in this story!

Yes - Ginny is swimming in "de Nile."

Could I possibly express how brilliant this is?  I don't think so - but I will endeavour to anyway.  The slow, subtle build-up of Harry and Ginny's relationship is a masterpiece in the making.  How Harry notices Ginny when she's laying on the bed - comparing her to an advertisment.  How Ginny has to continually chide herself for thinking about Harry that way.  Then the scene by the rose bush.  Masterful.  I bow before your greatness, lady. 

It's turning out a lot long longer than I anticipated.  I thought five chapters at the most. But it's taking Ginny a while to get a clue.

::still giggling::  Oh, dear.  The car advert comment and Ginny's discomfort was funny, but the landscape comment had my husband insisting I share.  :)  I loved the family portrait/glimpse into Aunt Martha's past.  In fact, there's a lot to love about this chapter.

Something strange about that cow.  But then...I've always found cows a little sinister.