Handwritten 4 page letter to Ekaterina Erastovna Zborovskai͡a describing the life of the Imperial family while in exile at Tsarskoe Selo. Small pressed flowers affixed to first page.

Rough English translation:

No. 4

30 May 1917

Hearty and great thanks to you, my dear Katia, for letter no. 5. I was just going to ask you to put numbers on your letters, and you have already done this; this is remarkable!. The rose is good enough to eat!… - How are you all? We think of you all so often. These days the weather is very warm; it makes our walks very pleasant. We do not have much work with our kitchen garden now; it needs only to be watered; so Papa cuts and saws dead trees, and we sometimes help him too; but we mostly sit, watch, and warm ourselves in the sun. The trees fall down with much noise, and this is fun. My “Jim” is in a good health, and always goes with us for walks. Even now, while I am writing to you, he is sitting here scratching my legs. Nothing special happens here. What are your brothers and the rest [of the family] doing? Did you have your pictures taken? I continue taking pictures, though not many. In the evenings we usually sit all together while Papa is reading aloud. We all still live in the same room (the Red Room), where you saw us; it is better here. We are all here, the windows are open and lilacs smell wonderful. Yesterday we were thinking of Victor specifically, of the time when he was still recovering from his wound. How are our wounded men doing, such as Boiarko(?) and others. We would like to get some news from them; pass our regards on to them. I am going for a walk now and will finish [this letter] later. Just came back from a walk; we worked again and cut trees. Well, sweet Katia, I have to finish [this letter] now. My warmest regards to Shurik [Alexander] and all the rest. May the Lord be with you. I kiss you many-many times and love you. A[nastasiia]

My sisters kiss you and send their regards to everybody and to your Mama.