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Marqv's avatar

Hi Kathleen

I would like to invite you to have a look at our latest, Carl Sagan-inspired, article, here it is - https://canfictionhelpusthrive.substack.com/p/from-sagan-to-the-jacksons-debate

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Rob Riley's avatar

I had bleeding hearts in my first house in the Bx. I bought the place knowing that the seller was going to subdivide part of my side yard and build. That was in the contract, no problem, but what was left of my backyard had bleeding hearts, and I always remember them being so beautiful, but I haven't heard anyone mention that plant since 2003.

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A. Arvids Gales's avatar

Ah, yes! Something about the best laid plans of mice and Men oft going asunder – know anything about that?

Quick add to round and square symbols in dreams. Generally speaking square tables in dreams, earth, round tabes, possibilities; therefore, rectangular table, something not quite come to fruition; egg shaped tables, Jung’s synchronicity leading to more energy to perform a task.

Remember i said, generally speaking, no absolutes in dreams or in poetry.

Apologies for this link. Really!

https://aarvidsgales.substack.com/p/surviving-an-aneurysm?r=51sf79

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Erica Crall PhD's avatar

Ooooo that’s wild!

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Carolyn Jones's avatar

Oh! I think it’s beautiful!

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Wendy  Gray's avatar

Oh, NO! You are so right, Kathleen! NOTHING funny about it. Sure hope it doesn't last long as Mother Nature finds her April Fools joke was an awful DUD! Hope your plants are hardy ones and get through it, poor things. One last excuse to make up some hot cocoa, get under a fuzzy blanket and read something marvelous! Blessings to you on this day of winter flurries. MUCH LOVE, ~Wendy💜

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Kathleen Hobbs's avatar

Wendy, my tulips and daffodils even the bleeding hearts go through this every winter and they survive. I will post pictures in a few weeks and you will not believe how many flowers survive and bloom.

I just had some delicious meatloaf, mashed potatoes, and green beans perfect for this cold weather.

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Wendy  Gray's avatar

Oh, good to hear you have such hearty plants and had such a yummy, hearty meal perfect for the day! Hope that snow doesn’t stick for long, and those blooms get a good watering! Look forward to seeing your after pics! Especially those bleeding hearts, they were my grandmother’s favorite and every mention of them brings a smile in her memory. Blessings, my friend. ~Wendy💜🌷💕

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Ilona Goanos's avatar

Where are you at?

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Kathleen Hobbs's avatar

Utah Northern. All of the snow has melted already, but it is starting to snow again.

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Rod Bluhm's avatar

Those poor flowers!

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Kathleen Hobbs's avatar

Don't worry about those Rod they go through this every single winter they're used to it.

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Rod Bluhm's avatar

That’s great, Kathleen!

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Mary Pierce's avatar

Tis a cruel joke, oft played. I long for daffodils.

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Kathleen Hobbs's avatar

Yes, it is, every year.

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Gael MacLean's avatar

What a beautiful garden!

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Kathleen Hobbs's avatar

Give it about two or three weeks and you won't even recognize it. I'm so blessed with so many beautiful flowers mostly perennials. I will have to send pictures when everything is in bloom.

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Gael MacLean's avatar

Please do. I live in the desert so these pictures are a feast.

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Mia Ball's avatar

April fool's. Back home where I used to live in Northern Michigan, they were just attacked by the worst ice storm in recorded history for that part of the state. Mother nature must not have gotten the memo that it's spring

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Kathleen Hobbs's avatar

Ice storms are the worst. When I used to live in Philadelphia and New Jersey, we had a lot of those ,haven't had too many here in Utah.

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