tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36238835983907667022024-03-13T16:03:16.839-04:00NEW ADVENTURES IN SOUTH CAROLINATracy Golightly-Garciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07409307445856582227noreply@blogger.comBlogger84125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3623883598390766702.post-48663424009835185882012-01-04T11:30:00.001-05:002012-01-04T11:49:32.016-05:00Happy New Year 2012Hoping the new year will bring much joy and happiness to all.<br />
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Guinea Pigs make great pets~if you show them love they will love you back. They also jump a lot(called popcorning)and the first time my daughter and I saw Starburst jumping, we did not know what was going on. It is still funny to see her jumping all over her cage for about 30 seconds almost non stop. The books will tell you to have more than on Guinea Pig, but Starburst has been fine on her own. We do hold her a lot when we are at home and give her maybe to much attention.<br />
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If you are thinking about buying a pet~I would recommend starting out with a Guinea Pig. Who can resit a face like my Starburst?<br />
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Please send me your address~your book and a surprise will be mailed to you Tuesday. My daughter drew the name from a hat Saturday night and a big "thank you" to her! Sorry the drawing was not Thursday so much has been going on and time slipped through my fingers.<br />
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Before, Mrs Lane read from her book, she asked "Where is Tracy Garcia?" It took a few seconds for me to realize she was asking for me! I was honor that she remembered me through her <a href="http://www.vickilanemysteries.com/">blog </a>and it proved to me~yes you can have friends through blogging. I did speak with Mrs Lane after her reading and she is a very sweet and soft spoken person. She signed all her books for me and I have an extra copy of her first book.<br />
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If you would like for your name to be put in for the giveaway~just leave a comment and next Thursday I will have my daughter draw a name.<br />
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Wishing everyone a great weekend!<br />
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Tracy :)Tracy Golightly-Garciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07409307445856582227noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3623883598390766702.post-58553808774682221262011-11-11T06:30:00.016-05:002011-11-11T07:46:08.218-05:00Good To Be BackSorry I have been gone for a while, but the last few months have been a learning experience and I am hoping to share a few things with you.<br />
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On 5 April my mom suffered a stroke and I have come to terms with seeing my mom not able to do all she could do at one time. I have seen the ugly side of health care and people who really don't care for their own, but tend to care more for people who never put into the system. I have also spoken with people who had to give up their parents home to get them into a nursing home. Most of all, I have come to understand this country needs to take better care of our senior citizens and medicare needs to do more!!!<br />
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Mom is improving everyday--she is in out patient physical therapy at <a href="http://www.ghs.org/rcp">Roger C Peace</a> and I am so proud with all she has accomplished in the last six to seven months. She has some control in her right hand and her speech comes and goes. She is walking with help but with a bad knee and still weak from the stroke~walking is hard. I have learned by watching my mom~her speech is better earlier in the day. When she is tired, I can tell her brain is slowing down.<br />
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To help me with my feelings and hurt, I turned to canning this summer.(very good therapy for me). Mr G had a great garden and I canned green beans and tomatoes. I also made salsa~which did not last long. I also made vegetable soup which did not workout at all. Trust me when you walked into my house you could tell! Yes, mistakes were made but I did something I have always wanted to do.<br />
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I am also taking knitting lessons and have a great teacher in Hendersonville NC. I will share more about this later.<br />
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A few weeks back, I met Vicki Lane who writes mysteries. She is a sweet and very soft spoken person and I am very glad to have met her. She has a wonderful blog~<a href="http://vickilanemysteries.com/">Vicki Lane</a>. In my next post, I will have a book give away singed by Mrs. Lane.<br />
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I still have so much to share~so please do come back. This year the Autumn leaves have been unreal! <br />
Beautiful colors of red, yellow, and orange. <br />
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Tracy :)Tracy Golightly-Garciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07409307445856582227noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3623883598390766702.post-3520881212613675272011-10-23T12:51:00.006-04:002011-10-24T14:50:07.891-04:00Will Be Back SoonI am sorry I have been away for a while. So much has happened in the past six months and I hope to share my thoughts with my readers soon.<br />
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Please do not give up on me~~I hope to post on my blog this week or next week.<br />
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Oh, a book give away is coming up. I met Vicki Lane last week and have an extra book that she singed. <br />
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Take Care and come back soon!<br />
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Tracy :)Tracy Golightly-Garciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07409307445856582227noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3623883598390766702.post-23741632292409847242011-09-11T07:33:00.011-04:002011-09-11T07:37:53.027-04:00In Memory of 9/11<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Hope everyone will have the week of your choice!<br />
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Best<br />
Tracy :)Tracy Golightly-Garciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07409307445856582227noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3623883598390766702.post-64553088462473482542011-07-21T07:45:00.002-04:002011-07-21T08:27:41.280-04:00Thankful Thursday<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-1OUCxiIZlOY/TiUtYLm1A8I/AAAAAAAAA5g/iZWKiqlpc2k/s1600/100_2707.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320px" m$="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-1OUCxiIZlOY/TiUtYLm1A8I/AAAAAAAAA5g/iZWKiqlpc2k/s320/100_2707.JPG" width="240px" /></a></div><br />
Today I am thankful for:<br />
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1. Mom is doing better <br />
2. My family<br />
3. The beautiful warm weather<br />
4. The garden has given us so much to can <br />
5. If you are reading this--I am thankful for you<br />
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The idea for Thankful Thursday came from:<a href="http://www.missbuckle.blogspot.com/">MissBuckle</a>Tracy Golightly-Garciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07409307445856582227noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3623883598390766702.post-85956410194449450262011-07-19T08:00:00.007-04:002011-07-19T08:12:35.320-04:00Dandelion JellyI read several blogs and notice many bloggers were making dandelion jelly. After making strawberry jelly, I decided to give dandelion jelly a try. Going out and picking the flowers can be very time consuming and you do receive many strange looks. The more flowers you pick the better, because the jelly will be more of a gold color.<br />
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Many bloggers wrote about the honey taste of this jelly and I am here to say--that is very true! I do wonder where the honey taste comes from? It did take the jelly one or two days to set--I almost threw it away, because I thought I did something wrong.<br />
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Funny Story--several times I picked dandelions during my lunch at work. One time, I was stopped by security asking me if I was ok and another time I was leaving work and I notice several dandelions in front of a building near where I work. So of course, I stopped my car and starting picking and yes security was watching me.! When I got into my car they followed me until I was off campus. It's funny what we go through to have fresh food.<br />
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My dandelion jelly recipe came from the New York Times.<br />
Urban Forager Dandelions Preserves<br />
(makes about two pints)<br />
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2 cups dandelions blossoms, separated from leaves and bracts<br />
2 cups of water<br />
1 cup of sugar<br />
2 teaspoons lemon juice<br />
1 1/4 teaspoon of pectin<br />
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1. Boil flowers in water on medium heat for about 10 minutes.<br />
2. Strain petals from liquid and return liquid to pot to boil.<br />
3. Add sugar, lemon juice and pectin, following your particular pectin's instructions.<br />
4. Boil and stir vigorously with a wooden spoon, skimming the foam, until the top surface becomes blobby and glasslike(2 or more minutes).<br />
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Enjoy!<br />
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Best<br />
Tracy :)Tracy Golightly-Garciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07409307445856582227noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3623883598390766702.post-39808060622827556512011-07-04T02:03:00.012-04:002011-07-04T02:15:48.231-04:00Happy Birthday America<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-54pSnCIMK78/ThFY0vqQIkI/AAAAAAAAA4E/h2pC_QG21g0/s1600/Waving_American_Flag.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="199" i$="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-54pSnCIMK78/ThFY0vqQIkI/AAAAAAAAA4E/h2pC_QG21g0/s320/Waving_American_Flag.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <br />
Wishing everyone a happy fourth of July! <br />
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Finding a place to read is important to me--at work I will sit outside on my breaks and at home I will read outside on a beautiful day or evening. It's a funny thing how books can make one act. <br />
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My 5 books for this Summer are:<br />
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~<span style="color: red;">Comedy In A Minor Key</span> by Hans Keilson<br />
135 pp--A Dutch couple hides a Jewish man form the Nazi's--they soon understand how close they have become to their visitor.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>~<span style="color: red;">A Turn In The Road</span> by Debbie Macombe<br />
332pp--Three women will drive across country trying to forget the pass and learn the future can be good.<br />
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~<strong><span style="color: red;">My Reading Life</span></strong> by Pat Conroy<br />
337pp--Mr Conroy shares with his readers how books have played an important role in his life--he also shares some private moments of his life with his readers.<br />
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~<strong><span style="color: red;">Miles To Go</span></strong> by Richard Paul Evans (part 2 of a 5 part series)<br />
336pp-After the death of his wife and losing his home, Alan Christoffersen decides to walk from Washington to Florida. While on his walk he comes in contact with people who he never thought he would meet. Soon he understands the important role he will play in their lives and healing.<br />
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~<strong><span style="color: red;">What Alice Forgot</span></strong> by Liane Moriarty<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>426pp--After hitting her head in a fall, Alice Love has no memory of the past 10 years of her life. She will soon learn how much her life is about to change--will it be good or bad?<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>You might also enjoy: My Family And Other Animals by Gerald Durrell, Show Me Good Land by Shonna Milliken Humphrey and Left Neglected by Lisa Genova<br />
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What good books are your reading this Summer?<br />
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For more good Summer books-please visit: <a href="http://blog.sarahlaurence.com/">Sarah Laurence Blog</a> and <a href="http://www.fromthehouseofedward.blogspot.com/">From the house of Edward</a><br />
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"A house without books is like a room without windows"<br />
Horace Mann<br />
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Best<br />
Tracy :)<br />
Tracy Golightly-Garciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07409307445856582227noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3623883598390766702.post-86646613500515919782011-06-17T07:45:00.007-04:002011-06-19T16:46:12.630-04:00Words and QuotesI have always loved words and quotes. For several years I have been collecting quotes and famous sayings--so far my collection is getting close to one hundred. I keep all my quotes in my Moleskin. Growing up, I can remember reading the dictionary one page at a time and loved learning the origin of words. I also love finding words with in a word. I catch myself doing this all the time--I know it's crazy, but.... It's sad to know one day the dictionary will be something of the pass. <br />
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I am guilty like so many people and use Google to look a word up, but I am catching myself reaching for a dictionary more and more.<br />
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I read a great blog <a href="http://www.spudballoo.com/">Chez Spud</a> and came across a post that has left me thinking. Spud wrote on the Holstee Manifesto and I must say we all can learn from this.<br />
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What are some of your favorite quotes or thoughts?<br />
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Hope everyone will have the week end of your choice!<br />
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Best<br />
Tracy :)<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Tracy Golightly-Garciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07409307445856582227noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3623883598390766702.post-1220186682465399452011-06-12T23:10:00.009-04:002011-06-13T11:25:38.213-04:00Royal StampsLook what arrived in my post box this past week. I was lucky that I saw these on the <a href="https://www.royalmail.com/">Royal Mail</a> web site--some of the stamps are sold out.<br />
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Hope everyone will have the week of your choice!<br />
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Best<br />
Tracy :)<br />
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3 Quarts of fresh strawberries, hulled<br />
1 1-3/4 ounce package regular powdered fruit pectin<br />
1/2 teaspoon butter<br />
7 Cups of sugar<br />
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1. Place 1 cup of crush berries in an 8-quart heavy kettle. Continue adding berries and crushing until you have 5 cups. Stir in pectin and butter. Heat on high, stirring constantly, until mixture comes to a full rolling boil. Add sugar all at once. Return to boiling 1 minute, stirring constantly.Remove from heat, skim off foam with a metal spoon.<br />
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2. Ladle at once into hot, sterilized half-print canning jars, leaving a 1/4 inch head space. Wipe jar rims, adjust lids. Process in a boiling-water canner for 5 minutes(start timing when water returns to boil). Remove jars; cool on racks. Makes about 7 half-pints.<br />
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I will be making more of this wonderful jam in the future!<br />
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Hope everyone will have the week end of your choice.<br />
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Best<br />
Tracy :)<br />
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This year Mr G planted-- cucumbers, green beans, tomatoes, cabbage, corn, watermelons, radishes and squash. We have pulled up several radishes and with a little sea salt I must say they were ummmm. We have also had one cucumber, but more is to come! I am going to try my hands at canning green beans this year--hope it goes well! <br />
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I also have a small herb garden on my front porch(cilantro and basil). I think cooking is a much more enjoyable experience when you can go out in your back yard and pick fresh vegetables and herbs.<br />
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Tracy :)<br />
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I enjoy field day, because it's a time for parents to meet and catch up on the year and see what plans are being made for next year. It is also nice to hear summer plans that are on the horizon.<br />
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Oh, yes we had a very nice lunch at Frodo's--great pizza!<br />
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Hope everyone will have the day of your choice!<br />
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Tracy :)Tracy Golightly-Garciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07409307445856582227noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3623883598390766702.post-62045257501411410982011-05-29T22:15:00.002-04:002011-05-29T22:19:30.342-04:00Catch Up TimeResults from the Swamp Rabbit 5k<br />
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It's been three weeks since the GHS Swamp Rabbit 5K and I would like to share my results and pictures with you. There were between 4.000 to 6.000 participants--I have never seen so many people ready to run or walk in one place! I enjoyed my walk and as I have said before-walking is my think time and trust me I had a lot of time to think on this walk. My daughter walked in the race and I told her to go on and don't worry about me. She did great and I am very proud of her.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>During this walk, I thought of my mom who suffered a stroke one month ago. Every step I took, I did in her honor and I know one day she will walk again. <br />
Thought this was funny--I saw the one mile mark, but never saw the mark for mile 2 or 3. I asked one of the helpers how much longer until I get to mile 2 and 3. He laughed and told me I was near the end of the race! Yes, I did make it to the end and when I saw my husband and daughter waiting on me I cried. <br />
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It has been one year since my weigh loss surgery and I have come to understand that if you put your mind to something you can achieve it. I never though, I would walk over three miles, but I did it. No I did not win, but I finished the race under the time I set for myself.<br />
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Results:<br />
Tracy-1:24:27<br />
Daughter-1:11:04<br />
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Tracy :)Tracy Golightly-Garciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07409307445856582227noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3623883598390766702.post-85435253273708363662011-05-13T20:17:00.014-04:002011-05-13T21:38:42.787-04:00Smiling <br />
Keep Smiling<br />
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If at times you feel you want to cry<br />
And life seems such a trial<br />
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Above the clouds there's a bright blue sky<br />
So make your tears a smile.<br />
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As you travel on life's way<br />
With its many ups and downs<br />
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Remember its quite true to say<br />
One smile is worth a dozen frowns.<br />
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Among the worlds expensive things<br />
A smile is very cheap<br />
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And when you give a smile away<br />
You get one back to keep.<br />
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Happiness comes at times to all<br />
But sadness comes unbidden<br />
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And sometimes a few tears must fall<br />
Among the laughter hidden.<br />
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So when friends have sadness on their face<br />
And troubles round them piled<br />
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The world will seem a better place<br />
And all because you smiled.<br />
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~Author Unknown~<br />
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Hope everyone will have the week end of your choice<br />
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Best<br />
Tracy :)<br />
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</tbody></table>Tracy Golightly-Garciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07409307445856582227noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3623883598390766702.post-65986667540285175132011-05-11T15:58:00.000-04:002011-05-13T16:50:38.406-04:00Spring FlowersWas walking around my neighborhood and saw some beautiful flowers I would like to share with you. I am sorry, I cannot tell you the names of these flowers, but feel most of them are dogwoods(??). Pictures one and three, I have not a clue. If you know , please share with me.<br />
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Best<br />
Tracy :)<br />
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