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They looked better like this.
But I kind of miss these.
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Enough to keep us off the bench. 
Enough to put off any picnics for several months.
And enough to hide the rose cone. >Loveliest of trees… or at least one of them. It’s a beautiful day in the neighborhood when the trees look like this.
It’s not so lovely when the road signs look like this. And this sign was quite readable, compared to the other road signs that we needed to read to reach our destination on Monday morning.
It was the kind of weather that made us decide to take a detour into a Farm and Fleet store and buy Amigo a new pair of boots. These were not inexpensive boots, either. They fit, they’re warm, and he can handle them himself. I call it an investment. I hope his feet are done growing for now….
You can see the evidence in the parking lot. The roads were that sloppy, too. My vehicle is so grungy that even my visually impaired teenager remarked, “Mom, your van is a mess.” >
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If the weather holds, we may get a few more of these. The potential is there!