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Tree Lady

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8. I was raised by a mom who made them

Reply to DURHAM D (Original post)

Fri May 1, 2026, 01:34 PM

Friday

And when my girls were little we would make baskets and bring to the neighbors flowers.

I stopped after I went back to work and life got busy. Now retired my flowers haven’t grown out yet and I am not going to buy a bunch, actually I am buying nothing today

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