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Peonies and Ants

The peonies have been blooming in central Minnesota. When I see peonies in bloom, I think of ants. My mom told me that ants are needed to open peony flowers. How cool! A symbiotic relationship, like little sucker fish on bigger fish. But, it’s not necessarily true. A little online research on a couple of websites (peonies.org and Iowa State University Extension) featuring an early-style web layout (which certainly helps date them) shows that peonies…

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Meet Me on the Back Side …

of the television. We recently rearranged our living room, moving our television from in front of a small window that faces outside to the other side of the room, where it now sits in front of a window that faces into our entryway. When I was preparing to take Doggle Woggle for a walk, I glanced in through the window and noticed the back side of the television. The light that illuminates the screen was…

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Shiny Puppy

In the morning, the sun streams full force through our large living room window, which has not been the case the past couple of days due to rain. However, last week I snapped these pics of our Doggle Woggle, who was enjoying the sunshine. I was impressed with how shiny his fur is in the light.

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