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Today I picked up "gumballs" while helping my friend, S, do yard work. These spiked menaces are known as gumballs, and come from the American Sweetgum tree.

We spent the afternoon in short sleeved tees picking up gumballs from the gumball machine that never quit. After raking a section, I would turn around and see more on the ground from the beautiful tree. S looked fabulous after our day at, work, so I took her picture. Although it seems as though I'm complaining, it was 70º (or warmer) and sunny most of the afternoon. This while Minneapolis is being hit by 10 to 15 inches of snow... not a bad trade off!

I will admit tree is beautiful even though I threatened to cut it down on more than one occasion. Did I mention it was 70º when we quit at five?

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Anonymous said…

So funny - Chris and I were raking up leaves and branches yesterday also at about 70 degrees and I was saying how much it reminded me of S since we would always do that stuff together in Minneapolis. Nice to see you post and also have the reminder for myself. Hope you two have fun and hoping to see you both in June!

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