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#1 2006-06-21 14:04:23

sonrisa
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Registered: 2006-06-21
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flower names

My landlady grew lovely roses and the streaked red-orange-yellow-pink ones (called Joseph’s Coat) in her yard became St. Joseph’s Goat.
The Saint part I could kind of get—but what could the Goat possibly mean to her? Never asked, and now she’s gone.

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#2 2006-06-21 16:49:13

Chris Waigl
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Re: flower names

Lovely.

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