I wasn rsquo t truthful about the tulips A gift from my younger daughter the packaged bulbs traveled home with her to the US from Amsterdam after she visited there So I made a show of accepting the bulbs with great excitement as excited as I was to reunite with her But tulips are my least favorite flower Many bloom early and fade fast The July weather meantime made it too hot to plant them Finally however in late September I planted ldquo my daughter rsquo s rdquo bulbs mdash thinking of her and thus planting them with love With
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