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Hey Portia, I loved this. Beautiful start to my day (well, not Putin, obvs).

I’m just replying in words today…no tits or buttocks. It will be a disappointment, I know, but I hope my words will suffice.

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My favorite bakery near my house in the Yokohama suburbs has a few tables outdoors and as soon as my wife and I sit down to eat a few sparrows appear from nowhere waiting to get a few crumbs. The braver ones even land on our table.

La mia panetteria preferita vicino a casa mia, alla periferia di Yokohama, ha alcuni tavoli all'aperto e non appena io e mia moglie ci sediamo a mangiare, dal nulla compaiono alcuni passeri in attesa di rivcevere qualche briciola. I più coraggiosi atterrano direttamente sulla nostra tavola.

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Great job, Portia! The title definitely gets your attention lol

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Last time I said that, she did!🤣

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This is really beautiful! And I love the photo of the grape hyacinth - nature will out! 👏🏼❤️

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The return of the songbirds is always nice, but here on Martha's Vineyard the big news is that the ospreys back on-island, having vacationed, as usual, in Venezuela. https://www.mvtimes.com/2024/03/06/wild-side-osprey-cometh/

Thank you for the link to Keukenhoff Garden. I'll have to ask my daughter if she's ever been there. She lives in Wassenaar, which appears to be only 15 miles away, if that far.

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That grape hyacinth is proof the best gardener is the least gardener : )

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Mar 24Liked by Portia

Can I show you my buttocks instead? I live in Mauritius, and there’s this beautiful songbird called the red-whiskered bulbul. I really like them, so much so that I’ve given them a nickname: ‘Cul Rouge’. (Their whiskers aren’t the only red thing on them, you see.)

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So you're blaming Putin for freezing in your apt? How did you work that out? Did Putin sanction the energy? Sounds like you've got things tits up.

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