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The dahlias waited till the very last minute to get all dressed up and flaunt their beauty.

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Such delicate beauty that unfolds

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and unfolds
seems a perfect companion to Nancy’s drawing.

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The touch of the natural and timely frost
creates a stained and withered look, a natural and timely beauty.

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Next year we will plant them in a different place,
a spot that’s easier to get to, perhaps.
We will put them in the ground earlier
and we will get sturdier, taller stakes to support their sizable blooms.
We are learning.

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She is my developmentally disabled sister-in-law, Nancy,
and I am Jeanne, the woman who flat-out loves her.
Go here to start at the beginning.