As a nice prezzie, my friend Frank stopped by with a bunch of flowers and his expert green thumb!
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This is all to build my very own tropical garden right here in Chi-town... well the flowers are more your midwest variety, but you get the point.
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So the flowers have been growing out on my porch for about two weeks now... after some hungry black birds have come by, I realize I must pick up a pinwheel from the Market. Once I do that I'm sure they will begin to bloom like crazy and I will posting pics here as they grow... I'm really hoping my own green thumb will shine through.