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I carried the roses back tothe snow free I brought the flowers to my nose, but, of course, there was no scent

"What in the hell are fifteen roses doing here?" I asked the deserted road "Is it a tribute to Elizabeth?"

Maybe, e

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T S Eliot called April "the cruelest month" T S Eliot never spent a January in Minnesota If he had, he would have known that to us April is the light at the end of the tunnel It is the proht and shiny future (not toof the baseball season) It is also a long way off Which is why I took great pleasure fro into Fleur de Lis on Main, the only florist shop in Victoria It s

The woman behind the counter had enor She spoke softly and for aa wake in the back roo-stemmed red roses?"

"We certainly do"

"How many in a bouquet?"

"Usually a dozen, but we can make up a bouquet of any size"

"Have you recently sold a bouquet of fifteen roses? Long-stemmed roses?"

"Fifteen?"

"Yes"

"I don’t think so--No, I’m sure I haven’t Why do you ask?"