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Aging lobbyist, gardening and tending to our 201 roses bushes with my best friend who happens to be my wife. Also an occasional killer of worms AKA playing golf, father of three high maintenance daughters and Papa to two beautiful granddaughters.
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Happy Friday from the Wells. Our granddaughters are becoming gardeners.

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And the second rose of the season is another Regosa Rose, Robusta.

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Well I guess I didn’t get picked to be the new Pope. I was hoping to be the first Baptist Pope in history. A Batholic.

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Beautiful golden sky at sunset in Minnesota☀️ #Photography #Photographer #Sunset #Nature #Minnesota

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Good morning from the Wells. The gardens are firing on all cylinders now. Have a great day everyone.

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The first bloom of this growing year in our gardens . Rosa Rugosa Alba Rugosa. @joyf.bsky.social

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Turn up the volume. Morning is breaking over the Land of Lincoln. Have a great day everyone.

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Let there be light. Morning has broken over the Land of Lincoln. We have sunshine. 👏. Have a great day everyone.

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This morning at Springfield’s Central Baptist Church.

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it’s popular with some people to bash Illinois, but it seems to me we are doing something right and ranking higher than the so called “business friendly” states Maybe those Illinois counties wanting to break away and join Indiana should hurry and move to that “paradise”. 🤣

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Good Morning and Happy Lord’s Day from the Wells. First blooms of the year have arrived courtesy of the pollinator garden. Have a great day everyone.

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Today’s #gardening project, digging up and moving Hostas from one bed to the bed that was just about destroyed by the cicadas last summer.

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Apples and Blackberries forming, Onions and Garlic looking pretty good #Gardening

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Wild flower bed has germinated, veggies planted in their pots, two new David Austin Climbing Roses Planted only thing left is for Ann to seed the zinna and sunflower beds and that will happen I. A couple of weeks #gardening

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Julia Parsons, a U.S. Navy code breaker during World War II who was among the last survivors of a top-secret team of women that unscrambled messages to and from German U-boats, has died at 104.

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Spot of rain last night here in the 217. 😀

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5:30 Approp Hearing moved to a different room and starting late. Must be almost May in Springfield.

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Little known fact. After leaving Illinois politics, John started a fishing lure company and had a reality show on TV.

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Things you find in old files. If you ever signed one of these you might be a well seasoned lobbyist. 🤣.

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Good Morning from the Wells. Starting to see color in the yard as wild Golden Rod fires up on the berm and plants in the pollinator garden are about fire up. Have a great day everyone and please remember Chatham, IL in your thoughts and prayers. ❤️.

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Chatham, IL. ❤️

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These seems pleasant.

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Good Morning from the Wells. What a great site, the roses are forming the first buds of the year. Have a great day everyone.

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Good Morning and Happy Lord’s Day from the Wells. Ann caught this slowly fading rainbow a few minutes ago. Great way to start the day. Have good one everyone.

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27 April 1938 | Dutch Jewish girl, Sientje Pinto, was born in Amsterdam. She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Westerbork in October 1942. She was murdered in a gas chamber after arrival selection.

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Good thing our daughters are done with college and weddings because there would be nothing left for them after today. 🤣

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Addie is thrilled with more Lilac and Hollyhocks for Dad to plant. 🤣.

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Creek Side Gardens in Collinsville, IL. It’s Black Friday for us gardeners #Gardening

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I’m told by Mrs Wells these will be either seeded or bedded with new plants by Sunday night. My back hurts already. 🤣

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Turn up your volume and enjoy the sounds of Spring in the 217. Have a great day everyone.

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