{"id":5580,"date":"2022-04-30T19:51:53","date_gmt":"2022-04-30T19:51:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/?p=5580"},"modified":"2022-04-30T20:05:05","modified_gmt":"2022-04-30T20:05:05","slug":"petless-and-pinefull","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/petless-and-pinefull\/","title":{"rendered":"PetLess and PineFull"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

After much reflection I concluded I am not a dog person. The doggies were not getting from me anywhere near the attention they got from Helen. With the help of some friends, we found a young and loving family for them, so I loaded up all their gear and said goodby:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I also concluded I’m even less of a turtle person. I got over 30 craigslist responses when finding a home for him:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I AM, however, a plant person, so I converted the outside turtle pen into a mini-forest. Helen’s favorite plant was the AL state tree, the LongLeaf Pine. We have one next to her by the waterfall and now, complements of our backyard forest, we have another 20+ scattered about in pots:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Aya, Eric, and I collected a bunch of stuff for donation. Big trucks cannot make it up our driveway, so I had an excuse to get some exercise:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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