May 6, 2007by hatfield13

View from the back porch

My favorite place to write!

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jmprince says:

May 6, 2007 at 2:55 pm

um, if that’s the view from your back porch, I hope you have a guest room!
Reminds me of my summers in Michigan. *sigh*

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