the ending's the same

two days ago ms. cicadashell and i celebrated the twenty-fifth anniversary of our marriage. we marked the occasion by picking out the same card for each other. notably, we both were concerned that the choice was perhaps a bit too whimsical, but decided to go with it anyway. that pretty much sums things up.



yesterday, possibly related to the tree that fell at the edge of the parking lot, a swarm of bees gathered on a smaller tree just outside the back door of the office. we called everyone we could think of who kept bees, but no one had an empty hive available. to be sure, the location of the bees near the top of the tree was problematic in terms of the usual, safe methods of gathering them. but they were gone within a couple of hours anyway.











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