We celebrated Flo’s birthday last night at the Hopkins’.
She’ll turn 92 on Monday.
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Matt and Flo, with Mary peering out from the centerpiece.
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Flo told this story last night:

“I’m sitting with my friends at Concord Park and this lady walks up, bends down, looks into my face and asks, “What is your name?”

“I tell her Florence Canning. She takes a step back and asks, “How do you spell that?”

” I tell her it’s C-A-N-N-I-N-G. Canning peaches, canning pears, canning pickles. She disappears and I don’t see her until the next day when she’s getting ready to leave. I approach her and ask, “Do you remember my name?”

“Why of course I do,” she replies. “It’s Florence Pickles.”