{"id":122,"date":"2003-12-06T10:43:59","date_gmt":"2003-12-06T18:43:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mainecourse.com\/mt\/?p=122"},"modified":"2006-10-15T15:16:38","modified_gmt":"2006-10-15T19:16:38","slug":"flos-flowers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mainecourse.com\/mt\/2003\/12\/06\/flos-flowers\/","title":{"rendered":"Flo’s Flowers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last Christmas, the Canning sisters decided to give Flo a bouquet of flowers, one a month, for the entire year. Early this week, while replacing an exterior wall of a condominium rotted by an improperly installed deck (have you checked your flashing lately?), I met Amelia, of Amelia\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Flowers, and bought this bouquet for Flo. The last of the series. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m pretty sure she\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll say to me, as she has repeated every month, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Oh, you didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t have to.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

P.S. If there are any inaccuracies in this story, I am sure that either Stickler, or Stickler\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Sister will correct them.
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One could make a cogent argument that I should have told Matthew I had disengaged four wheel drive. Matt drove home from Daryl\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s last night, his first in the snow, and I thought at the time, this doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t teach him anything.<\/p>\n

When we picked him up at after his Saturday job, I shifted back to two wheel drive, then moved from the passenger seat, allowing him to drive. The streets were thoroughly snow covered and slick. Just past the Christian Science church on Windsor, Matt fishtailed, compensated by turning right, then had to immediately yank the wheel, again, to the left to bring the nose of truck back in line. <\/p>\n

Diane, from the back seat, said, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Good job Matthew.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

From the front seat, I could see the flushed, Oh Shit! look on Matt\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s face.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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