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Growing White and Pink Dogwood Trees From Seed

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My husband, Dustin, and I are growing Dogwood trees from seed. Quite honestly, I am surprised that any even sprouted. From a few simple internet searches, most said that they were horribly difficult to grow. Such is not the case. I soaked 10 total seeds (5 pink dogwood seed and 5 white) for 5 days in a bottle of water. I did not remove the outer layer of skin and just planted the soaked seeds. Of the 10 seeds planted, 7 have sprouted. Our intentions were to grow two trees, one for each of our babies. It looks like we...

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Melting Cows ala Salvador Dali

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Brahman cattle look like they are melting. I first noticed this in Costa Rica but I have recently discovered that my neighbor owns a few of this breed. Its like Salvador Dali painted some f***ed up cows. That is all.  

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Big Hat ~ Lots of Cattle : Cow Fund

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My life is considerably different than I could have ever imagined. In 2010 I was living in a city I hated (Las Vegas) surrounded by a depressed, dirty community and was a broke, depressed, alcoholic smoker. It disgusts me to think about and repulses me to type out. It may be cliche, but having children certainly does change you. Although I was rapidly changing years before our daughter Alexandria Hayes was born in 2014, her birth was the shock though my behavior system that I needed. The alcoholism in this family ends with me. The bad decisions end with me....

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