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- Roy
- Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, United States
- An old hippie still keeping the faith. An amateur photographer, musician, poet, and essayist.
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Isn't this interesting! and here I am from Canada who have never saw this pretty before!
ReplyDeleteLooks like a type of lily of the valley.
thanks for sharing!
looks like an orchid. is it?
ReplyDeleteColette and tut-tut - Canada Mayflower is in the Lily family and is closely related to Lily-of-the-Valley.
ReplyDeleteohhh nice one!
ReplyDeleteAnd here I thought it was a ship!
ReplyDeletedoes it smell as loverly as the lily of the valley?
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