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22 April 2023

9:00 AM

22 April 2023

9:00 AM

We had planted a cluster of daffodils on the spaniel’s grave, but after a few days the weather battered them down.

Sadly, the little yellow flowers began to curl up and wither in the force of the wind and hail that was pelting the small wooded copse where we laid Cydney to rest.

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