{"id":3016,"date":"2012-07-09T06:49:42","date_gmt":"2012-07-09T10:49:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/p4td.lightshedder.com\/?p=3016"},"modified":"2012-07-09T06:49:42","modified_gmt":"2012-07-09T10:49:42","slug":"792012-happy-anniversary-carol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=3016","title":{"rendered":"7\/9\/2012: Happy Anniversary Carol"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/weiw.lightshedder.com\/MaineHome\/Coastal-Maine-Botanical\/i-RBShFpP\/0\/L\/IMG8496-L.jpg?resize=700%2C525\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Today my wife Carol and I celebrate our 29th wedding anniversary. The last two years and a third year 2 years before that, we have visited the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens as part of our celebration. We love the whole place, but the Children\u2019s Garden, which we saw for the first time last year, is very special. All kinds of the best quality whimsy going! This is Carol in the little reading house in the center of the garden. All cedar on the inside and shingled on the out\u2026with a grass roof. I am certain she wants to take it home and plant it in our backyard as a sanctuary from my untidy habits. You can see it here in the wider view, on the other side of the ornamental pond. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/weiw.lightshedder.com\/MaineHome\/Coastal-Maine-Botanical\/i-3t3XVjn\/0\/L\/IMG8512-L.jpg?resize=700%2C525\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>But this is really to celebrate Carol, who for 29 years has been my companion on many such adventures. I am still amazed to find we share so much\u2026that there is so much of the world we can enjoy together. That has to be special. <\/p>\n<p>And here she is braving the rope walk in the tree house beyond the Children\u2019s Garden, getting in practice for next year\u2019s trip to the Canopy Tower in Panama. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/weiw.lightshedder.com\/MaineHome\/Coastal-Maine-Botanical\/i-9Sfr7SR\/0\/L\/IMG8529-L.jpg?resize=700%2C525\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Happy Anniversary Carol. I may not have brought you flowers, but I brought you to a garden. And here is an Azalea just for you. 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