September 11, Serendipity and Sea Turtles

By gardenbuzz

September 12, 2011 — 9:29am

While I'm delivering kids to colleges here's a non-gardening post...

I'll be back at my laptop soon.

Just click on the link to The Garden Buzz to hear about a serendipitous life-affirming encounter involving BBQ and sea turtles on that solemn anniversary.

Rhonda Hayes is a garden writer, photographer and blogger. She also volunteers as a Hennepin County Master Gardener. Rhonda chronicles her gardening adventures and advice at her award-winning blog, The Garden Buzz. She is a frequent contributor to Northern Gardener magazine and the Star Tribune Home + Garden section. At Your Voices, she writes about life around the city lakes, occasionally veering off the garden path with essays on the silly and serious issues of the day.

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