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October forecast, picking pumpkins, planting crocuses

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Which area of the United States has the most thunderstorm activity?
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Puzzle of the Day

Soon as I’m made, I’m sought with care, for one whole year consulted. That time elapsed, I’m thrown aside, neglected and insulted. (What is being described?)

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Morning opens like a gold flower,
Stirs and quivers singingly at the feet of the day;
Shoots transparent light into a moving mist
That wrists spirally
Like a butterfly at play.

–Elsa Gidlow, Canadian-American poet (1898–1986)

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Thursday

How to Plant, Grow, and Care for Daffodils

Plant in September or October for flowers in late winter to early spring
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