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author: Eric Wagoner
date: '2000-03-19T09:22:44'
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title: It seems a shame to
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![Purty Flower](/legacy/images/legacy/weblog/images/flower.gif)It seems a shame to mow down all of the wildflowers in the yard. One of the nice things about a reel mower is rather than rushing through the job to escape the noise, I can hear the birds, play with the neighbor's dog, and pay close attention to the life around me. Like the wonderful flower pictured here. It was only an inch and a half tall but still looked spectacular -- deep blue bells against the greens of the grass and dandelions. I mowed around it.