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  1. Winnie Nielsen says:

    So cute! But, I know they can cause a lot of nibbling damage in gardens and wooden structures too.

  2. Cindi says:

    Awww. Maximum warm and fuzziness. All of the pictures of animals that I have been seeing lately make me want to reach out and touch them. Maybe because the photographs are so sharp and clear with the digital photography now. (Still a film fan.) The soft fur of this little one is so clear I can almost feel it. I suppose touching isn’t something recommended! ~ especially with the stunning (!!) pictures of an Indonesian tiger a friend recently took.

  3. CHARLYN says:

    Great picture, I enjoy all your pretty pictures and advise on your sites. thanks

  4. Bonnie ellis says:

    That’ the size and smaller that they just zip through the holes in th rabbit fencing. They are so cute. We plant extra so we can share.

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  1. Winnie Nielsen says:

    Is this little friend a competitor for some of the orchard offerings these days?

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Pay It Forward with Pizza!

Have you heard of the concept of Pay It Forward, or maybe Random Acts of Kindness (RAOKs)? Simply put, they are a gesture of love for strangers. Rosa’s Fresh Pizza in Philadelphia is making the concept easy.

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If you’re hungry in the city of brotherly love, whose poverty rates are some of the worst in our nation, you can grab a slice of pizza from Rosa’s Fresh Pizza, because someone else has already purchased it for you. Owner Mason Wartman says it all started with a customer who was inspired by an Italian coffee-house tradition called caffè sospeso (suspended coffee) that began more than 100 years ago, where customers pre-purchase cups of coffee for less fortunate customers who come after them. Wartman wrote his extra purchase on a Post-it note and stuck it on the wall behind the register to be redeemed by the next homeless patron to enter the store. Word spread, and more and more people began to participate, until the wall behind the register blossomed with Post-it notes, each signifying one person’s act of kindness.

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Wartman kept track of the pre-purchased slices with Post-its until he reached about 500, when the sheer volume forced him to select another method of accounting. But the wall of encouraging messages continues to build. Rosa’s has provided almost 10,000 slices of pizza to Philadelphia’s hungry, and 10% of their business is now represented by pre-purchased slices. Wartman says some customers who were helped by this generosity and have since found employment have returned to the shop to pay it forward for others in similar situations.

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If you’d like to donate a slice from afar, you can at RosasFreshPizza.com. Or investigate the possibility of donating at your own local pizza joint. Together, we can feed the world, one slice at a time.

  1. Winnie Nielsen says:

    I love how ROAK is working inside this pizza business. What a fantastic to build faithful customers and help others in need. It sounds like a real community spirit abides inside. From he photo shared, it looks like their pizza is delicious too!

  2. Karlyne says:

    Why, this restores my faith in humanity this morning!

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  1. Winnie Nielsen says:

    We have been enjoying a few hummingbirds in out backyard this summer. They are very excited about the red and pink Pentas that are in full bloom!

  2. Nancy Coughlin says:

    What a stunning photo! These little birds are so dynamic and busy! Sometimes have trouble spotting them before they are gone. A photograph of one is such a treat!

  3. wpw fabulous photo, how did you get the wings still ? im so impressed !

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  1. Winnie Nielsen says:

    Love Old Glorybacked by some fierce storm clouds. She has seen her share of storms all these years!

  2. terry steinmetz says:

    Start singing patriotic songs when I see Old Glory and I can’t stop!

  3. Nancy Coughlin says:

    Nothing is more beautiful than Old Glory against a stunning blue sky!

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