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A Fine Balance

A early blooming daffodil is surrounded by rows of snow in Sumner, Wash., in this March 9, 2009 file photo. (AP File Photo/Tacoma News Tribune, Dean J. Koepfler )
By D.F. Oliveria daveo@spokesman.com(509) 319-0354
A early blooming daffodil is surrounded by rows of snow in Sumner, Wash., in this March 9, 2009 file photo. (AP File Photo/Tacoma News Tribune, Dean J. Koepfler )
A early blooming daffodil is surrounded by rows of snow in Sumner, Wash., in this March 9, 2009 file photo. (AP File Photo/Tacoma News Tribune, Dean J. Koepfler )

While folks still ski
up in the hills,
in her backyard
are daffodils.

The Bard of Sherman Avenue

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