Many incidents surprised me while my wife Sandy and I vacationed last month on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, USA. But only three of them pleaded with me to write about them. I’m a softie, so I couldn’t say no. Away we go!
Surprise #1:
Cyberspace is glutted beyond belief with photos of sunsets. Is there room for more? Damn straight! And there always will be. The gods overseeing the internet have seen to that. I took this article’s sunset photo in Truro, a rural section of Cape Cod. Sandy and I were strolling along Corn Hill Beach, which borders Cape Cod Bay, as light was fading from the skies. Sunset aficionados, we were there mainly to view the big event. As gorgeous as the beach and the overall setting were, though, I was a bit disappointed, because the sunset’s opening stages weren’t even so-so. Masses of grey clouds were making it impossible for anything impressive to be displayed.
Or so I thought! Man, all of a sudden, as the Sun hit the horizon, the less-dense clouds in the western sky became electrified, exploding in brilliant orange hues. The bay waters joined in on the orange-heavy festivities. Sandy and I could hardly believe our eyes. Damn well awestruck, we agreed we’d never seen a sunset develop as this one had. Life’s a mystery, is it not? You never know what might occur. That early evening, we were in the right place at the right time.
Surprise #2:
Later that week we spent a few hours in Provincetown village, at the tippy tip of Cape Cod. It’s a charming, funky old town, a home to the arts, and once was a major commercial-fishing center. Some amount of commercial fishing still goes on there, but Ptown, for decades, has been better known for its large LGBTQ community than for anything else.
During the visit we examined the artworks in a bunch of galleries on Commercial Street, popped into a couple of other stores, and then had dinner at Ciro & Sal’s, a terrific Italian restaurant. Ten seconds after exiting the eatery, Sandy and I unexpectedly were brought to a halt by a powerful, palpable presence. We looked up . . . and there it was: the Moon, big and bright, flirting with nearby clouds and casting a spell on darkened Commercial Street.
As with the Corn Hill Beach sunset, I was amazed by what I saw. I hadn’t paid much attention to the Moon in a long time. Nor to the stars or any other objects in the night sky, for that matter. And it’s not as if I’m rarely outside at night. But once in a while the beauty of the blackened heavens makes itself apparent to me. I saluted the Moon. Then I took its portrait. The photo is one of my favorites of the pix I snapped on Cape Cod.
And now for the third surprise:
In my younger days I puffed away somewhat regularly on marijuana and hashish. The highs they induced often were exemplary. But I gave up the habit in the 1980s, after about 15 years of indulgence, out of concern for my lungs.
However, for some years I’ve been wondering if I should give cannabis a try once again. In Pennsylvania, though, where I reside, you can’t purchase for-recreational-use cannabis legally.
But . . . during the Cape Cod trip I had a casual conversation with a guy working in a theater where Sandy and I were about to see a play. Our talk turned to marijuana, and he told me cannabis is sold legally, in a variety of forms, by authorized stores in Massachusetts. “You mean, anybody can go into one of those places and buy it?” I asked. He answered in the affirmative.
Say what? How was it possible I hadn’t known about this? Well, a week later Sandy and I made a trip to The Piping Plover, the Cape Cod cannabis shop that the theater worker had told me is his favorite. There, after discussing my high-times history with the lady behind the counter, and telling her I wasn’t interested in inhaling smoke these days, I purchased the product she recommended: Camino cannabis-infused edible gummies.
I haven’t popped one of those bad boys into my mouth yet. I’m a bit apprehensive, you see. But I will soon. Very soon. And when I do, I’ll put on some mind-expanding music, lean back on the living room sofa, and go on what, hopefully, will be a delightful journey through the spaceways. I’ve always been an oh wow-oriented kind of person to a fair degree. And the time seems right for me to increase that oh wow factor, via cannabis, as I did during my glory days many moons ago.
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really enjoyed your rollicking account of your Cape Cod adventures and the photos, esp that exemplary one of the moon above Commercial Street and your description of it ‘flirting with the clouds’ 🙂
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I need to look up more often, especially at night.
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Those first two photos are beautiful. The second is so striking.
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That scene with the Moon brought me and my wife up short. I’m glad I took a photo of it.
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Your sunset and moon photos are beautiful. Yes, surprise, surprise how the weather can change so quickly and unexpectedly to provide a lovely little gift.
The gummies are an apparently popular sleep aid. I know several
people who use them that way.
Cheers.
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That’s an idea. I was about to post how that stuff puts me to sleep–and then I read your comment!
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I haven’t tried it but apparently there’s no “hangover” either.
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Hi Jacqui. I hope the gummies make me say “oh wow”, rather than putting me to sleep!
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I hope the gummies don’t put me to sleep. I want to get a nice high!
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Isn’t it cool that life keeps coming up with surprises!
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Very true. Variety is the spice of life!
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I love your photos of the celestial surprises. I’m grinning about the third surprise.
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I plan to eat a gummy within the next week. We’ll see what happens.
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Maybe have some favorite tunes and some wholesome snacks ready. 🙂
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Jerry, you rock!
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I’ve never tried cannabis. I’ve never smoked. We have dealers next door but never been offered any. I went to Amsterdam where it’s widely legally available. But no. Not yet! Maybe one day! It’s on my bucket list !
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If you do try cannabis, be cautious. Some strains are much more powerful than others. You would want to start with something that’s on the mild side, I think.
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Beautiful pics. I’m hoping cannabis can relieve arthritis pain without as many pills. We will see, ohio just passed legalizing it. The sunsets have been spectacular!
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Have a couple of tokes, or eat a gummy, and then watch a sunset!
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Love description of your trip and photos! Pop the gummy and let us know. 😁
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I’ll let you know. I’m planning to have a gummy within the next week.
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How nice that we have the technology to photograph our surprises! Your photos are splendid and both of these are suitable for wall framing. As for gummies, just be judicious. A few years ago I ate a gummy after drinking some wine and felt absolutely terrible. I don’t recommend mixing the two!
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Hi. I won’t mix a gummy with alcohol. I hope the gummy won’t make me feel or think in weird, unanticipated ways.
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Beautiful surprises & three wonderful highs. I’ve found that those legal MA gummies are okay but, for tradition’s sake, still prefer the straight up reefer. In any case or place, enjoy!
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Thanks. I hope the gummies will treat me right.
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Beautiful pics Neil! I’m curious about the gummies! My worst experience, and I didn’t have many experiences back in the day, was with pot brownies. We had no idea what we were doing when making them. Hallucinations while driving a car were slightly terrifying to say the least.
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Hi Deb. I sure hope I don’t have hallucinations. That would not be good!
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Ha – One of my Facebook friends who is a piping plover researcher just visited the cannabis shop, too! You’ll have to let us know how it goes.
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She went to the cannabis shop I visited?
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Yes, they did – the very same one! Small world.
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Great photos!
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Hi Debra, and thanks.
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The more you write about Cape Cod, Neil, the more it sounds like my sort of place. It’s odd how the laws on what we call whacky baccy vary around the world. I think here edibles are only legal with at most 0.2% thc content. So those 5% gummies would land us in a lot of trouble. 😊. Enjoy.
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The salesperson told me to start out with only half of a gummy. I hope that even that won’t be too much for my system.
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Oh wow!
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Hello there, Sam. “Oh wow” is where it’s at.
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Wow. The universe dished out some beauty for you to enjoy – a reminder to look up, I suspect. I know the photos probably don’t even begin to capture what you saw! Enjoy the edibles when you decide to give it a go. I wish I could indulge, but when I was 20 (many years ago), I tried, and I thought my heart was going to explode and started telling everyone around me I was sorry I was going to die this way. It was pretty wild but not in the good way. Haha. I stick to red wine these days.
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Yeah, I’m a bit apprehensive. At my advanced age, I’m not at all sure how much my system can take.
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Great photos, Neil. Looking forward to hearing about your gummy experience.
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It better be a good experience!
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Mother Nature is the best artist. Gummies and other forms of cannabis are all legal in Canada. Haven’t tried them yet but would like to let us know how it goes.
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Hi. I didn’t know that cannabis is legal in Canada. Some states in the USA have legalized it, but the majority haven’t (yet).
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Ohio residents just passed Issue 2 for rec marijuana by a wide margin. The people spoke, but of course the gerrymandered Republican grannies that run the legislature are already planning to gum up the works. So much for our vaunted “democracy.” But it don’t bother me; I would rather toke illegally, anyway.
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Plenty of those Republicans probably are toking illegally at home!
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A friend gave me a Sativa gummy to try a while back. I took half of it and felt a little bit dizzy for a half hour and then not much else. But it was a pleasant dizzy. And definitely a more pleasant way to ingest the ole Mary Jane. Enjoy your trip, Neil!
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Hey there, Kim. I’m hoping for a real nice trip. I won’t be pleased if it doesn’t turn out that way.
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Love the pics … enjoy your high times … soon
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Any day now . . .
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A beautiful sunset and an enchanting moon shot – I’d say you hit the jackpot. The pot brownies, etc., that I’ve tried are much stronger so a little goes a long way!
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You’re right — I did hit the jackpot. The Sun and the Moon created amazing scenes, and I was lucky to have seen them.
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The sunset and moonrise can be quite unexpected and stunning in their own way. I imagine that the Camino cannabis-infused edible gummies could intensify the experience even more 🙂
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No doubt!
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Great post, and the Camino gummies are the perfect way to ease back in, 5mgs you will be fine! 😉
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Hi, Tiffany. I hope you’re right. Thanks for dropping by. See ya!
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Dare I say that there’s always room for more gorgeous sunset, gazing at our beautiful moon, and sampling gummies. 🙂 Enjoy, Neil. I very much doubt you’ll regret any of the three.
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I haven’t had any cannabis products in decades, so I’m a little bit nervous. But hopefully the gummies will treat me just fine.
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🙂
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It’s good to be able to enjoy the simple beautiful things of the world – sunsets and the moon. I’ve never tried marijuana and reckon I won’t.
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You’re naturally high! (and I mean that in a very good way.)
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You’ve no idea! LOL I’m naturally a very down person.
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Beautiful photos!
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Mucho gracias. By the way, is this Denise? — the comments came through without anybody’s name attached to them.
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Your photos are amazing, the sun and moon both excelled themselves. I’m looking forward to reading about your gummy experience!
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Hi, and thanks. Those photos came out pretty good. I didn’t make any adjustments to them.
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The sunset and moon pics are gorgeous, but I want the next story to be written about your gummy experience. 🙂 Maggie
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Hi Maggie. There’s a good chance I’ll write about that.
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Sometimes clouds create the best sunsets! Recreational cannabis has been legal in Missouri for about a year, but I haven’t tried it yet.
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I live in Pennsylvania. Maybe one day it will be legal here too.
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Your CC sun and moon photos are beautiful. Hope your gummy trip is too. We can’t wait to hear about it!
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Hi. I’ll be trying out the gummies within a matter of days, I think. I’m not sure who this is (there is no name attached to the comments), but thanks for stopping by.
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It’s Cindy, Neil. Not sure how I became anonymous, but I’ll try to fix that!
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Here’s how you do it: Write your comments. Various symbols then will appear beneath the comments area. Click on the envelope icon. That will open a block where you enter your name, email address etc. Then you click on Reply to post your comments. If you enter your name and don’t enter an email address, I think it will still work, though I’m not positive.
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As far as daily occurrences go, the sun and the moon never get old. On gummies, I’ve tripped before. As long as you’re home, you’ll be fine.
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Hey there, Crystal. I’ll definitely be home when a gummy enters my mouth. It’s only a matter of days before I give cannabis a try, after many, many years of abstinence.
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Beautiful post 🌹
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Lovely photos of the sun/moon. LOL – I think we are all imaging you sprawled out on the couch after your gummies. Hopefully, your mind journey is pleasant and not dark.
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It better be pleasant!
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LOL – I know and hope you will tell us. 😉
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High Five ✋🏻 to 3 wonderful surprises! And to the future story of the day the gummies are tried. 😉
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Hi Shelley. It’s been four decades, or nearly four decades, since cannabis last entered my system. I’m hoping the gummies treat me well!
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If the sales person told you the truth, you’ll be a happy camper when you give the gummies a try 😉
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Here’s hoping the gummies don’t gum up your writing pursuits, which I always look forward to finding in my inbox!
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My gummy adventures had better be good. I’ll be a very unhappy camper if they’re not.
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Great post! I hope you will always chase (and share!) your sunsets and moonrises. The photos you shared here are fabulous.
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Many thanks.
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Beautiful photos. I’m especially drawn to the colors in the first one. I didn’t know about buying pot gummies, but cannot fathom how I’d ever stay awake if I ate one. I hope you’ll share your experience with them when you eat one. Far out, man.
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In 2016 my wife and I were in Amsterdam with a couple of friends. Cannabis is fully legal there. There are cafes where you can buy it and smoke it/ingest it. I was very tempted to try some, but chickened out!
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I don’t know if I’m too late with this advice, but take it slow with the gummies, Neil! I know someone who ate too many and ended up in a precarious situation 🥴
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The salesperson told me to ingest only half of a gummy. I might use even less than that, because my system is on the sensitive side sometimes.
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GREAT advice!
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We longtime members of the Hopeless MoonFreak Society welcome you. I can’t speak to the gummy thing, but my daughter (62) had sleep problems until she discovered gummies. So they may produce a rollicking high . . . or they may just snooze you. Either way, the moon benevolently observes.
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Hi Fran. Thank you for admitting me into your society!
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I think you should consider a combo. One of those gummies and a glorious sunrise or moonshine! 🙂 Mel
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Excellent idea!
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🙂
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Great blog post! I really enjoyed reading about your surprising experiences on Cape Cod. The sunset photo you captured sounds absolutely breathtaking. Have you ever seen a sunset like that before? Wow, the sunset you described at Corn Hill Beach sounds truly incredible. I’m curious, have you ever witnessed a sunset as spectacular as that before?
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Your sunset photo’s as lovely as your experience of it clearly was. I’ve learned that the half-hour after the sun dips below the horizon often provides the most drama. Another tip is to always turn around and look to the east. The colors can vary considerably; if it’s vibrant orange and gold in the west, it might be turquoise and pink in the east. I like your moon photo, too. I always prefer the moon with clouds. It’s very nice to see a ‘plain’ moon, but tree limbs, clouds, or other bits of earthiness always add something special.
I’m not opposed to the use of medical marijuana, or gummies, for that matter, but it’s not for me. I did smoke marijuana a couple of times in college (c. 1965!) but it gave me such a headache, that was the end of that. My drug of choice is a nice glass of Tempranillo, or perhaps a Campari and soda. Life on the edge, huh?
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Hi Linda. I’ll ingest my first gummy within the next few days. Years ago, when I smoked grass, I often had excellent, mind-expanding experiences. I’m hoping that gummies will be similarly effective.
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I’ll look forward to your report, especially since I don’t know anyone who’s actually consumed gummies. Both the experience and the report ought to be interesting.
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So glad you made it to Cape Cod. I know how much you love it there. Cheers, Muriel
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Hi Muriel. We had a fine vacation last month on the Cape. We feel very much at home there.
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Hi there. Can’t wait to hear the outcome!
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The outcome better be a good one.
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I’m just wondering why you don’t play those first two photos MUCH bigger. They are spectacular. And, onto gummies … they’re out of this world. Enjoy!
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Nothing says a good finish to a wonderful day like a sky bursting with colour drama.
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A good sunset is very hard to beat.
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Fantastic! I don’t think you need the gummies because your mind is plenty expanded as it is, but nevertheless … go for it! As for mind-expanding music, well you have the perfect album now… 😉
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Your latest album explores higher realms!
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Haha too kind! Great pics, I meant to say.
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Be sure to take another peek at your sunset and moonscape photos when you ingest any gummies.
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A gummy will be entering my system any day now. Probably tomorrow.
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