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FIRST: YOU DO NOT MAKE A ROUX (roo)!!!
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That is beautiful! Will you teach me to take photos when I come down there?
It would be great fun to teach you the tiny bit I know. It will take, oh, about five minutes!!
You have the most gorgeous pics!
Thank you, Jill. You obviously haven’t seen the pelican pics I posted earlier today!