For a smile as wide as a country sunrise
Here we are folks with another award today! Actually I might just make today award day since I have more to do yet. So be prepared to maybe learn some more about this crazy guy today. This award comes from my friend Stu over at https://stubaby777.wordpress.com and Stu has a great blog, if you haven’t checked him out then feel free to do so. He is very straight talking and likes to have fun too! Thank you so much Stu for this nomination and even though your questions are hard, I’m ready for the challenge. I think. Might need Muffins help though.😹
Here are the rules 🙂
• Thank the person who nominated you and provide a link back to him/her.
• Answer the 11 questions provided by the blogger who nominated you.
• Nominate 11 other bloggers and ask them 11 new questions.
• Notify the nominees by commenting on one of their blog posts.
• List the rules and display the Sunshine Blogger Award logo on your post.
Here are my questions🤔🤔
1. What brings joy to your life? Wow, that would be a long list, so I will just pick a few. Family, friends, spending time with a special friend, Muffin, nature, walks, sunshine, rain, spring, sunrise, sunset, lakes, a Nice warm place (hey, he asked).
2. If money was not an issue, what would be your dream job? If money is not an issue, why work? But if that was part of the deal, studying the flora and fauna of a Nice warm place.
3. What are two gifts the Lord has blessed you with, spiritually or physically? Hmm, tough one. Does being fun count? Good listener. Writing perhaps. Helping. Have I got 2 yet?
4. What post or posts touched you so deeply that you felt “everyone needs to read this!”? Are you trying to get me in trouble? Pick one and everyone else will be mad.😠 Not me.🙄
5. Which blogger would you do a Blogger Spotlight on and why? Okay, never heard of this Blogger Spotlight before, 🤔sounds interesting. Another question to get me in trouble. If I pick one blogger everyone else gets mad. 😜Not me.🙄
6. What does love mean to you? Someone loves hard questions. Okay, people won’t agree with me on this one but that’s okay. Love today has gotten mixed up and is associated just with sex. That is part of love, only part. Love is so much more. It is not just words, it’s actions. It comes, not from words or from the head, but from the heart. Love doesn’t fade away over time. Love stays in good times, bad times, through arguments, through sickness. Love is true, pure. It’s just spending time with each other. Like an older couple I met, married over 50 years, sitting on a park bench holding hands looking at the lake. It would take a whole post, sorry.😀❤
7. If you could choose one attribute of Jesus to follow closer than any other, which one would it be? Love.
8. In your eyes, what is the hardest part of being a Christian? Temptation.
9. What do you want to be most remembered for? Someone is going to remember me? That is news. For being honest, trustworthy, a true friend, someone you can talk to, and being fun also.🙂
10. Which Bible verse holds the most meaning to you and why? Muffin wants this one, any verse that talks about cats. Yes, there are, lions and leopards.😸😹
11. Since it’s July, how do you celebrate the 4th? The 4th what? Nobody wants to explain things to me. Okay, I know this one, I don’t. Hey, in Canada our day is July 1st!😄🎇🎆
Whew, Stu likes to make them tough. How come people don’t like easy questions? You know, color of eyes, color of hair, something easy. Sigh. I didn’t do too well on this one, but hey, I didn’t want it to be too long. Now for my questions:
https://blogcaffe.wordpress.com
https://myanamorphicdream.home.blog
https://asesorlegalgmail.home.blog
https://dragthepen.wordpress.com
https://rjssocial.wordpress.com
https://carolinestreetblog.wordpress.com
https://fragrantflowersandrecipes.blog
Well, that’s it for this one folks, hope you enjoyed something here today and I will be back soon with another award! For my nominees, please let me know if you do the award, I do try to keep track but I’m not always successful, especially now that summer is here and I’m not on my computer as much. Thanks to everyone! I hope you all have a wonderful day and God bless!
Steve and Muffin.
© 2019 Steve McLeod.
Congratulations! Another amazing award for you 🙂
Loved the answers…! 🙂
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Thank you so much dragon warrior!! Hope your day is going well!😃😺
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Thank you for asking but it is not 😦
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Sorry to hear that, always look for the positive, even when things are not going well, know that it will get better.🙂😺Must go do some grocery shopping.
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🙂 Have a good day 🙂
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Thank you dragon warrior! I hope your day is getting better now. My day has been rather busy so far.😃🌞😺
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Oh, yes! I wrote a few poems and my mood is cleared now 🙂 May I ask you why were you busy?
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Sounds good, writing poems is always good for relieving stress, discouragement or whatever. I had to do grocery shopping, then did some baking, some cleaning, not exactly high on my list of fun things to do. Well, except baking, that I enjoy. I made blueberry cupcakes, so good. Plus working on my blog and other paperwork that needed to get done. So I relax for a bit, then more paperwork and hopefully get out for a walk later too. First another award post!😀😸
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Well, I don’t like those things very much either 🙂
And do you really like to cook? Your blueberry cupcakes would make a nice picture I think 🙂
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I know how to bake🥧 and love that, but cooking🥩🍗 I am no good with that at all. I can’t cook food for a meal, but baking desserts, that I love! I know, I’m strange.😂😹
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Interesting… Maybe you like sweets better than meals? We always learn things quickly that we love 🙂
And your strangeness makes you unique and creative! I really love that!
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My mom wanted to teach me to cook, but the only thing I was interested in was baking my favorite cookies, cakes, pies! Now I wish I had let her teach me how to cook. It’s always easier to learn with someone to teach you. Thanks for your kind words!!😄
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Oh, yes, you are so right! But there’s still time 🙂
One day, would you share pictures of your cakes and pies and cookies? Somehow, I’m getting really curious about it 🙂
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That’s possible. Although I don’t do much baking in the summer, mostly in fall and winter.😀🌞
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Summer at your place must be something to chill! It’s nice to have something nice and warm in autumn and winter 🙂
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Summer here is so absolutely beautiful, but so very short! It is nice to have fresh baking in the cold weather.🙂😺
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At our place, it’s just opposite. Winter stays just for a month and in summer, it’s like we are baking in an oven 🙂
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I could handle one month of winter okay! And a nice long summer.😄😸🌞
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Here, the winter is more like your summer… Around 63 degree F. And in summer, it’s over 104 degree F
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Hmm, sounds like nice weather! Actually in summer it can get up to 85 to 95F though it does seem to be getting cooler every summer. It used to be common to have temperatures in the 90s in summer, not now. We did have one day of 88F but mostly it stays in the 70s. So temperature is very different from summer to winter!
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Well, global warming taking effect… Thank you for letting me know about your place ^^
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You’re welcome, but for us it’s global cooling!😂
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🙂 Totally opposite hear ^^ ❤
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Congratulations ✨👏 ! It was fun reading your answers. You are smart at answering, see u surpassed all the serious questions as slick as tat 😜 Your definition of love is 100% true, Well said. 👏✨✍️ Keep up ✨
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Thanks so much Simon!! I would have liked to say more on the subject of love, but it would take too long! Thank you for agreeing with that too! Hope your day is going well!😃🌞😺
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Day was awesome Steve 🎉🤗 Thanks for the time☺️ Happy Weekend 🎉✨
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Thanks Simon and happy weekend to you as well!😃😺
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Congratulations Steve👏💖
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Thank you very much! Have a great day!😃😺
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Congratulations Steve!!❣️❣️
smart enough!! you really didn’t answer the “tough” question.
Beautiful thought about love ❤️❤️
Well you should write about it someday 🤩
I told you you are very popular!!
Itoo think the same way in#2.
Have a marvelous day dear Steve 💞💞
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Thank you so much Jyoti! I really appreciate your comment!! I didn’t answer the tough question? Hmm. Thanks for the thought on love, do you really think I should write a post about it? Hey, nice to know that someone else agrees with me! Guess it’s quite late where you are, so I hope you have a wonderful weekend Jyoti!!😃🌞😺🐿
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My pleasure dear Steve 💞💞
Yeah I think you can write about it ❣️❣️ you can write very well!!
Yeah it is late enough!! Time is here 11:50 pm .
And what about you? I hope you are doing great ❤️❤️
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Thanks Jyoti!! Maybe I will have to give it a try one of these days. Hmm, 11 hours difference, that’s a lot!! A busy morning with shopping and baking, working on my blog (easier part), cleaning.😵 So right now relaxing a bit,🙃 then I finish cleaning. I sure am doing great, a bit tired though, think I slept too much last night!😴😂
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My pleasure Steve 😄. It’s huge difference!! Oh being busy is really good but tiring too !! Oh you do baking , I don’t know how to do it but it seems super interesting 🤩🤩
You should relax too !!
Haha… Heavy sleeper 😂😂
Hey wait a minute, Muffin is not helping you?? Is she sleeping again?
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I love baking, but don’t like cooking! I know, I’m odd.😂Yes, Muffin slept through most of that award so my feet were safe for a change, until this last award anyway.😹I might give her a whole award to do again, she enjoyed the one she had.😂😹
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That’s not odd instead I too interested in baking but not cooking 😄
Oh thank God she is sleeping😪😴💤
Yeah you should give to Muffin a Award.
She really love It ♥️
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You like baking too, that’s great! I always thought that was the best of the 2. Now however, I wish I had learned to cook.🤔 Oh well. Muffin will get one of my awards I think,😺 I know she loves helping, and it would save my feet!😂😹
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Yeah cooking is also important although I am not a good cook but I make for myself!!❣️
I think she has a crush on your feet 😂😂😸
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Those *were* tough questions! Congratulations
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Thank you so much Sheree!! Enjoy your evening!
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You too!
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Thanks!
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Congrats
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Thank you very much!
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😀😀
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Congrats again Steve! Great answers! They were tough! 🎉
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Yes, people should use easy questions!😂😹Thanks!!
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This was fun Steve! Congrats!
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Thanks so much Vivian!!😃😺
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You’re very welcome Steve! I don’t do many awards because of my eyes but like to peek in on others to find out their answers. It’s fun. Pets to Muffin!🐱
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Hmm, I was wondering about that, I try to be careful who I nominate so that’s good to know. Muffin meows her thanks!😸😄
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Awww, thanks for your thoughtfulness! Yes, I appreciate the ppl who do mention me but it’s just too much right now. But, I do love to read other’s awards sometimes.
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It is interesting to read awards and learn more about people, enjoy your weekend Vivian!!
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Congratulations on another sunshine. 🌞🌞🎉🎉
Don’t you think God sends you sunshine in that way as you like warm places??🌞🌞
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Thank you Saba!! Hey, now that’s a thought! Hope your day has been good!!😃🌞😺
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Alhamdullilah!
Enjoy the rest of your day and every day 💗🌞😻
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Thank you very much Saba!!😃🌞😺
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My utmost pleasure 😻
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Congratulations ❤️🌸
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Thank you so much!! 😃🌞😺
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Loved your answer on love! 💕
Congratulations and have a lovely weekend 🤗
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Thanks so much Saania!! I wish I had done more on the love question, but thanks and have a great weekend as well!😃🌞😺
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Congratulations again for your nominations! 🎉
Lots of fun in your answers!😊
Then i saw my link in the nomination! I am glad to hear! I will do it soon! 😇
Have a great weekend!👍😊
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Thanks again Suni!! Sounds great😀 and have a great weekend too!!😃🌞😺
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Those questions were a little harder than normal, but good questions! You did a great job!!!
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Thanks so much Lydia!! Wish I had done a little better on the love🙂❤ question though, but people seemed to like it anyway. Enjoy your day and weekend!!😃🌞😺
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It was fine!!!!! Thanks, and you too!
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Thanks Lydia!!😁😸
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congrats steve
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Thanks so much!!
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So happy for you!! Great job!!
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Thank you so much Keziah, I appreciate your kind words! Enjoy your day!!😃😺
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Aw thanks! You too!! 🙂
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Thanks!
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Congrats
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Thanks again!!
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😁😁
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Congratulations!! I like your answer on item #6 🙂 For me love is when you are thinking about this person and you can’t imagine your life without him or her, that’s probably love 🙂
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Thank you so much!! Yes, another good part of love for sure! Thanks for a great comment! Enjoy your weekend!😃🌞😺
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You too!! Enjoy summer 🙂
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I am definitely enjoying summer while we have it, may not be here much longer!😃😸
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She made them a bit tough for you and you know how to get rid of the answers 😊 great definition of love and so many things make you happy, this is great actually
I believe if we’re impressed by someone or something we should say it and doesn’t matter if the others are jealous, this is how I think
Congratulations Steve and many awards to come I’m sure 🌞😸
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Good morning/afternoon Huguette! True, for me I can find happiness in so many different things. Yes, I agree, normally I wouldn’t mind picking out someone but that makes it too easy.😂I just might do it in the near future though. I still have a ways to go to catch up on awards! Enjoy your day!😃😺
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Best of luck in this blogging journey and wish you a great day 🌞😺
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Congrats well deserved.
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Thank you so much!
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Yours so welcome
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#6 nicely put in a short statement that can be a long winded answer. lol
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Sometimes things are best in short answers, sometimes a long answer isn’t enough!😁
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I’m sorry the questions were hard. I don’t know why I do that. Maybe it’s because I want people to really think.
As always great and funny answers mixed in with seriousness that is needed. I enjoyed your answer on love. So true that many associate love and sex as being one. But it’s not. It is so much deeper than just the physical.
Great job. Sorry it has taken me so long to read your answers 😦
I feel like I’m letting everyone down by not being able to read their posts like I used to 😦
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That’s okay, but hey, I have a hard time thinking! Even on easy questions!😂😹I wish I had done better on the love question though, but for me it would take a long answer to do it right. Maybe I should do a post on it one day.😃 Don’t worry about taking a while to read, even if you miss posts, not a problem. I’m having a terrible time trying to keep up with reading, just can’t do it or I would have no time for anything else.😕 And now that it’s summer, I’m just not inside like I am in the winter.🌞Never worry about it, just isn’t possible to read every post of everyone. If you have to miss some of mine to read someone else, that’s okay, I’ll understand! Enjoy your evening!!😄😸🌞
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Your answer was great. And I understand wanted to explain it more. There are so many facets to love…it would take a whole post or two to do it justice.
Thank you for understanding! Enjoy the rest your day as well brother! Give a rub behind the ears to Muffin for me 😸
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Done, and Muffin purred her appreciation too! 😸Yes indeed, that’s why so many people today are confused about love, they really just don’t understand it.😕
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Yeah 😦
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Hey, she really did purr, so she appreciated it!😄😸
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Good 😸
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Thanks for nominating me. I have a hard time posting in English, so you’ll excuse me if I answer you here.
1. Brown. But sometimes they turn green.
2. Brown. But they are starting to turn white…
3. In Italy.
4. I hate shopping on a busy day. I’d rather climb a mountain in bare feet!
5. Absolutely yes. I can adapt very well!
6. I am lucky to live in a house with a garden. And I am lucky enough to live in a small village with a few houses and to be surrounded by countryside and woods. Mine is an ‘italian’ view, because the spaces are very narrow compared to those you are used to.
7. Fifty/fifty.
8. Because I love being in nature, walking, running, cycling, climbing (easy things), skiing, snowshoeing, canoeing, take pictures of nature and do many other things that do not come to me at the moment. But then I also love sitting at home reading a book, listening to music or writing one of my stories. One thing does not exclude the other, otherwise I would go mad. It’s my balance.
9. 166 cm.
10. Yes, I have a cat (or maybe she owns me). Her name is Mila.
11. I flew only once. If it happens, I’ll do it again. I have no problem flying, it’s just a matter of opportunity.
Thanks again Steve. I don’t write you another 11 questions, but if you want to answer your questions it will be good!
Have a good day!
Ross
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Great answers! I agree, I think our cats are the real owners!😹I will try to answer the questions for you later, have to go out shortly. Enjoy your day!!😃😺
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