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a gardening gamer girl in search of good grub

“Thank you for your donation to SOCKFIP received through Benevity”

Below is the edited text of the response to my charitable donation to SOCK FIP through my workplace matching donation program, i.e. Benevity.

Donation Date:  April 2016
Receipt for $20.00 donation to SOCK FIP
Received through BENEVITY

Dear Anna,

Thank you so much for your very special $20.00 donation to SOCK FIP received
through BENEVITY during April 2016, in memory of your kitten Drogo.  We are
very sorry to hear of your loss to FIP. 

Your gift makes a big difference and is greatly needed and appreciated to help fund
and find a cure for the most complex and heartbreaking of feline diseases.

UC Davis intends to remain on the leading edge in their quest to discover a treatment
and cure for FIP. Much progress is being made and we appreciate your help in keeping
the funds coming as the anti viral field trial continues to reveal new information. 
We are very grateful for your support for this important trial and for all UC Davis FIP
Research and their very talented team of researchers including Dr. Niels Pedersen,
Dr. Brian Murphy and Dr. Pesavento.

Together we will SOCK it to FIP!

With condolences and gratitude,

Carol Horace and The SOCK FIP team
Save Our Cats and Kittens from Feline Infectious Peritonitis
P.O. Box 602
Davis, CA. 95617

501(c)(3) 27-1523038
Please keep and print out this email as receipt for your donation to SOCK FIP.
If you require a USPS hard copy in the mail, please let us know and we will send
a paper copy to you in the mail.
Thank you!!!

Late spring blooms

Despite all the excitement that 2 new furbabies introduces to the household, I did still get to witness some really cool blooms decorating our new front yard landscape. The tall red cypress, red columbine, Crimson Pirate daylilies, and Picasso callas are just some of the vivid sights now showing their colors. Even the waterlogged gardenia managed to push out some blooms…

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The highly anticipated Pumpkin Pie Coreopsis in bud and bloom was slightly disappointing for appearing mostly like a typical tickseed, just with a little more orange in color:

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