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Collected Item: “Watching the Plants Grow”

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Watching the Plants Grow

What sort of object is this: text story, photograph, video, audio interview, screenshot, drawing, meme, etc.?

Photographs

Tell us a story; share your experience. Describe what the object or story you've uploaded says about the pandemic, and/or why what you've submitted is important to you.

I spent the summer working on a farm and tending to a little garden with my mom at home (to be fair it was her garden...I just helped out a bit)! It was a privilege to get to escape into the outdoors and work until I was tired on things that I thought were meaningful.

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#plants

Who originally created this object? (If you created this object, such as photo, then put "self" here.)

Ruby DiCarlo

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2020-09-24
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