After using the Ancestry app on my iPad and adding records to my family tree, I easily synced that data with my desktop software by clicking a top-right button when I next opened the Family Tree Maker.

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And me, I am especially worried about how to make sure the limes on my newly planted lime-tree grow, because I sure won't be buying them in a supermarket any time soon.

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The download on the Mac took about 30 minutes and then I saw on my Mac the familiar tree-ring background.

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"I don't have any problem with tree-huggers, " he said.

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And although I only have word-of-mouth information on his trapeze abilities, and a picture of his tree climbing, I actually got to witness his ability to walk on his hands, starting from a sitting position on the floor where he was positioned alongside the many tables set-up at the awards banquet, he was able to pull himself up into a handstand, and walk on his hands.

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Or Christmas: I mean can mistletoe and tree lights really compete against bright multi-colored blasts in the sky?

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The ground was soft and swampy, fallen tree branches lay over the paths, I heard the obsessive self-hypnotizing cicadas, the gulp of the bullfrogs, and knew with an animal sense only lately developed in me that there were some four-footed creatures about.

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The Cherry Tree Carol - possibly as old as the 15th Century - is one I particularly love.

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When a neighbor reported her mail stolen, I began imagining black-coated thieves with rubber gloves waiting in the bushes on my quiet, tree-lined street.

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