Like, for instance, the spring day a dashing fellow in a pink blazer knocked on their door.

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Some 106 miles to the southeast is a network of salt lakes that are home in spring and summer to vast flocks of pink flamingos.

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The flowers bloom in dramatic fashion, their light pink colour spreading across previously barren treetops to welcome spring.

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Matthew Enis, Fresh Markets Editor for Supermarket News, said in an email exchange that he was surprised by the outrage over pink slime this spring.

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