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Pansies take crack

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A few weeks ago I noticed a small flower growing from a crack in the concrete outside Mitre10 in Mullumbimby. I took a photo and sent it to the editor of The Echo thinking it could be used on the back page. A resilient little flower overcoming the odds in troubled times.

Well the image was indeed used on the back page along with (to my surprise) a caption which read ‘Pansies take crack’.

Whilst I appreciate the photo being published, I just want to make it very clear that I did not write the caption.

Enough said.

Brendan Kelly, Wilsons Creek

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