A sad day for my frangipane tree

I came back home from a marathon school, school, work drop off in a tropical storm to find this sad sight in front of our home. My beloved pink frangipane tree where the doves nest and the sun birds feed...fallen over in the storm. I've asked for it to be put back up and held with rope, stakes etc, let's see what they can do.

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Pregnancy and stuff

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