I need to make more birthday cards with birds, or so I\u2019m told.<\/p>\n
This bird is not around here at Halloween but the colors in the card will be orange and black and a little purple.<\/p>\n
How did purple become a Halloween color anyway?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I need to make more birthday cards with birds, or so I\u2019m told. This bird is not around here at Halloween but the colors in the card will be orange and black and a little purple. 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