{"id":597,"date":"2008-12-09T22:51:47","date_gmt":"2008-12-10T03:51:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.com\/blog\/?p=597"},"modified":"2011-09-30T22:57:06","modified_gmt":"2011-10-01T02:57:06","slug":"surprise-someon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/2008\/12\/surprise-someon\/","title":{"rendered":"the story of STAKE and SPLIT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/2008\/12\/09\/stakes2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image-full\" title=\"Stakes2\" alt=\"Stakes2\" src=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/2008\/12\/09\/stakes2.jpg\" border=\"0\" style=\"FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 5px 5px 0px\" \/><\/a>I&#8217;ve always been a fan of transforming my flower pots into evergreen backdrops for a few fun snow stakes during the holiday season.<a href=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/2008\/12\/09\/stakes1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image-full\" title=\"Stakes1\" alt=\"Stakes1\" src=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/2008\/12\/09\/stakes1.jpg\" border=\"0\" style=\"FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 5px 5px 0px\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>However, I never thought about secretly surprising a friend with one until I heard the agenda of one of our firefly fans.&nbsp; Every time she visited us, she left with a handful stakes and out of curiousity we inquired about what she was up to.&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/2008\/12\/09\/stakes4.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image-full\" title=\"Stakes4\" alt=\"Stakes4\" src=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/2008\/12\/09\/stakes4.jpg\" border=\"0\" style=\"FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 5px 5px 0px\" \/><\/a>Turns out she was sneaking up to her friends homes and sticking a festive stake in their yard with no note or trace of her visit.&nbsp; After hearing some of her <em><strong>stake &amp; split<\/strong><\/em> stories&#8230; there was no doubt she was having a grand time.<\/p>\n<p>So if you&#8217;re feeling a little mischevious or want to play Secret Santa&#8230; you know what to do.&nbsp; Don&#8217;t worry we won&#8217;t tell.<\/p>\n<p>We have lots of pretty stakes available at our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/pages.php?pageid=8\">Rochester &amp; Berkley locations<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: 'Bradley Hand ITC TT-Bold'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC TT-Bold'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'\"><span class=\"body\"><span face=\"Lucida Sans Unicode\"><span style=\"color: #cc3300;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #996600;\">Do you like seeking out fun goodies that&#8217;ll brighten someone&#8217;s day? 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