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����vlog EIGHT NEWS AT SIX. WELL, FRANKIE AND BLOSSOM, THE MARSHALLTOWN RIVERSIDE CEMETERY. GEESE ARE GETTING ANOTHER SHOT AT FAME. WELCOME BACK. WE FIRST TOLD YOU ABOUT THESE TWO LONELY GEESE GETTING TOGETHER BACK IN 2023. AND AFTER OUR STORY, CBS NEWS TOLD THE WORLD ABOUT THE TWO BIG BIRDS. AND THAT PROMPTED TWO NEW BOOKS ABOUT THEIR ADVENTURE IN LOVE. AND TODAY, THOSE BOOKS ARE FINALLY FOR SALE. OH, YEAH. IT’S A GOOD NEWS STORY. DEFINITELY, DEFINITELY SOMETHING REALLY THAT’S UPLIFTING AND POSITIVE. AND WE NEED THAT. I NEED TWO OF THOSE. ANDY BIRD AND DIANE FERNO WERE FIRST IN LINE TO BUY TWO NEW BOOKS ABOUT A COUPLE OF LOVEBIRDS, FRANKIE AND BLOSSOM. WHILE THE STARS OF THE BOOKS GRABBED SOME LUNCH OUTSIDE, JUST SIGNED IT, THEIR FANS AND AUTHORS SET UP SHOP INSIDE THE RIVERSIDE CEMETERY OFFICE. THANK YOU. KIM WIRTZ WROTE A PICTURE BOOK CALLED FRANKIE AND BLOSSOM, A HONKING GREAT LOVE STORY. DEB ELLIOT’S BOOK IS GEESE ON THE STREET’S BLOSSOM AND FRANKIE’S LOVE STORY. WE DECIDED WE WERE GOING TO WRITE BOOKS AND BECAUSE WE LOVE EACH OTHER SO MUCH, WE DECIDED NOT TO WRITE. TRY TO WRITE THE SAME BOOK TOGETHER, RIGHT? THAT’S WHY WE HAVE TWO DIFFERENT ONES. THE AUTHORS, WHO ARE ALSO HIGH SCHOOL FRIENDS, ARE ON A BOOK TOUR IN MARSHALLTOWN THIS WEEK. A LOT OF PEOPLE CAME TOGETHER IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT TWO UNHAPPY GEESE COULD BE HAPPY AGAIN. AND THAT’S WHAT HOOKED ME INTO THE STORY, TOUCHED MY HEART, AND MADE ME WANT TO WRITE. WRITE THE STORY. THE CEMETERY SENT OUT A PERSONAL AD LAST YEAR TO FIND BLOSSOM, A MATE, AFTER HER PARTNER, BUDD, DIED. TAT’S WHEN FRANKIE SHOWED UP, AND THE NEW LOVE STORY BEGAN. AFTER BUDD DIED, BLOSSOM’S GRIEF WAS AS EVIDENT AS ANY HUMAN’S. CBS NEWS ON THE ROAD CORRESPONDENT STEVE HARTMAN TOLD THEIR STORY, AND THAT’S WHEN THE LIGHT BULB WENT OFF. FIRST THING THAT WENT IN MY MIND IS THIS HAS TO BE A STORY. OUR BOOK. IT HAS TO BE. NOW, FRANKIE AND BLOSSOM’S ADVENTURE WILL BE PASSED ON LONG AFTER THEY’RE GONE. A RARE HAPPY STORY SET IN A CEMETERY, USUALLY FULL OF SADNESS. SO I’M ABOUT LOVE. AND I THINK CONNECTION. AND THAT’S WHAT PEOPLE ARE, ARE INTO ABOUT THIS. WE NEED POSITIVE NEWS. PRETTY CUTE FELLERS. THEY’RE PART OF. THE PROCEEDS FROM THE TWO BOOKS. WILL BE USED TO HELP RIVERSIDE CEMETERY, WHICH WAS, I