Our Spade’s last adventure

By Tiziana Baldini |

You know you’ve found good ground when… your spade doesn’t survive the first hole.

We like to think of it as nature’s way of saying, “Nice try”

Here is a photo of our fallen hero. May it rest in pieces!

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