Lost
Blue field guide to Prairie Wildflowers
Northwest KS
Lost
listing
Posted
6 months
ago
Description
I'm Priya Patel. I lost my blue field guide 'Prairie Wildflowers of the Midwest' yesterday around 3pm. It's a softcover, about 6x9 inches, 320 pages with glossy photos, and the cover has a coffee stain in the lower right corner with a pressed fern bookmark tucked between pages 112-113. It was my grandmother's gift and it feels sentimental to me; I really need it back. Last seen outside the Hays Public Library on 8th Street in downtown Northwest Kansas. If you found it, please drop it off or text me—I'd be incredibly grateful and happy to repay you.
Approximate last-seen location
Northwest KS
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