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When Linda Carpenter's flowers in her backyard won't grow, she is still able to bring them to life with the help of her paintbrush. "Some things don't grow the way I want them to, so I paint them," said Carpenter, a long time resident of Hicksville whose work will be on display at the Bethpage Public Library throughout January. "My morning glories don't grow because of their spot, but they grow in the paintings." FULL STORY