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		<title>life = risk</title>
		<link>http://thestearns.net/2010/08/life-risk/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Aug 2010 18:02:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kenn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you haven't failed, you haven't lived]]></description>
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		<title>Photo of the Day &#8211; Gray Squirrel</title>
		<link>http://thestearns.net/2010/05/photo-of-the-day-gray-squirrel/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 May 2010 03:26:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kenn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gray squirrels eat peanuts in our back yard.]]></description>
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		<title>Photo of the Day &#8211; Rain</title>
		<link>http://thestearns.net/2010/05/photo-of-the-day-rain/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 10:05:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kenn</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[down pour]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[First measurable rain in Houston since April 17]]></description>
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		<title>Photo of the Day &#8211; Home Sweet Farm</title>
		<link>http://thestearns.net/2010/05/photo-of-the-day-home-sweet-farm/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 May 2010 03:11:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kenn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Food & Wine]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[bluebonnet trail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[brenham]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[organic]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Home Sweet Farm near Brenham, TX grows more than 100 vegetables using natural techniques. The owners have been professional organic horticulturists since 1991.]]></description>
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		<title>Photo of the Day &#8211; Live Oak</title>
		<link>http://thestearns.net/2010/05/photo-of-the-day-live-oak/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 May 2010 04:26:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kenn</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[green]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Live oaks extend from the Atlantic coast to the south and southwest Oregon. The tree has more to do with staying green through the winter.]]></description>
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		<title>Photo of the Day &#8211; Blue Jay</title>
		<link>http://thestearns.net/2010/05/phot-of-the-day-blue-jay/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 May 2010 03:28:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kenn</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Cyanocitta cristata]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Blue jays like to eat peanuts.]]></description>
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		<title>Photo of the Day &#8211; Dentistry</title>
		<link>http://thestearns.net/2010/04/photo-of-the-day-dentistry/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Apr 2010 13:40:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kenn</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[dental anxiety]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Whatever you call it - odontophobia, dentophobia, dentist phobia, dental anxiety - I'm there.]]></description>
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		<title>Photo of the Day &#8211; Iris</title>
		<link>http://thestearns.net/2010/04/photo-of-the-day-iris/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Apr 2010 05:56:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kenn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health & Nature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Photography]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bloom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fleur-de-lis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[garden]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[iris]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Years ago a family member gave us a few iris bulbs. Over the years we have thinned the plants.]]></description>
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		<title>Photo of the Day &#8211; Avian Chaos</title>
		<link>http://thestearns.net/2010/04/photo-of-the-day-avian-chaos/</link>
		<comments>http://thestearns.net/2010/04/photo-of-the-day-avian-chaos/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2010 12:37:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kenn</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[avian]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[bird feeder]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[doves]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mourning doves exploit the opportunity to take advantage of unattended bird feeder parts.]]></description>
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		<title>Photo of the Day &#8211; Caged Bird Feeder</title>
		<link>http://thestearns.net/2010/04/photo-of-the-day-caged-bird-feeder/</link>
		<comments>http://thestearns.net/2010/04/photo-of-the-day-caged-bird-feeder/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2010 03:26:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kenn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One way to exclude large birds from a back yard bird feeder is to add a cage.]]></description>
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		<title>Photo of the Day &#8211; Queen Elizabeth Rose</title>
		<link>http://thestearns.net/2010/04/photo-of-the-day-queen-elizabeth-rose/</link>
		<comments>http://thestearns.net/2010/04/photo-of-the-day-queen-elizabeth-rose/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Apr 2010 18:01:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kenn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health & Nature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Photography]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[american rose society]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[class]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dr. walter lammerts]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Queen Elizabeth Rose® marked the ascension of Elizabeth Alexandra Mary to the throne in 1952.]]></description>
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		<title>Photo of the Day &#8211; Springtime in Minneapolis</title>
		<link>http://thestearns.net/2010/04/photo-of-the-day-springtime-in-minneapolis/</link>
		<comments>http://thestearns.net/2010/04/photo-of-the-day-springtime-in-minneapolis/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Apr 2010 05:45:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kenn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[April in Minneapolis can mean include a dusting of snow.]]></description>
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		<title>Photo of the Day &#8211; Daffodil</title>
		<link>http://thestearns.net/2010/04/photo-of-the-day-daffodil/</link>
		<comments>http://thestearns.net/2010/04/photo-of-the-day-daffodil/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2010 13:34:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kenn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The first daffodils of spring along the banks of a river in Oklahoma.]]></description>
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		<title>Photo of the Day &#8211; First Rose</title>
		<link>http://thestearns.net/2010/03/photo-of-the-day-first-rose/</link>
		<comments>http://thestearns.net/2010/03/photo-of-the-day-first-rose/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Mar 2010 14:37:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kenn</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[bloom]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[At dawn's early light, after dragging almost a dozen bags out to the curb for the garbage collectors, I wandered to the back yard to admire what hours of work invested over the weekend had produced.]]></description>
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		<title>Photo of the Day &#8211; Blooms</title>
		<link>http://thestearns.net/2010/03/photo-of-the-day-azalea-blooms/</link>
		<comments>http://thestearns.net/2010/03/photo-of-the-day-azalea-blooms/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Mar 2010 23:19:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kenn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Perhaps the best, and certainly one of the most popular azaleas in Houston, some describe the color of Formosa Azaleas as fuschia or a deep rose-purple. The color is incredible color in mass plantings.]]></description>
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