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		<title>The Mystery Tree</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 18:22:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was doing a little spring pruning on my fruit trees a couple weeks back and things are looking hopeful for our mystery tree. This could be the year I finally get some apples! Exactly what kind of apples remains to be seen. Five years ago we bought three apple trees – a Norland, a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>As the Tin Turns</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 May 2012 16:32:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The tin has officially turned. About 20 years back I bought a limited edition Nestle Toll House tin that held a package of chocolate chips. It’s square and has a picture of the changing seasons on its four sides. I have a row of collector tins on a ledge in our kitchen and somewhere along [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Happy Returns!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Apr 2012 17:38:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Spring is the season of happy returns; robins, crocuses and sunshine. And me! I am so happy to be back writing my column. Where have I been all these months? Writing a magazine on container gardening for Harris Publications! It will be hitting the stands over the next few weeks and will stay there until [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Moose Bumps</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 17:12:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Woke up this morning to what sounded like Darcy opening the closet door to get dressed for work. And then I realized Darcy was still beside me in bed. Darcy thought I was opening and shutting the bedside table. As the banging noise continued we gaped at one another in the 4:30 am darkness. Goosebumps landed on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Year Resolutions</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Feb 2012 17:55:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Valentine’s Day; When the Love Wears off Those New Year Resolutions &#160; Statistics show that come Valentine’s Day 80 percent of the population will have trashed their shiny new 2012 resolutions. Some years I make pages of resolutions, others I refuse to make a single one. Sometimes I make only those I am sure I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>You is Important</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 18:04:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just finished reading Kathryn Stockett’s novel ‘The Help’. It came out three years ago so I’m a little late. In fact, it has already been made into a movie starring Emma Stone, Viola Davis and Octavia Spencer which I haven’t yet seen. The book gives a telling account of life as an African American [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Close Encounters of the Wild Kind</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jul 2011 15:59:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’ve had a very animal filled day. With horses, sheep, chickens, dogs and a cat you could say every day is animal filled around here, but this day was more about wildlife than the domestic type. It started early this morning when I glanced out the window and saw the most amazing sight. Two flickers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A River Runs Through It</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jul 2011 16:21:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This morning I got up, made a cup of tea, leaned against the kitchen counter and took in the view of the river fed lake below our cabin. Then I walked over to another window and had a look at the waterfall tumbling through our garden. Sounds pretty picturesque hey? You might even be experiencing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Garage Sale Mania</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2011 17:31:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Neither Darcy nor I realized just how excited we were about heading off on our first garage sale Saturday of the year until we were about a mile from home. That was when we noticed two things. One, we still had the tank in the back of our truck that we use for hauling water [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Mother of all Rain Cheques</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jul 2011 21:04:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Up here in the Peace Country we have had three drought years in a row. The fire pit we bought in 2009 has never had a fire in it. Within days of the snow melting, fire bans would fall into place and stay there until the end of summer. The ground was so dry it [...]]]></description>
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