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		<title>Spoiled for My Birthday</title>
		<link>http://www.xerraireart.com/blog/2012/05/14/spoiled-for-my-birthday/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 00:32:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Another year gone by, I was once again spoiled for my birthday. The birthday fun is likely not over. John sent me money for shoes and clothes. My mom also wants to help me for my next trip, a laptop luggage with wheels. I had a hard time carrying it this last trip through miles [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama Now Allowing the Killing of Bald Eagles?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 21:07:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Well those rotating wind turbines need room to move. A draft regulation first filed in April would allow businesses to apply for 30-year permits allowing them to kill bald eagles in the course of other legal activities. The length of those permits would be a six-fold increase over the five-year window allowed under current [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rubi is Growing</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 20:43:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[And I guess living with her, seems like right in front of my eyes so fast! Make your own slideshow with music at Animoto. &#169; Xerraire for Barb&#039;s Blog, 2012. &#124; Permalink &#124; No comment &#124; Add to del.icio.us digg Who's linking ? Technorati BlogPulse Google Want more on these topics ? Browse the archive [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In Florida 180,000 Non-Citizens May Be Registered to Vote</title>
		<link>http://www.xerraireart.com/blog/2012/05/14/in-florida-180000-non-citizens-may-be-registered-to-vote/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 10:33:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From RedState According to Deputy Supervisor of Elections Christina White, there are a “lot of non-citizens on our registration rolls.” Florida’s Division of Elections is checking the citizenship of voters by comparing drivers license records, which show whether a licensed driver is also a U.S. citizen. Non-citizens are able to become registered voters in Florida [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Happy Mothers Day</title>
		<link>http://www.xerraireart.com/blog/2012/05/13/happy-mothers-day-3/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2012 11:46:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; The presidential campaign exploded Thursday into a bitter debate over women&#8217;s work, a day after a Democratic adviser made a dismissive remark about stay-at-home mom Ann Romney, wife of the GOP candidate Mitt Romney. Wednesday night on CNN, Democratic strategist Hilary Rosen said Romney, who raised five now-grown sons, had &#8220;never worked a day [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rubi Turns 2</title>
		<link>http://www.xerraireart.com/blog/2012/05/12/rubi-turns-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2012 02:23:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our little Rubí turned two today! Just one day after my birthday (I so wanted her to be born on MY birthday!), comes Rubí&#8217;s special day. &#160; Rubi had a very sweet second birthday. We are so blessed to have her in the family. &#169; Xerraire for Barb&#039;s Blog, 2012. &#124; Permalink &#124; One comment [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Birthday Flowers</title>
		<link>http://www.xerraireart.com/blog/2012/05/12/birthday-flowers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2012 01:47:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The world is a rose; smell it and pass it to your friends. Persian Proverb Petra and Leoni sent me flowers for my birthday&#8230; Between mother&#8217;s day and my birthday, my room has never looked so cheery! &#169; Xerraire for Barb&#039;s Blog, 2012. &#124; Permalink &#124; No comment &#124; Add to del.icio.us digg Who's linking [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Miquel Gets a New Car</title>
		<link>http://www.xerraireart.com/blog/2012/05/11/miquel-gets-a-new-car/</link>
		<comments>http://www.xerraireart.com/blog/2012/05/11/miquel-gets-a-new-car/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 May 2012 01:18:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Xerraire</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s blue. Ok, I know more than it&#8217;s color! &#160; Ok, so we&#8217;re all a little happy for Miquel and Jenny. &#160; &#160; &#160; &#169; Xerraire for Barb&#039;s Blog, 2012. &#124; Permalink &#124; No comment &#124; Add to del.icio.us digg Who's linking ? Technorati BlogPulse Google Want more on these topics ? Browse the archive [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Mower</title>
		<link>http://www.xerraireart.com/blog/2012/05/10/new-mower/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 01:43:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Xerraire</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We have a big yard. As Miranda recently found out, it&#8217;s a little overwhelming to cut the grass with a push mower. So, a new mower was purchased for the house! &#169; Xerraire for Barb&#039;s Blog, 2012. &#124; Permalink &#124; No comment &#124; Add to del.icio.us digg Who's linking ? Technorati BlogPulse Google Want more [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mothers Day Came Early</title>
		<link>http://www.xerraireart.com/blog/2012/05/10/mothers-day-came-early-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.xerraireart.com/blog/2012/05/10/mothers-day-came-early-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 01:34:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well a good way to surprise a mama for Mother&#8217;s Day is to send her flowers 2 days early! Roses no less! From Enric and Miranda! &#169; Xerraire for Barb&#039;s Blog, 2012. &#124; Permalink &#124; No comment &#124; Add to del.icio.us digg Who's linking ? Technorati BlogPulse Google Want more on these topics ? Browse [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Silas Discovers Yowies</title>
		<link>http://www.xerraireart.com/blog/2012/05/09/silas-discovers-yowies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 19:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Xerraire</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Wikipedia: Yowie was a brand of chocolate encased toy line, manufactured by Cadbury Australia and based on the mythology surrounding the Australian Yowie. Invented by Bryce Courtenay and Geoff Pike, they were similar to Kinder Surprises in that they are basically a chocolate shell around a plastic capsule, with a toy inside. Unlike Kinder [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Register the Unborn for Tours at the White House</title>
		<link>http://www.xerraireart.com/blog/2012/05/08/register-the-unborn-for-tours-at-the-white-house/</link>
		<comments>http://www.xerraireart.com/blog/2012/05/08/register-the-unborn-for-tours-at-the-white-house/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 22:09:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Xerraire</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a bit of White House weirdness, comes a new headline: Pro-Choice White House Requires Registration of Unborn Children for Tours (The whole story here) The White House Visitors Office requires that an unborn child—still residing in utero—must be counted as a full human being when its parents register for a White House tour, according [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Saying Goodbye to Miss Elisabeth</title>
		<link>http://www.xerraireart.com/blog/2012/05/07/saying-goodbye-to-miss-elisabeth/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 00:53:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Xerraire</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8230;or as Rubí says, Miss Sipsipee This past Saturday, we were invited to Quiet Waters Park in Annapolis to say good-bye to Elisabeth, who is off to work and study in Wisconsin. She has been wonderful to have in our home. She will be missed. People come and people go in this household&#8230;who&#8217;s next? &#160; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Light a Candle for the Light Bulb</title>
		<link>http://www.xerraireart.com/blog/2012/05/03/light-a-candle-for-the-light-bulb/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 14:39:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you go to the shopping mall, shops, or markets, one notices a lot of candle stores out there. It&#8217;s kind of funny that in this day and age, with the invention of the light bulb, we even bother with candles any more. Perhaps the new price of a certain light bulb will send us [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wedding at Castle Rock Slide Show</title>
		<link>http://www.xerraireart.com/blog/2012/05/01/wedding-at-castle-rock-slide-show/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 22:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Xerraire</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been sick, but it&#8217;s been a great time to prepare a slide show of our wedding. &#169; Xerraire for Barb&#039;s Blog, 2012. &#124; Permalink &#124; 4 comments &#124; Add to del.icio.us digg Who's linking ? Technorati BlogPulse Google Want more on these topics ? Browse the archive of posts filed under Featured, Personal.]]></description>
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		<title>Chesapeake Bay by Air</title>
		<link>http://www.xerraireart.com/blog/2012/04/28/chesapeake-bay-by-air/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Apr 2012 01:23:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Xerraire</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am not much for television. But when I am sick, it can be good to have around. I have some sort of sinus infection, fever, and chills, and so it was nice to see this special on Public Television. After being away from Maryland for awhile, it was nice to be reminded of this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chores on the Farm and Big Government</title>
		<link>http://www.xerraireart.com/blog/2012/04/25/chores-on-the-farm-and-big-government/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 00:13:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Xerraire</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I never lived on a farm, but I spent my summers on one. The young people on neighboring farms always had chores, it was a part of life. They seemed to like it, raised their own cows to show on the local fairs and earn their own money, and basically were responsible kids who grew [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Giraffe and the Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve</title>
		<link>http://www.xerraireart.com/blog/2012/04/25/the-giraffe-and-the-recurrent-laryngeal-nerve/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 17:55:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Xerraire</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Maybe it&#8217;s because it&#8217;s fresh in my mind, feeding the giraffe at Perth Zoo, but an article regarding the laryngeal nerve in the giraffe&#8217;s neck, grabbed my attention. Apparently, Richard Dawkins made the comment that the laryngeal nerve was so poorly made, no one could believe in a designer. He quipped, &#8220;No designer would ever [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Born to Love Nana</title>
		<link>http://www.xerraireart.com/blog/2012/04/23/born-to-love-nana/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 17:53:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Xerraire</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is a lot of sadness around being apart from one&#8217;s spouse. I know people in the  military do it all the time. Often they don&#8217;t even have the ability of communications as John and I have. Looking for a silver lining in the dark cloud of separation, and one of the perks is definitely [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Better Together</title>
		<link>http://www.xerraireart.com/blog/2012/04/22/better-together/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 01:41:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Xerraire</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.xerraireart.com/blog/?p=9526</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Perhaps it goes without saying that John and I both feel like we&#8217;ve been divided in half, that apart we&#8217;re no longer whole. We knew separation would be hard, and that it&#8217;s so much BETTER&#8230;.TOGETHER. Try our slideshow creator at Animoto. &#169; Xerraire for Barb&#039;s Blog, 2012. &#124; Permalink &#124; No comment &#124; Add to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>If My Cell Phone Told the Story &#8211; Coming to Maryland</title>
		<link>http://www.xerraireart.com/blog/2012/04/21/if-my-cell-phone-told-the-story-coming-to-maryland/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Apr 2012 00:51:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Xerraire</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was time for tearful good-byes. My heart was never going to be ready for it, but I wasn&#8217;t mentally prepared either. The day to leave came so fast. This is going to be my life. 5 More hours and the total travel time give or take was 38 hours. I slept nearly the whole [...]]]></description>
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		<title>North Beach</title>
		<link>http://www.xerraireart.com/blog/2012/04/21/north-beach/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Apr 2012 10:04:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Xerraire</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.xerraireart.com/blog/?p=9509</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Ever fill out those surveys that ask mountains or beach when asking your vacation preference? I guess I always select mountains, but something about the sunsets of  Western Australia that lures me to the beach. After our long day at the zoo, we went to North Beach to watch the sunset. I even saw the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Perth Zoo part 3</title>
		<link>http://www.xerraireart.com/blog/2012/04/17/perth-zoo-part-3/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 03:46:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Xerraire</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We went back to the wetlands&#8230; &#160; &#160; It was a nice long day at the zoo, not too hot out, and then we went Dad and Iris&#8217;s for a lovely dinner of Cornish Pasty. &#169; Xerraire for Barb&#039;s Blog, 2012. &#124; Permalink &#124; No comment &#124; Add to del.icio.us digg Who's linking ? Technorati [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Perth Zoo Part 2</title>
		<link>http://www.xerraireart.com/blog/2012/04/17/perth-zoo-part-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 09:37:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Xerraire</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; More on Perth Zoo Part Three next blog&#8230;. &#160; &#169; Xerraire for Barb&#039;s Blog, 2012. &#124; Permalink &#124; No comment &#124; Add to del.icio.us digg Who's linking ? Technorati BlogPulse Google Want more on these topics ? Browse the archive of posts filed under Featured, Personal.]]></description>
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		<title>Perth Zoo and Feeding the Giraffe</title>
		<link>http://www.xerraireart.com/blog/2012/04/17/perth-zoo-and-feeding-the-giraffe/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 05:36:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Xerraire</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.xerraireart.com/blog/?p=9439</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It seems each time we went to Perth Zoo in the past, it was done in a rush. So we set aside Saturday to have a long leisurely day there. &#160; &#160; Part two of Perth Zoo next blog. &#169; Xerraire for Barb&#039;s Blog, 2012. &#124; Permalink &#124; No comment &#124; Add to del.icio.us digg [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Walk Around the Neighborhood</title>
		<link>http://www.xerraireart.com/blog/2012/04/15/a-walk-around-the-neighborhood/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 00:41:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Xerraire</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.xerraireart.com/blog/?p=9428</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Most of my morning chores done and not quite ready for lunch, I decided since it wasn&#8217;t a hot day, I would take a walk. I grabbed my camera of course to document the walk, and hoping to be ready for anything. As I left the driveway, I saw our neighbor, Michel. Michel is from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Banksia Coat Rack</title>
		<link>http://www.xerraireart.com/blog/2012/04/15/banksia-coat-rack/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Apr 2012 12:41:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Xerraire</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[While out at Whiteman Park some weeks ago, we happened upon this little shop that had an adorable coat rack, after some thing we bought the first thing for our house as husband and wife! &#160; &#169; Xerraire for Barb&#039;s Blog, 2012. &#124; Permalink &#124; No comment &#124; Add to del.icio.us digg Who's linking ? [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Big Bang Theory</title>
		<link>http://www.xerraireart.com/blog/2012/04/13/big-bang-theory/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2012 07:49:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Xerraire</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.xerraireart.com/blog/?p=9417</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t watch much television at my Pasadena home. Here at my Perth home though, John has introuced me to the show Big Bang Theory. It centers on a group of geeks and their very different world view. Not a show for children, but it has a lot of funny moments. I just might have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iris and Family</title>
		<link>http://www.xerraireart.com/blog/2012/04/12/iris-and-family/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2012 04:37:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Iris has become someone special to me, she is more than a mother in law. So, even though we were deep in floor mess in the kitchen, there was no saying no when she invited us to come to the house for dinner and meet her side of the family. &#160; &#160; &#160; &#169; Xerraire [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Kitchen Floor</title>
		<link>http://www.xerraireart.com/blog/2012/04/12/the-kitchen-floor/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2012 02:18:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Xerraire</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.xerraireart.com/blog/?p=9395</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As I mentioned in another post, the kitchen floor was to be our first house project as husband and wife. Not sure that was totally what John intended, but it worked out that way. After pulling up all the ugly green icky gluey tile, we realized we were never going to be able to hand [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Easter Dolphin Wedding</title>
		<link>http://www.xerraireart.com/blog/2012/04/12/easter-dolphin-wedding/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2012 05:26:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This was a different Easter for me. I suppose this was the first time since 1979, that I was away from the bosom of my family for Easter. After talking to them, I think I was missed. I did miss them too, however, I was kept very busy with my new family. We did make [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hillarys Boat Harbor Sunset</title>
		<link>http://www.xerraireart.com/blog/2012/04/11/hillarys-boat-harbor-sunset/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2012 03:57:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Xerraire</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.xerraireart.com/blog/?p=9369</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[After the show and shine, a trip to Bunnings, and a look at the burned Bush, we decided it might make a nice evening to take photos of a sunset. I also wanted to practice with my flash, trying to get a photo of John and I, lit, but still keep the sunset in tact [...]]]></description>
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		<title>After the Bush Fire</title>
		<link>http://www.xerraireart.com/blog/2012/04/11/after-the-bush-fire/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2012 03:23:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Much to John&#8217;s surprise and apparently unprecedented in Koondoola Bush, it has remained closed for a long time after the fire. So we decided to look outside and see what damaged was done. It&#8217;s kind of hard to say damage when for example, the Banksias seem to respond well to bush fires. Banksia plants are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Show and Shine</title>
		<link>http://www.xerraireart.com/blog/2012/04/11/show-and-shine/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2012 07:08:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.xerraireart.com/blog/?p=9354</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[For those who don&#8217;t know, (and I don&#8217;t pretend to know a lot) Holden cars are made in Australia. They seem to be a big deal to John and his brother Graham. From Wikipedia: GM Holden Ltd is an automaker that operates in Australia, based in Port Melbourne, Victoria. The company was founded in 1856 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Peters By The Sea</title>
		<link>http://www.xerraireart.com/blog/2012/04/10/peters-by-the-sea/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2012 08:43:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.xerraireart.com/blog/?p=9345</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[After our day at the Birds of Prey Centre and all the parks we visited, I was starving. We didn&#8217;t know which beach to go to see a sunset, so I suggested a beach with FOOD. John eats a hearty breakfast and can last all day, and I on the other hand, can&#8217;t seem to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Day for the Birds part 2</title>
		<link>http://www.xerraireart.com/blog/2012/04/10/a-day-for-the-birds-part-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2012 05:54:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[After Whiteman Park and part of the morning at the WA Birds of Prey Center, we went to Lake Monger for a second time, this time with the intention of walking completely around the lake. There were more birds waiting for their photos to be taken. After a walk around Lake Monger, we went to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Day for the Birds part 1</title>
		<link>http://www.xerraireart.com/blog/2012/04/08/a-day-for-the-birds-part-1/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Apr 2012 03:46:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[John remembered that our last visit to Perth, one of my favorite parts was the WA Birds of Prey show held inside Whiteman Park on weekends. However, for awhile now these shows weren&#8217;t being held, but as luck would have it, for the month of April, precisely while I am here, Yvonne is able to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Occupy Johns House</title>
		<link>http://www.xerraireart.com/blog/2012/04/07/occupy-johns-house/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Apr 2012 06:57:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I think men in general don&#8217;t like to throw things away. Since the passing of my dad, we have found more stuff and can&#8217;t believe some of the things he had kept over the years. You hear about it all the time in the sit-coms, the wives want to throw things out the men don&#8217;t. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Web Cam Chat from Pasadena to Perth</title>
		<link>http://www.xerraireart.com/blog/2012/04/01/web-cam-chat-from-pasadena-to-perth/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Apr 2012 13:31:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am far from the Grandchildren, but the internet brings us closer. I got a note from Silas via Miranda&#8217;s Facebook, that he missed me. It was so sweet, I hurried on to Skype. But just because we&#8217;re using the internet to catch up, doesn&#8217;t mean we don&#8217;t have to not act like we&#8217;re right [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My First Bush Fire</title>
		<link>http://www.xerraireart.com/blog/2012/03/29/my-first-bush-fire/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Mar 2012 00:27:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.xerraireart.com/blog/?p=9286</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I left Maryland with hopes of disasters behind me. Let&#8217;s face it, last year was a banner year: we had a tornado, 2 hurricanes, storms, flooding, and the first earthquake I&#8217;ve ever witnessed. I am not exaggerating when I say my nerves were shot, and we were all tired from the constant clean up and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>One Month Anniversary</title>
		<link>http://www.xerraireart.com/blog/2012/03/28/one-month-anniversary/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2012 04:45:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We made it one month. So, we celebrated. We decided to do something we had done before, go to Perth from King&#8217;s Park and take city at night photos. John and I both grabbed our camera gear and his tripod, found a place to eat, then we were ready. &#160; Then soon night came upon [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Perth Zoo Docent Birthday Party</title>
		<link>http://www.xerraireart.com/blog/2012/03/28/perth-zoo-docent-birthday-party/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2012 04:18:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[After the egg hunt, John and I were off to Perth Zoo for the Docent Birthday Party. At this point, he had his camera, and a good thing too, he took lovely photos of us! &#160; &#169; Xerraire for Barb&#039;s Blog, 2012. &#124; Permalink &#124; One comment &#124; Add to del.icio.us digg Who's linking ? [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An Egg Hunt and John Let Me Have His Camera</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2012 03:48:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Sunday, we were invited to Cathy and Graham&#8217;s to an early Easter Egg Hunt. (Given that they will be very busy on Easter) It was our job to pick up Dad and Iris, and because we had a party at the zoo that night, I didn&#8217;t bring my camera. So, John allowed me to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sunset at the Indian Ocean</title>
		<link>http://www.xerraireart.com/blog/2012/03/28/sunset-at-the-indian-ocean/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2012 00:56:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;They who dwell in the ends of the earth stand in awe of Your signs; You make the dawn and the sunset shout for joy.&#8221; Psalm 65:8 (NASB) Anyone who really knows me, knows I love a good sunrise and a good sunset. Our home in Australia is in the west, and the Indian Ocean [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Whiteman Park Car Museum</title>
		<link>http://www.xerraireart.com/blog/2012/03/28/whiteman-park-car-museum/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2012 09:01:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am not really into cars, but John likes classic cars and we thought we might see something fun to share with Paul from Severn Gas Pumps. This is but a few of the things we saw. &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; At the museum we learned the story of Roll&#8217;s its figurine, the flying [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Whiteman Park Saturday</title>
		<link>http://www.xerraireart.com/blog/2012/03/25/whiteman-park-saturday/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2012 04:57:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Saturday, John and I were unsure what to do. Since he lives close to Whiteman Park, we decided to go there. &#160; &#160; Magpies make me nervous, as I know they can be very aggressive. I  knew it wasn&#8217;t their aggressive time of year, but I was leery just the same. John also seemed respectful [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Features</title>
		<link>http://www.xerraireart.com/blog/2012/03/25/features/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Mar 2012 14:20:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Xerraire</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since I tease (and complain) to John regarding his bachelor pad, I thought it only fair to point out a few features I like. Given that your every day automatic ice maker usually breaks (like ours at home), I thought John&#8217;s ice tray was pretty neat. Video showing how it works: I also liked that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Floor</title>
		<link>http://www.xerraireart.com/blog/2012/03/23/the-floor-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2012 05:28:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Xerraire</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.xerraireart.com/blog/?p=9209</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[John even though he says he needs to watch what he says around me, never really learns. Either that, or he really does like how I make his life interesting. Prior to getting married and me coming here, he worried after his holiday was over and he had to head back to work, what would [...]]]></description>
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		<title>President of All Americans or Just the Liberals?</title>
		<link>http://www.xerraireart.com/blog/2012/03/22/president-of-all-americans-or-just-the-liberals/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2012 05:45:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Xerraire</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.xerraireart.com/blog/?p=9205</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160; I&#8217;ve been out of the country for a short while, so I missed the whole stink how Rush Limbaugh called someone a slut. I have no idea who the someone is, or what provoked him to say such a thing. If I am getting the news correctly here, he did apologize, a rare thing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>One Nation Under Socialism</title>
		<link>http://www.xerraireart.com/blog/2012/03/21/one-nation-under-socialism/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2012 09:19:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Xerraire</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.xerraireart.com/blog/?p=9200</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160; &#160; From CBS DC While McNaughton previously depicted Obama stepping on the nation’s founding document, “One Nation Under Socialism” glowers directly as if challenging the viewer. His right hand is holding the Constitution and his left hand is pointing to the flames. McNaughton tells CBSDC that the hands “represents his recognition of what is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shopping with the Girls</title>
		<link>http://www.xerraireart.com/blog/2012/03/20/shopping-with-the-girls/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2012 05:40:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Xerraire</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.xerraireart.com/blog/?p=9192</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday Georgie, Iris, and I went on a girls day out shopping. We first though, surprised John at his work. I wanted to see where it was he earned a living and meet his co-workers. He was indeed surprised but gave me a quick grand tour. Georgie, after dealing with some traffic, got us safely [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lake Monger</title>
		<link>http://www.xerraireart.com/blog/2012/03/19/lake-monger/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Mar 2012 11:46:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Xerraire</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.xerraireart.com/blog/?p=9184</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Lake Monger is a large urban wetland on the Swan Coastal Plain in suburban Perth, Western Australia nestled between the suburbs of Leederville, Wembley and Glendalough.The lake is presently used extensively for recreation as well as being a major tourist attraction with up to 12,000 visitors per week (Middle, 1988). Activities include bird watching and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Medieval Fayre</title>
		<link>http://www.xerraireart.com/blog/2012/03/18/medieval-fayre/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Mar 2012 06:21:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Xerraire</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.xerraireart.com/blog/?p=9158</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Fayre-that&#8217;s the way they spelled it. Yesterday, we went to a Medieval Fayre in Perth&#8217;s Supreme Court Gardens. We went and were prepared that it would be nothing like Maryland&#8217;s Ren Fest, but it was fun just the same. &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; These birds were the same ones from the bird show that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Short Visit to Perth Zoo</title>
		<link>http://www.xerraireart.com/blog/2012/03/15/short-visit-to-perth-zoo/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2012 00:11:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Xerraire</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.xerraireart.com/blog/?p=9143</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I am sure one day soon we will have a long visit to Perth Zoo, but last Saturday, mostly because I was melting in the heat, we kept it a short visit. I stayed most of the time with the birds. &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#169; Xerraire [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nothing is Free</title>
		<link>http://www.xerraireart.com/blog/2012/03/15/nothing-is-free/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Mar 2012 20:30:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Xerraire</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.xerraireart.com/blog/?p=9140</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Taking a break from my stay here in Australia to share with you some news I read today. Recently, my daughter, who now works in a Pharmacy, had a customer who was outraged because her birth control wasn&#8217;t free. Perhaps she had just read the Glamour News Article. My daughter didn&#8217;t know how to respond [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Johns Banksias</title>
		<link>http://www.xerraireart.com/blog/2012/03/15/johns-banksias/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Mar 2012 05:01:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Xerraire</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.xerraireart.com/blog/?p=9129</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t say &#8220;our Banksias&#8221; as I have let John know the yard is his domain. He keeps trying to get me to cut the grass and clip the hedge anyway. But I do love the Banksias and glad he has planted them. &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; I can say in my stay here [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wedding Reception</title>
		<link>http://www.xerraireart.com/blog/2012/03/12/wedding-reception/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2012 00:31:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Xerraire</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.xerraireart.com/blog/?p=9113</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Carrying on in doing things like no other couple does, two weeks after our wedding, Georgie held a wedding reception for us. She asked us to dress up like we did for the wedding which I was happy to do, I&#8217;m such a girl. &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Caversham Wildlife Park Part Two</title>
		<link>http://www.xerraireart.com/blog/2012/03/11/caversham-wildlife-park-part-two/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Mar 2012 04:29:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Xerraire</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.xerraireart.com/blog/?p=9080</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#169; Xerraire for Barb&#039;s Blog, 2012. &#124; Permalink &#124; No comment &#124; Add to del.icio.us digg Who's linking ? Technorati BlogPulse Google Want more on these topics ? Browse the archive of posts filed under [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Caversham Wildlife Park Part One</title>
		<link>http://www.xerraireart.com/blog/2012/03/11/caversham-wildlife-park-part-one/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Mar 2012 12:53:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Xerraire</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.xerraireart.com/blog/?p=9058</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When Laura and I came to Australia the last time, almost worth the entire price of the ticket to me was coming to Caversham Wildlife Park. We loved it there and of course I wanted to go back again. &#160; &#160; He was even cuter awake. And hungry, so he followed me to the food [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Perth Revisited</title>
		<link>http://www.xerraireart.com/blog/2012/03/09/perth-revisited/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Mar 2012 08:28:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Xerraire</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.xerraireart.com/blog/?p=9040</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[After settling in after our honeymoon, we decided to go into Perth. &#160; &#160; &#160; &#169; Xerraire for Barb&#039;s Blog, 2012. &#124; Permalink &#124; No comment &#124; Add to del.icio.us digg Who's linking ? Technorati BlogPulse Google Want more on these topics ? Browse the archive of posts filed under Featured, Personal.]]></description>
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		<title>To Albany and BEYOND!</title>
		<link>http://www.xerraireart.com/blog/2012/03/09/to-albany-and-beyond/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Mar 2012 07:06:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.xerraireart.com/blog/?p=9019</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160; &#160; The Gap is an impressive rugged granite channel carved by the waves of the Great Southern Ocean crashing against the granite coastline forming a spectacular sheer drop of almost twenty five metres. The Natural Bridge is a granite formation caused by the gradual wearing away of the rock by the Great Southern Ocean. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Porongurups part Two</title>
		<link>http://www.xerraireart.com/blog/2012/03/08/the-porongurups-part-two/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2012 14:07:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Xerraire</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.xerraireart.com/blog/?p=8985</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We got to the point of our hike where we were pulling ourselves up rocks but we reached a wonderful view. The Wedge-tailed Eagle has long wings (wingspan 2.3 m), a characteristic long, wedge-shaped tail, and legs that are feathered all the way to the base of the toes. The bill is pale pink to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Porongurups part One</title>
		<link>http://www.xerraireart.com/blog/2012/03/08/the-porongurups-part-one/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2012 12:05:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Xerraire</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The granite from which Porongurup Range has been exposed by the slow weathering of the softer rocks surrounding the range. Although only 12 kilometres long and 670 metres (2,198 feet) at its highest point, the range is renowned for its beauty. It is clothed in a luxuriant forest of giant Karri trees and the understorey [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Brekkie at the Banksia Farm</title>
		<link>http://www.xerraireart.com/blog/2012/03/06/brekkie-at-the-banksia-farm/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2012 13:10:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Xerraire</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[brekkie an Australian slang term for breakfast. The Banksia Farm served us breakfast each morning. &#160; &#169; Xerraire for Barb&#039;s Blog, 2012. &#124; Permalink &#124; 2 comments &#124; Add to del.icio.us digg Who's linking ? Technorati BlogPulse Google Want more on these topics ? Browse the archive of posts filed under Featured, Personal.]]></description>
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		<title>The Banksia Farm</title>
		<link>http://www.xerraireart.com/blog/2012/03/06/the-banksia-farm/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2012 10:17:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It wasn&#8217;t easy leaving our beloved Siesta Park, but I was curious as to what awaited us at the Banksia Farm. I think we got more than we expected, and that was a lovely surprise. The name of the place interested me as the banksia flowers are so different from anything we have in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Meeting Andy</title>
		<link>http://www.xerraireart.com/blog/2012/03/06/meeting-andy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2012 07:50:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We were finally approaching Mt. Barker. The only Dolphin sibling I had not yet met yet was Andy. I was already familiar with his work however. He is a very talented artist, blogger, caricature artist, and animator. I really like a lot of his work, but one of his recent pieces is a favorite. We [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Driving to Mt. Barker</title>
		<link>http://www.xerraireart.com/blog/2012/03/05/driving-to-mt-barker/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Mar 2012 11:09:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; or, it&#8217;s my honeymoon, I&#8217;ll scream if I want to. I was excited to this next part of our trip, as I hadn&#8217;t been to Mt. Barker before. But first we had to get there. &#160; &#169; Xerraire for Barb&#039;s Blog, 2012. &#124; Permalink &#124; No comment &#124; Add to del.icio.us digg Who's linking [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Good-bye Siesta Park</title>
		<link>http://www.xerraireart.com/blog/2012/03/05/good-bye-siesta-park-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Mar 2012 07:28:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our time was up at Siesta Park and we packed the car up to drive to Mount Barker. Siesta Park is a special place, so a look around before we go&#8230; &#169; Xerraire for Barb&#039;s Blog, 2012. &#124; Permalink &#124; No comment &#124; Add to del.icio.us digg Who's linking ? Technorati BlogPulse Google Want more [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Busselton Jetty</title>
		<link>http://www.xerraireart.com/blog/2012/03/04/busselton-jetty/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Mar 2012 06:58:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The last visit that we made to Australia, we were hoping to see the Busselton Jetty. Sadly it was closed that time around. This visit though, it was now open and John and I were sure to put it on our list of things to do while in the Southwest. Stretching 1.8 kilometres across Geographe [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Exploring Beaches and Boranup Forest</title>
		<link>http://www.xerraireart.com/blog/2012/03/03/exploring-beaches-and-boranup-forest/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Mar 2012 00:21:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[After our visit to the lighthouse, we made our way up the coast back to Siesta Park. We took our time exploring. Our first stop was at Foul Bay. There was nothing foul about it, it was peaceful, blue, pristine&#8230;I can never understand how we visit all these beaches and they always seemed untouched by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hot Chocolate and a Lighthouse</title>
		<link>http://www.xerraireart.com/blog/2012/02/29/hot-chocolate-and-a-lighthouse/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Feb 2012 11:41:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Xerraire</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our marriage celebrant suggested a place to go for a nice Hot Chocolate. Hot Chocolatté. So on our way to Cape Leeuwin Lighthouse, we made the stop. John of course had a milkshake. Then we made the drive south towards Augusta to Leeuwin Lighthouse. I had been there before, but wanted to see it again. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Now What?</title>
		<link>http://www.xerraireart.com/blog/2012/02/28/now-what/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2012 10:21:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, Barb and John Dolphin, you just got married, now what are you going to do? Going to Disney World? No, we&#8217;re going to Simmo&#8217;s of course! Well, maybe it didn&#8217;t just happen like that but close. Simmo&#8217;s I&#8217;ve been told is like the worlds best ice cream and I had to go taste for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wedding at Castlerock</title>
		<link>http://www.xerraireart.com/blog/2012/02/27/wedding-at-castlerock/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2012 12:05:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, February 27th, 2012, we became Mr. and Mrs. Dolphin&#8230; &#160; &#160; &#169; Xerraire for Barb&#039;s Blog, 2012. &#124; Permalink &#124; 5 comments &#124; Add to del.icio.us digg Who's linking ? Technorati BlogPulse Google Want more on these topics ? Browse the archive of posts filed under Featured, Personal.]]></description>
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		<title>Sunday Brunch</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2012 00:56:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So what do other people do the day they are getting married? You mean they don&#8217;t sit out in the car blogging about the day before just to kill time like me? hehe We are at Siesta Park where the internet connection doesn&#8217;t reach our chalet. John and I are very excited about getting married [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fasten Your Seatbelts!</title>
		<link>http://www.xerraireart.com/blog/2012/02/24/fasten-your-seatbelts-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2012 18:59:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Xerraire</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am finally in Perth, and it&#8217;s been a wild and crazy ride! I&#8217;ve done some hard things in my life, but saying good-bye to my family for a few months was definitely up there. Enric, Miranda, Laura and the kids all took me to the airport. It was BUSY and there was really no [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rubi and the Tortilla</title>
		<link>http://www.xerraireart.com/blog/2012/02/21/8785/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 23:50:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today I decided to quickly put together a tortilla de patatas and I had a little distraction going on today &#8212; something I hadn&#8217;t experienced since Miquel was small. The whole time while I was cooking it, Rubí wanted some NOW! &#169; Xerraire for Barb&#039;s Blog, 2012. &#124; Permalink &#124; No comment &#124; Add to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Webcam Fun with Silas and Rubi</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:52:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Xerraire</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So what does a Nana do when babysitting? Well when we weren&#8217;t doing the cha-cha and the tango, we turned on the webcam! &#160; &#169; Xerraire for Barb&#039;s Blog, 2012. &#124; Permalink &#124; One comment &#124; Add to del.icio.us digg Who's linking ? Technorati BlogPulse Google Want more on these topics ? Browse the archive [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Swingers</title>
		<link>http://www.xerraireart.com/blog/2012/02/19/swingers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 00:55:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Xerraire</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#169; Xerraire for Barb&#039;s Blog, 2012. &#124; Permalink &#124; No comment &#124; Add to del.icio.us digg Who's linking ? Technorati BlogPulse Google Want more on these topics ? Browse the archive of posts filed under Featured, Personal.]]></description>
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		<title>Silas Helping Rubi Down the Slide</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Feb 2012 02:41:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Xerraire</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I guess this is how it is when you have a big brother. &#169; Xerraire for Barb&#039;s Blog, 2012. &#124; Permalink &#124; No comment &#124; Add to del.icio.us digg Who's linking ? Technorati BlogPulse Google Want more on these topics ? Browse the archive of posts filed under Personal.]]></description>
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		<title>Time To Update the White House Site</title>
		<link>http://www.xerraireart.com/blog/2012/02/17/time-to-update-the-white-house-site/</link>
		<comments>http://www.xerraireart.com/blog/2012/02/17/time-to-update-the-white-house-site/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 20:25:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Xerraire</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.xerraireart.com/blog/?p=8754</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Washington Examiner points out something interesting about the White House&#8217;s official site&#8230; When President Obama unveiled his budget on Monday, it became clear that he would break his pledge to cut the deficit in half in his first term in office. But the White House website is still prominently touting the promise. When visitors [...]]]></description>
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		<title>High Equals Die?</title>
		<link>http://www.xerraireart.com/blog/2012/02/16/high-equals-die/</link>
		<comments>http://www.xerraireart.com/blog/2012/02/16/high-equals-die/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 18:02:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Xerraire</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[alcohol]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.xerraireart.com/blog/?p=8746</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[So the world has lost another musical talent, and likely due to drugs, alcohol, or a mix of the two. Unfortunately this is not new. How does this keep happening? Drugs and alcohol aren&#8217;t a cancer, they are something that are preventable. Now, there is like an unwritten law we seem to have, &#8216;not to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>10 Things That Every American Should Know About The Federal Reserve</title>
		<link>http://www.xerraireart.com/blog/2012/02/15/10-things-that-every-american-should-know-about-the-federal-reserve/</link>
		<comments>http://www.xerraireart.com/blog/2012/02/15/10-things-that-every-american-should-know-about-the-federal-reserve/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 00:09:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Xerraire</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.xerraireart.com/blog/?p=8743</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The definition given for the Federal Reserve is as follows: The central bank of the United States. The Fed, as it is commonly called, regulates the U.S. monetary and financial system. The Federal Reserve System is composed of a central governmental agency in Washington, D.C. (the Board of Governors) and twelve regional Federal Reserve Banks [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Apple, Greed, and Sin</title>
		<link>http://www.xerraireart.com/blog/2012/02/15/8735/</link>
		<comments>http://www.xerraireart.com/blog/2012/02/15/8735/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 20:15:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Xerraire</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[apple]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.xerraireart.com/blog/?p=8735</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If the Occupy Movement really wanted to make a statement about the sin of greed, they didn&#8217;t have to travel all the way to Wall Street to protest the banks and big corporations. They only had to look as far as their desks, phones, and music players. From Mike Daisey, a crusading journalist, exposing inhumane [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2 Million Dead Americans on Active Voter Rolls</title>
		<link>http://www.xerraireart.com/blog/2012/02/15/2-million-dead-americans-on-active-voter-rolls/</link>
		<comments>http://www.xerraireart.com/blog/2012/02/15/2-million-dead-americans-on-active-voter-rolls/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 17:37:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Xerraire</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From The Hill: Nearly 2 million dead Americans are still on active voter registries, and 1 in every 8 registrations in the United States is invalid or has major inaccuracies, according to a new study. Research released Tuesday by the Pew Center on the States shows that the country is spending more on voter registration [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Question on the Keystone Pipeline</title>
		<link>http://www.xerraireart.com/blog/2012/02/15/question-on-the-keystone-pipeline/</link>
		<comments>http://www.xerraireart.com/blog/2012/02/15/question-on-the-keystone-pipeline/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 17:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Xerraire</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News Items]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[george soros]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[keystone]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.xerraireart.com/blog/?p=8726</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Gasoline was approximately $1.84 a gallon when Obama entered office, its price has risen 83% on his watch. If he believes such an increase in per-gallon price is the answer, Americans deserve a new question. But Obama has blocked it. Why? The Council of Conservative Citizens think they know why. Canadian Resources Minister Joe Oliver [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Fair Share&#8221; Obama Administration Owes Over $800,000 in Back Taxes</title>
		<link>http://www.xerraireart.com/blog/2012/02/14/fair-share-obama-administration-owes-over-800000-in-back-taxes/</link>
		<comments>http://www.xerraireart.com/blog/2012/02/14/fair-share-obama-administration-owes-over-800000-in-back-taxes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 01:05:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Xerraire</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[back taxes]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.xerraireart.com/blog/?p=8722</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Remember when Obama&#8217;s list of Czars and other Appointees all seemed to have a way of not paying their taxes or owing money to the IRS? Then figure into how since the State of the Union Address to the Nation and other speeches, how many times has Obama mentioned everyone paying their &#8220;fair share&#8221;? Well [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Love Quotations for Valentines Day</title>
		<link>http://www.xerraireart.com/blog/2012/02/14/love-quotations-for-valentines-day/</link>
		<comments>http://www.xerraireart.com/blog/2012/02/14/love-quotations-for-valentines-day/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 21:43:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Xerraire</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.xerraireart.com/blog/?p=8712</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160; The strength of love is shown in great things; the tenderness of love in little things. Robert C. Chapman &#8220;God is Light.&#8221; &#8220;God is Love.&#8221; That which professes to be light yet lacks love, is not of God; while that which calls itself love, but is not according to light is equally not of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Occupy PAID to Protest</title>
		<link>http://www.xerraireart.com/blog/2012/02/13/occupy-paid-to-protest/</link>
		<comments>http://www.xerraireart.com/blog/2012/02/13/occupy-paid-to-protest/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 20:50:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Xerraire</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.xerraireart.com/blog/?p=8707</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Protesters at Friday&#8217;s &#8220;Occupy CPAC&#8221; event, organized by AFL-CIO and the Occupy DC movement, told The Daily Caller that they were paid &#8220;sixty bucks a head&#8221; to protest outside the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, D.C. &#169; Xerraire for Barb&#039;s Blog, 2012. &#124; Permalink &#124; No comment &#124; Add to del.icio.us digg Who's linking [...]]]></description>
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		<title>LOST</title>
		<link>http://www.xerraireart.com/blog/2012/02/10/lost/</link>
		<comments>http://www.xerraireart.com/blog/2012/02/10/lost/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:13:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Xerraire</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.xerraireart.com/blog/?p=8703</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Not the Television program, the Law of Sea Treaty. Wikipedia defines it as such: The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), also called the Law of the Sea Convention or the Law of the Sea treaty, is the international agreement that resulted from the third United Nations Conference on the Law [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Old Cards Old Tricks</title>
		<link>http://www.xerraireart.com/blog/2012/02/06/old-cards-old-tricks/</link>
		<comments>http://www.xerraireart.com/blog/2012/02/06/old-cards-old-tricks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:26:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Xerraire</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.xerraireart.com/blog/?p=8698</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When Liberals and their kind have no excuse for poor results to their ideologies, they play cards. You know, the race card and the sex card game. Here in the U.S., every time people disagree with an Obama policy, they cry &#8220;racism&#8221;. It&#8217;s ridiculous, forgetting very fast that many people VOTED for Obama. Oh, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>One Thing You Cannot Do in Heaven</title>
		<link>http://www.xerraireart.com/blog/2012/02/05/one-thing-you-cannot-do-in-heaven/</link>
		<comments>http://www.xerraireart.com/blog/2012/02/05/one-thing-you-cannot-do-in-heaven/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 03:25:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Xerraire</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Personal]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.xerraireart.com/blog/?p=8694</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160; &#8220;There is nothing more important than finding out what is after death. What happens to us after we die?&#8221; ~George Harrison At my bridal shower amidst a party of girlie stuff and sexy nighties, I open a gift from Dina,  the book, &#8220;The One Thing You Can&#8217;t Do in Heaven.&#8221; Having a hard time [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Visiting the Fletchers</title>
		<link>http://www.xerraireart.com/blog/2012/02/05/visiting-the-fletchers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.xerraireart.com/blog/2012/02/05/visiting-the-fletchers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 19:02:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Xerraire</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.xerraireart.com/blog/?p=8680</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Friends are forever, cousins are for life!!! Anonymous Cousins by blood – friends by choice. Darlene Shaw Cousins by blood, best friends since birth. Anonymous Cousins are those rare people who ask how we are and then wait to hear the answer. Ed Cunningham cousins are friends that will love you forever. Constance Richards Cousins [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More Valentines!</title>
		<link>http://www.xerraireart.com/blog/2012/01/31/more-valentines/</link>
		<comments>http://www.xerraireart.com/blog/2012/01/31/more-valentines/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 23:28:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Xerraire</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gift]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.xerraireart.com/blog/?p=8672</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[More Valentines Ideas from Amazon.com! &#160; &#169; Xerraire for Barb&#039;s Blog, 2012. &#124; Permalink &#124; No comment &#124; Add to del.icio.us digg Who's linking ? Technorati BlogPulse Google Want more on these topics ? Browse the archive of posts filed under General.]]></description>
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		<title>A Superior Engineer</title>
		<link>http://www.xerraireart.com/blog/2012/01/30/a-superior-engineer/</link>
		<comments>http://www.xerraireart.com/blog/2012/01/30/a-superior-engineer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 23:12:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Xerraire</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.xerraireart.com/blog/?p=8668</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Seems some Japanese researchers were curious why humans need all kinds of gear on their feet to weather the snow, and dogs do not. Read from the Institute for Creation Research today: It turns out that dog paws have tiny blood vessels arranged as counter-current heat exchangers. This way, dogs&#8217; internal body heat is not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Valentines Day</title>
		<link>http://www.xerraireart.com/blog/2012/01/30/valentines-day/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 20:15:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Xerraire</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.xerraireart.com/blog/?p=8665</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In light of wedding plans and traveling, John and I decided to postpone Valentines Day and celebrate it with a WEDDING when I arrive in Australia just some days later. But I thought to share with you some fun ideas for gifts&#8230;. Now we all don&#8217;t have to spend $50,000 on lingerie like Michelle Obama [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bridal Party</title>
		<link>http://www.xerraireart.com/blog/2012/01/29/bridal-party/</link>
		<comments>http://www.xerraireart.com/blog/2012/01/29/bridal-party/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 02:58:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Xerraire</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.xerraireart.com/blog/?p=8648</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Dina called me some time back, &#8220;I know you can&#8217;t have the traditional bridal shower, but when you go to Australia, you&#8217;re going to need things, and we can buy you pretty lingerie, make up,  a wedding dress&#8230;.What do you think Barb?&#8221; I nearly cried I was so touched at the gesture. And so, Dina [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Resigning from Climate Change</title>
		<link>http://www.xerraireart.com/blog/2012/01/27/resigning-from-climate-change/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 22:38:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Xerraire</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Global Warming.org Ivar Giaever, a Nobel Prize winning physicist, resigned from the  American Physical Society (APS) over that organization’s climate change orthodoxy. What did he say in his resignation letter? He says: I can not live with the statement below: ‘Emissions of greenhouse gases from human activities are changing the atmosphere in ways that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ACTA</title>
		<link>http://www.xerraireart.com/blog/2012/01/26/acta/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 21:55:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Xerraire</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ A good deal of tyranny goes by the name of protection. ~Crystal Eastman From Forbes Few people have heard of ACTA, or the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, but the provisions in the agreement appear quite similar to – and more expansive than – anything we saw in SOPA. Worse, the agreement spans virtually all of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rubi in the Snow</title>
		<link>http://www.xerraireart.com/blog/2012/01/25/rubi-in-the-snow/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 23:36:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Xerraire</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Winters in Maryland can be rough, especially if you&#8217;re from Wisconsin, because of the lack of snow! So when our first little accumulation happened, Miranda quickly got Rubi and Silas outside but not before telling me to grab the camera for Rubi&#8217;s first snow. &#160; When it was over, Rubi learned about another great thing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Recycling</title>
		<link>http://www.xerraireart.com/blog/2012/01/25/recycling/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 18:58:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Xerraire</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recycling is good. But if the same thing is in your speeches year after year, you&#8217;re not being an effective president. &#169; Xerraire for Barb&#039;s Blog, 2012. &#124; Permalink &#124; No comment &#124; Add to del.icio.us digg Who's linking ? Technorati BlogPulse Google Want more on these topics ? Browse the archive of posts filed [...]]]></description>
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