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		<title>To Pick or Not to Pick&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.bumblebeeblog.com/2008/07/16/to-pick-or-not-to-pick/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 14:15:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robin Ripley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[See these lovely wild blackberries? We have rows and rows of these bushes all along our very long driveway. Here&#8217;s the problem. I have never, ever been able to pick these berries without contracting a poison ivy rash. I&#8217;m not just talk about a &#8220;little itching&#8221; rash. I am talking about a livid, oozing, burning, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Burning Questions</title>
		<link>http://www.bumblebeeblog.com/2008/06/06/burning-questions/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2008 20:08:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robin Ripley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[These are today’s imponderable questions. Can someone please help me with these? Where have all the flies suddenly come from? Sitting on the front porch this morning I was nearly carried off by black, buzzing flies. They seem particularly attracted to the white Adirondack chairs in the front too. I am considering a carnivorous plants [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>9</slash:comments>
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		<title>Plants You Cannot Kill</title>
		<link>http://www.bumblebeeblog.com/2008/06/03/plants-you-cannot-kill/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2008 22:33:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robin Ripley</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Gardening]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Invasive Plants]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[You know those thriller movies where the villain seems to have super-human strength? They bounce off of cars, fall from bridges, take bullets, catch on fire. Still, they muster the energy to pursue the good guy. Well, I know some plants like that. Here is my short list of plants I absolutely, without a doubt, [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>24</slash:comments>
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		<title>The Geneva Flower Clock&#8230;and Other Tales from Afar</title>
		<link>http://www.bumblebeeblog.com/2008/04/19/the-geneva-flower-clockand-other-tales-from-afar/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bumblebeeblog.com/2008/04/19/the-geneva-flower-clockand-other-tales-from-afar/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Apr 2008 18:56:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robin Ripley</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Flowers]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Travel]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I started my day at the Horloge Fleurie, the famous Flower Clock here in Geneva, Switzerland. The Flower Clock is regularly replanted with 6,500 plants to cover the 16-square-foot surface. The configuration of the flowers and numbers regularly changes. You can see other Flower Clock configurations here. This season’s clock is planted with primroses and [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>Alone in the Garden</title>
		<link>http://www.bumblebeeblog.com/2008/02/09/alone-in-the-garden/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Feb 2008 14:11:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Gardening]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nature Places]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recall a conversation from years ago with my dear old friend Claudia. She has just moved into a charming little cottage in the old Ortega section of Jacksonville, Florida. The house was surrounded by old trees and magnificent, mature flowering shrubs. I was completely taken with the place. I commented to Claudia that I [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>Fewer Americans Spending Time Outdoors</title>
		<link>http://www.bumblebeeblog.com/2008/02/05/fewer-americans-spending-time-outdoors-%e2%80%93-020508/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bumblebeeblog.com/2008/02/05/fewer-americans-spending-time-outdoors-%e2%80%93-020508/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2008 18:26:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to the Nature Conservancy, fewer Americans are spending time in outdoor activities, which could have a serious impact on our environment. This was one of the stories on the NBC evening news last night. The Nature Conservancy conducted research that revealed Americans are spending more time with indoor activities, such as the Internet, electronic [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>Slowing Down and Learning to See (and Draw)</title>
		<link>http://www.bumblebeeblog.com/2008/02/01/slowing-down-and-learning-to-see-and-draw-020108/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bumblebeeblog.com/2008/02/01/slowing-down-and-learning-to-see-and-draw-020108/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Feb 2008 03:08:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After reading about it on the Ellis Hollow blog, I decided on a whim to take an online class on botanical drawing through Cornell University. Given that I have never before expressed (out loud anyway) the desire to draw or paint, it rather took some folks by surprise when I finally admitted to family and [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>15</slash:comments>
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		<title>New Year&#8217;s Goal Setting</title>
		<link>http://www.bumblebeeblog.com/2007/12/31/new-years-goal-setting-123107/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bumblebeeblog.com/2007/12/31/new-years-goal-setting-123107/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jan 2008 03:53:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At our house we don’t make New Year’s resolutions. Rather, we set annual goals and have a tradition of sharing all or some of them at our New Year’s dinner. Many years we post them, or at least those we don’t mind sharing, on the refrigerator as a daily reminder of what we wish to [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>9</slash:comments>
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		<title>A Gift for My Crazy Brother</title>
		<link>http://www.bumblebeeblog.com/2007/12/29/a-gift-for-my-crazy-brother-122807/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bumblebeeblog.com/2007/12/29/a-gift-for-my-crazy-brother-122807/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Dec 2007 06:06:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Perhaps you want to know what I gave my brother for our annual Christmas gift exchange? My gift of a straight jacket for my crazy brother may not be as gross as his poo gifts, but I think it&#8217;s appropriate. He has a high stress computer job and also tends to be a bit, well, [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>My Brother&#8217;s Generosity</title>
		<link>http://www.bumblebeeblog.com/2007/12/20/my-brothers-generosity-122007/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bumblebeeblog.com/2007/12/20/my-brothers-generosity-122007/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Dec 2007 02:32:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Miss P]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since I believe my brother Dale has a poo fetish, I should have seen it coming. I posted a while back about the crazy Christmas gifts my little brother, Dale, and I exchange. Each year we take an extraordinary amount of time scheming thinking of the most iinsulting considerate and gross thoughtful gifts we can [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>11</slash:comments>
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