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		<title>Are you a Tree Hugger?</title>
		<link>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2011/07/22/are-you-a-tree-hugger/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jul 2011 20:17:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am so happy to live in New Hampshire. I do not have to look far to see trees. Oh yes, I remember the Joshua trees of the high desert in California and I remember the olive trees of sunny southern Spain, but I&#8217;m talking about major land areas where there is virtually nothing but [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Our Brief Visit from a Wild Friend</title>
		<link>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2011/06/10/our-brief-visit-from-a-wild-friend/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2011 11:54:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, as Jim stepped out the back door with his camera, with the intent of taking photos of flowers, he was startled to see another subject to photograph. I don&#8217;t believe he ever did take any new flower photos! A deer emerged on the edge of the garden after coming up from the stream area [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Photo Essay: Northern New Hampshire During Lupine Festival</title>
		<link>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2011/06/08/photo-essay-northern-new-hampshire-during-lupine-festival/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jun 2011 13:16:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As is our annual custom, yesterday we headed the car in the direction of Sugar Hill, New Hampshire, a wonderful community in all seasons but best enjoyed by us in June during the Lupine Festival. For those who are unfamiliar with this wildflower that grows best in the cool mountain air, the blossom colors range [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Loons</title>
		<link>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2011/03/04/10442/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Mar 2011 15:43:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, I received a lovely letter from my friend in Germany whose first language is Ukrainian and second language is German. She does well trying to communicate with me in English but sometimes a word gets lost in the translation. Such was the case when she referred to loons as &#8220;wild ducks.&#8221; She sent a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Every Day Brings a New Lesson on the Wing</title>
		<link>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2010/06/11/every-day-brings-a-new-lesson-on-the-wing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jun 2010 22:41:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today was a gorgeous day, not too hot, not too cold. This afternoon, when Jim mentioned that he might do some more &#8220;weed whacking,&#8221; I suggested that we drive over to a natural area in Concord that runs along the beautiful Merrimack River and take a hike. The wooded trail sports some extremely old-growth pine [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bullfighting:  What&#8217;s the Scoop?</title>
		<link>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2010/05/03/bullfighting-whats-the-scoop/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 May 2010 01:29:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is probably safe to say that most people who did not grow up, going to bullfights and accepting them as the norm, may think of them as barbaric. Within a certain aesthetic, they would be correct. However, to understand why Spaniards and others of Mediterranean descent think of Bullfighting as an art, one has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Tranquility of Nature</title>
		<link>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2010/03/15/the-tranquility-of-nature/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 21:09:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you get far enough away from civilization, you can avoid the sounds of cars and trucks and other noise pollutants and just enjoy the tranquility found there. A few years ago, Jim and I were taking a nature hike in the White Mts. and whispering about how quiet the spot was. The only sounds [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hummingbirds</title>
		<link>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2010/01/13/hummingbirds/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 11:27:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A couple of days ago, I watched a show about hummingbirds. I just caught the tail end of the presentation but learned a few facts, new to me. Did you know that they return to the same yards each year? They are a powerhouse of energy and before their migration, they put on an extra [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fairbanks Museum &amp; Planetarium, St. Johnsbury, Vermont</title>
		<link>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2009/12/08/fairbanks-museum-planetarium-st-johnsbury-vermont/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 00:14:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Being a New Hampshire-ite, I never heard much about St. Johnsbury, Vermont except that my Aunt Mabel Grace once taught music there, and that her sister, Virginia, and her mother (my grandmother), lived there at that time. My father and mother would visit, by all accounts, but that was before my time, as I was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Northwood Meadows&#8221; &#8211; Come Along on Our Nature Hike Today: A Photo Essay</title>
		<link>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2009/11/10/northwood-meadows-come-along-on-our-nature-hike-today-a-photo-essay/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:59:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Early this morning, Jim and I decided hike in an area where we had never been before. Passing many of our favorite antique stores in Northwood, New Hampshire&#8217;s &#8220;Antiques Alley,&#8221; as well as a quilt shop that was not open, we reached a natural area called, &#8220;Northwood Meadows.&#8221; Jim brought his camera and captured some [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Birds of a Feather, Flock Together</title>
		<link>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2009/11/09/birds-of-a-feather-flock-together/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:52:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Antique bird drawing, one of many for Outline Stitch Embroidery (Redwork, etc.) from the e-book, Redwork Renaissance Revisited, available on the Products Available page of Quilter&#8217;s Muse Publications website. Who doesn&#8217;t thrill at seeing the first Robin of Spring, with its ear so finely-tuned as to detect worms just under the surface of the ground? [...]]]></description>
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		<title>For Fellow Tree Huggers</title>
		<link>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2009/10/30/for-fellow-tree-huggers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 01:18:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Autumn Maple Leaves, collage by Patricia Cummings A saying goes like this, &#8220;A good woman gives you shade in the summer and warmth in the winter.&#8221; A tree will do the same. The Maple tree is awesome! Not only does it provide shade, firewood, and wood for fine furniture, the Maple yields sap that is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Moose Sighting</title>
		<link>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2009/10/15/moose-sighting/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 03:01:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Moose as seen in Charlotte Croft&#8217;s yard. This photo was quickly snapped by her, through the window. Charlotte saw this particular moose in Vermont. He quickly realized that she had spotted him and went trotting off into the woods. As we drive the highways and byways of New England, we often encounter &#8220;Moose Crossing&#8221; caution [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Stone Arch Bridge, Stoddard, NH and Some Thoughts about Stone</title>
		<link>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2009/10/10/the-stone-arch-bridge-stoddard-nh-and-some-thoughts-about-stone/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2009 23:46:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Looking back to the Stone Age, we can see how very important stones have been to man, especially in early tool making and as weapons. We have always liked to rearrange stones, moving them to make stonewalls to keep the sheep in; building bridges; and positioning them, as at old Stonehenge, perhaps for burial rituals. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Hampshire Audubon Trail Hike Yesterday &#8211; A Few More Photos</title>
		<link>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2009/10/06/new-hampshire-audubon-trail-hike-yesterday-a-few-more-photos/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 20:50:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We thoroughly enjoyed our hike at the Audubon Society site yesterday. In spite of my feet killing me from arthritis, a new malady, I adopted a can-do attitude because I wanted Jim to enjoy his first day of vacation. He was, at first, a Forestry/Botany major at the University of New Hampshire before he was [...]]]></description>
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