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		<title>The robins joyful return to PDX</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Late last week we noted that the joyful robins of springtime had arrived on the hill. Along with the recently spotted woodpecker (saw 3 of them scoping our bird feeder the other morning), it&#8217;s clear that spring is in the air. Throw in honest-to-goodness sunny days, and it&#8217;s hard to believe we&#8217;re supposedly getting 6 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New woodpecker on the hill</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today we spotted a new bird at our bird feeding window. We have been feeding and watching the chickadees and another little bird (a highly selective eater known as the Alex bird) species throughout the winter. Today, our feeder and heavy bird action (first sunny morning in awhile) attracted a new bird to the viewing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Go porch tomatoes!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Well, I started my seeds fairly late in the season, plus it&#8217;s my first try at a potted plant porch garden, but there is a freakin&#8217; tomato in development! Whoopee! There shall be at least one tomato enjoyed by me due to my mad porch gardening skills. Heck, there might even be a small handful, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>R.R. Martin &#8211; A Dance with Dragons: it&#8217;s finally here!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After nearly 4 years, the 5th book of the A Song of Ice and Fire series has been released! Let the reading of this great tome (over 3000 pages) commence! I know, I am using the hell out of exclamation points, but I am absolutely thrilled. I pre-ordered A Dance with Dragons: A Song of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Monarch butterflies and hummingbirds</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Summer has finally arrived with a rather sweltering heat-wave, and it seems like most plants and many cheerful local birds are loving it. The day starts early with the liquid (and endless) trill of young robins. At least that is my primary suspect. There are bald eagles nesting way above us in the hills, and [...]]]></description>
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