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		<title>Pacific Rattlesnake</title>
		<link>http://www.nopalcactusblog.com/2011/08/26/pacific-rattlesnake/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Aug 2011 14:40:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Dicus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the same snake I've asked to leave... and sometimes he likes to startle me by buzzing when I walk by. Ten years ago I'd have killed him.... I don't know what's the matter with me nowadays that I don't. But when one of the dogs gets bit I'll be angry and blame myself, not the snake. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tarantula</title>
		<link>http://www.nopalcactusblog.com/2010/10/28/tarantula/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Oct 2010 15:08:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Dicus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ There are a couple of roads known for waves of tarantulas roaming across and down the road... one local surf-spot is called 'Tarantula Point' due to the number of spiders seen there. We know they are males in search of a mate. They time their searches with the coming of rain, so that the eggs have the proper humidity levels.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Signs of Autumn</title>
		<link>http://www.nopalcactusblog.com/2010/09/19/signs-of-autumn/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Sep 2010 17:04:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Dicus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ In the Autumn the male mule deer come down from the higher hills where hunting pressure is lower. They come seeking the female deer which seem to know they are not hunted locally. I took photos of this fellow from our front porch. One photo shows he is smelling a female deer nearby. This is called 'Flehmen Resonse'. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hoods To Woods</title>
		<link>http://www.nopalcactusblog.com/2010/09/02/hoods-to-woods/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 02:28:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Dicus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ I finally started a non profit organization that I have been wanting to do for a few years now. It is called "Hoods To Woods" I want to take disadvantaged and critically ill children on camping adventures. It kills me that so many kids live so close to the mountains and beach and have never been out of their neighborhood. There is a temp web site up www.hoodstowoods.org. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Low-Tide at Shell Beach</title>
		<link>http://www.nopalcactusblog.com/2010/08/20/low-tide-at-shell-beach/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 20:12:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Dicus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The rocks here are very pretty. It looks like a decorated aquarium. It's nice to know that an area like this.. with people scrambling all over the rocks will still carry a good amount of sea-life that is attached to the rocks.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>California Wildflowers</title>
		<link>http://www.nopalcactusblog.com/2010/05/02/california-wildflowers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 May 2010 15:39:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Dicus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Spring is usually pretty nice here. It's not yet gotten hot.. most days are mild, and the hills are still green from the winter rains. And the flowers.... many shades of gold and yellow which gave the state the nickname "The Golden State".  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nature&#8217;s Pendulum</title>
		<link>http://www.nopalcactusblog.com/2009/12/10/natures-pendulum/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 17:21:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Dicus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ I've heard philosophers debate the relative merits of seeking happiness.... some say that to aim for personal happiness is a falsehood.... that we are too insignificant in the grand scheme of creation to desire for anything other than existence... that to banish all perceptions of joy and sadness is the ultimate goal... existence on an even plane is the aim.... [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fire and Rain</title>
		<link>http://www.nopalcactusblog.com/2009/10/14/fire-and-rain/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 22:29:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Dicus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ The rain we got the last two days came at a good steady rate for us... we did not have any creeks running, the dry soil took all the rain that fell. We are glad it was enough to get the ground wet, and we're glad is was not enough to cause run-off on our place. We pray for the places that had burns, hoping they gain a cover of green before the big rains come in Jan and Feb.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Good Morning Weathercock&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.nopalcactusblog.com/2009/10/10/good-morning-weathercock/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2009 17:42:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Dicus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is a good thing to remember that spring will come again, even as we settle into the coming winter. But Lord, we need the winter and some rain, Just please, don't give us too much at once, or any frost. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>On an Old Oak.. &#8216;The Two Trees&#8217; by William Butler Yeats</title>
		<link>http://www.nopalcactusblog.com/2009/10/10/on-an-old-oak-the-two-trees-by-william-butler-yeats/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2009 17:09:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Dicus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There's some foods for instance that are great all alone.... tomatoes, watermelons etc.... but chop bits of them into a fruit salad, and you have nirvana in food. Life is made so much more enjoyable by having varied interests and scenes... So too with the arts... weave poetry and tune together and you have a song.... [...]]]></description>
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