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		<title>An Inspiring Life</title>
		<link>http://www.nopalcactusblog.com/2011/11/25/an-inspiring-life/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Nov 2011 13:47:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Dicus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Chica and the Kittens]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Life is odd and strange, and you never know what's going to come of any action you take. There are plenty of things I can say I could have handled better in life, and in managing the illness this little dog succumbed to... but bringing her into our lives was a good thing, and she was an experience, a force that we'll never forget, and we'll always be grateful for the lessons of life that she taught us in these short four years. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tony and Chica</title>
		<link>http://www.nopalcactusblog.com/2011/01/30/tony-and-chica-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Jan 2011 16:49:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Dicus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Chica the Chihuahua and the orphaned kitten she adopted 18 months ago. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Yellowlegs</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Dec 2010 21:13:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Dicus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[philosophy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rivenrock Pets]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[ It's sad to lose animals, and we lose several each year to wildlife. And it's a bit odd being sad over the death of a chicken when I myself have been involved in so much killing...  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>First tarantula of the season</title>
		<link>http://www.nopalcactusblog.com/2010/10/03/first-tarantula-of-the-season/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Oct 2010 13:40:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Dicus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Agriculture]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Tarantulas have a breeding cycle that co-incides with the coming rains. Maybe they need wet humid conditions for their eggs... maybe the rains stimulate some food source the young will need... I don't know why, but yearly we can predict the first rains by these guys. When we start to see them, rain is no more than two weeks away.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>very dirty girl</title>
		<link>http://www.nopalcactusblog.com/2010/09/27/very-dirty-girl/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Sep 2010 20:23:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Dicus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cali Canyons]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[ While hiking in the backwoods, the neighbor and his dogs Jake and Lacy came upon a seep of water, a spring that has a muddy pool frequented by wildlife. Lacy the water-dog bounded in and rolled in the mud. She got pretty muddy and was a sight to see. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Rainbow Bridge</title>
		<link>http://www.nopalcactusblog.com/2010/09/23/the-rainbow-bridge/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Sep 2010 02:02:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Dicus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Humanity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[philosophy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rivenrock Pets]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[When a beloved pet dies, the pet goes to this place. There is always food and water and warm spring weather. The old and frail animals are young again. Those who are maimed are made whole again. They play all day with each other.  [...]]]></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>
				<category><![CDATA[Cali Canyons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Central Coast]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nature]]></category>
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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>Happy Trails Big Red</title>
		<link>http://www.nopalcactusblog.com/2010/09/12/happy-trails-big-red/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Sep 2010 19:40:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Dicus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Central Coast]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Family]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Yeah.... time crumbled the walls of the old mission... and the earthquake shook it down.... and now Big Red has fallen. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Aspidoscelis tigris stejnegeri-Coastal Whiptail Lizard</title>
		<link>http://www.nopalcactusblog.com/2010/08/14/aspidoscelis-tigris-stejnegeri-coastal-whiptail-lizard/</link>
		<comments>http://www.nopalcactusblog.com/2010/08/14/aspidoscelis-tigris-stejnegeri-coastal-whiptail-lizard/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Aug 2010 06:02:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Dicus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environmental]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Aspidoscelis tigris stejnegeri - Coastal Whiptail Vickie came by this little guy in the garden today. We admired him for a bit, and then let him go. He took off like a bolt of lightening. A very pretty animal it is for sure. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Paruroctonus silvestrii</title>
		<link>http://www.nopalcactusblog.com/2010/08/12/paruroctonus-silvestrii/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Aug 2010 22:55:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Dicus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Paruroctonus silvestrii .... These are the common little scorpions here in California. They are not terribly poisonous... I've been stung by one once.... It feels like a nail has been driven into your skin. It really hurts.... The local site of my strike suffered a necrosis...  [...]]]></description>
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