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	<title>Ann Carranza Creations</title>
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	<description>Writing and Photography</description>
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		<title>Now isn&#8217;t that just the dragonfly&#8217;s vest buttons</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I missed “my” big flame skimmer dragonflies for a few days.  Had that incarnation of their lifecycle ended? Had a bird eaten them? One way or another, I thought they’d met their demise; however, yesterday, I saw one of them again, in the company of the little one.  The small flame skimmer has “vest buttons” [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.anncarranzacreations.com/site/2010/08/dragonflys-vest-buttons/</link>
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		<title>Damselfly delight</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Like a kitty bringing home a lizard to its favored “owner” (disclaimer: no one really owns a cat) a tiny, predatory damselfly landed on my hand yesterday with a small flying creature in its mouth.  I raised my hand slowly to take a myopic look at the miniature loveliness only to see the struggling beastie [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.anncarranzacreations.com/site/2010/08/damselfly-delight/</link>
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		<title>Yummy for my tummy or dragonfly&#8217;s delight</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As I crept closer and closer to this dragonfly with my camera, it kept flying off and coming back to the bamboo stake.  This time, it brought lunch, but didn&#8217;t offer to share its little fly. I hadn&#8217;t really thought about dragonflies as predators, although I vaguely knew they were.  As he relished his prey, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.anncarranzacreations.com/site/2010/07/yummy-for-my-tummy-or-dragonflys-delight/</link>
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		<title>Goldfinch</title>
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		<link>http://www.anncarranzacreations.com/site/2010/06/goldfinch/</link>
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		<title>Solstice ramblings</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The longest day of the year—our summer solstice—after a long, long winter.  What a glorious day!  High 80 degrees, warm sun, gentle breezes, garlic drying on the clothes’ line.  Flame skimmer dragonflies darting through the garden—little “helicopters” diving and inadvertently entertaining me.  Damselflies skimming the water of Facundo’s pond and landing on the greenery of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.anncarranzacreations.com/site/2010/06/solstice-ramblings/</link>
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		<title>The Yummiest Shrimp-Bacon Cabbage Recipe</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yummy, yummy, yummy, I have cabbage in my tummy; and it’s the best thing I’ve ever eaten. Okay, so that sounds a little enthusiastic—maybe I was just very hungry—but I created a new skillet meal tonight just because I harvested my garlic and I needed to use some of it.  Fresh, greenish garlic is wonderful [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.anncarranzacreations.com/site/2010/06/the-yummiest-shrimp-bacon-cabbage-recipe/</link>
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		<title>He&#8217;s baaack!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My precious Facundo Chulo came out of hiding, today, and let me snap his portrait.  I&#8217;ve missed communing with my bullfrog buddy and I&#8217;m so happy and relieved that his princely self is back in our pond.  I hope you enjoy his dear face!]]></description>
		<link>http://www.anncarranzacreations.com/site/2010/06/hes-baaack/</link>
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		<title>Lilies of the field (or yard)&#8230;.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Even though the seemingly endless rain threatens again, today, the flowers are gorgeous in the yard. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.anncarranzacreations.com/site/2010/06/lilies-of-the-field-or-yard/</link>
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		<title>Despite all of this year&#8217;s lousy odds&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[this tomato has set!  I finally believe it&#8217;s spring.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.anncarranzacreations.com/site/2010/05/despite-all-of-this-years-lousy-odds/</link>
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		<title>Bald eagles and ospreys</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I saw my first male bald eagle, Saturday, while driving between Jenner and Guerneville.  I can’t explain what happened inside—there’s something mystical, powerful and spiritual about his majesty.  I was awestruck and can still pull up the feeling when I pause to think about him. There’s also an osprey nest nearby—and two ospreys majestically rose [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.anncarranzacreations.com/site/2010/05/bald-eagles-and-ospreys/</link>
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