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    <title>Lifescapes</title>
    
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    <updated>2009-11-06T09:51:04-06:00</updated>
    <subtitle>Notes about writing, landscape, and life in the Texas Hill Country</subtitle>
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        <title>Copper canyon daisy: In bloom this week</title>
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        <published>2009-11-06T09:51:04-06:00</published>
        <updated>2009-11-06T09:57:35-06:00</updated>
        
        <author>
            <name>Susan Albert</name>
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        <category scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#category" term="Flowers, Weeds, and Other Green Gifts" />
        
        <category scheme="http://sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" term="An Extraordinary Year of Ordinary Days" />
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    <content type="html">Delightful Tagetes lemmonii, or Copper canyon daisy--a tumble of bright marigold-like blossoms in the fall, a strong scent that's unforgettable...&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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        <title>Ripple Run: Drought notes 10</title>
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        <published>2009-11-03T08:57:32-06:00</published>
        <updated>2009-11-03T08:57:32-06:00</updated>
        
        <author>
            <name>Susan Albert</name>
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    <content type="html">The rain is returning, at last--over eight inches for September, five for October. This is a photo of Ripple Run,...&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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    <entry>
        <title>High Water: Drought Notes 9</title>
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        <published>2009-10-24T10:04:20-05:00</published>
        <updated>2009-10-24T10:04:20-05:00</updated>
        
        <author>
            <name>Susan Albert</name>
        </author>
        <category scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#category" term="A Greener Life" />
        <category scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#category" term="Climate Change Notes" />
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        <category scheme="http://sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" term="Holly Blues" />
        <category scheme="http://sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" term="Susan J. Tweit" />
        <category scheme="http://sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" term="Together Alone: A Memoir of Marriage and Place" />
        


    <content type="html">The drought may not be broken, but it's certainly been bent. We got 5" of rain in 24 hours--very welcome....&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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    <entry>
        <title>Drought Notes #8: Resurrection</title>
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        <published>2009-10-17T05:48:16-05:00</published>
        <updated>2009-10-24T09:03:18-05:00</updated>
        
        <author>
            <name>Susan Albert</name>
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    <content type="html">I've never before seen this clematis bloom in the fall. In fact, I thought I'd lost the whole vine in...&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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        <title>Stevia: In bloom this week</title>
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        <published>2009-10-11T09:55:47-05:00</published>
        <updated>2009-10-11T09:55:47-05:00</updated>
        
        <author>
            <name>Susan Albert</name>
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    <content type="html">I haven't kept up on the FDA's latest position on stevia (if you have, please leave a comment), so I...&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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        <title>Ducher Rose: In bloom this week</title>
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        <published>2009-10-05T10:43:07-05:00</published>
        <updated>2009-10-05T10:43:07-05:00</updated>
        
        <author>
            <name>Susan Albert</name>
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    <content type="html">The antique roses--wonderfully hardy and resistant to almost all the ills known to hybrid roses--not only survived the drought (although...&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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        <title>Gayfeather: In bloom this week</title>
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        <published>2009-10-02T10:08:26-05:00</published>
        <updated>2009-10-02T10:08:26-05:00</updated>
        
        <author>
            <name>Susan Albert</name>
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        <category scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#category" term="Climate Change Notes" />
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    <content type="html">Her real name is Liatris pycnostachya, but I much prefer her "common" name, gayfeather. Now that we've had a little...&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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        <title>The working garden</title>
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        <published>2009-09-30T10:32:22-05:00</published>
        <updated>2009-09-30T10:32:22-05:00</updated>
        
        <author>
            <name>Susan Albert</name>
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    <content type="html">I like to look at the "backsides" of gardens--the places where gardeners do the kind of work that results in...&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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        <title>Welcome, Baby Jasper!</title>
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        <published>2009-09-28T18:54:03-05:00</published>
        <updated>2009-09-30T11:02:49-05:00</updated>
        
        <author>
            <name>Susan Albert</name>
        </author>
        <category scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#category" term="Family Fun Stuff" />
        
        


    <content type="html">Meet the newest member of our family: Jasper Owen Bruton, born at 8:47 a.m. today, 7 lbs. 11 oz, 21"...&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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    <entry>
        <title>Water Issues: Drought Notes #7</title>
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        <published>2009-09-25T08:36:58-05:00</published>
        <updated>2009-09-25T09:13:32-05:00</updated>
        
        <author>
            <name>Susan Albert</name>
        </author>
        <category scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#category" term="Dailiness" />
        
        <category scheme="http://sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" term="Blood-Red Pencil" />
        <category scheme="http://sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" term="Together Alone: A Memoir of Marriage and Place" />
        


    <content type="html">Cooler, more rain, and the morning glories on my garden fence are celebrating the new season. Now that we've passed...&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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