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[[ This is a content summary only. Visit MyWebsite.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]</content><feedburner:origLink>http://takeanumberplease.blogspot.com/2006/08/hi-folks-part-ii.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7852223.post-115578601841221359</id><published>2006-08-16T22:40:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-08-16T22:40:18.686-05:00</updated><title type="text" /><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://takeanumberplease.blogspot.com/feeds/115578601841221359/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7852223&amp;postID=115578601841221359&amp;isPopup=true" title="1 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7852223/posts/default/115578601841221359" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7852223/posts/default/115578601841221359" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OffTheTop/~3/6IfzjY1S-Nw/hosta-flowers.html" title="" /><author><name>Bonnie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11953261789901565879</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="25" height="32" src="http://img62.imageshack.us/img62/5756/selfportraitred3wc.jpg" /></author><thr:total>1</thr:total><content type="html">hosta flowers &lt;br/&gt;
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[[ This is a content summary only. Visit MyWebsite.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]</content><feedburner:origLink>http://takeanumberplease.blogspot.com/2006/08/hosta-flowers.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7852223.post-115561507236524268</id><published>2006-08-14T22:43:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-08-14T23:11:12.523-05:00</updated><title type="text">Hi folks</title><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://takeanumberplease.blogspot.com/feeds/115561507236524268/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7852223&amp;postID=115561507236524268&amp;isPopup=true" title="2 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7852223/posts/default/115561507236524268" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7852223/posts/default/115561507236524268" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OffTheTop/~3/G5vRiOk0etA/hi-folks.html" title="Hi folks" /><author><name>Bonnie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11953261789901565879</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="25" height="32" src="http://img62.imageshack.us/img62/5756/selfportraitred3wc.jpg" /></author><thr:total>2</thr:total><content type="html">Well, I'm too busy to write anything here for awhile probably but will still post photos.  (Too busy with what, you ask?  Oh, just family -- I have lots -- and friends and work and life.)  I've got...&lt;br/&gt;
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[[ This is a content summary only. Visit MyWebsite.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]</content><feedburner:origLink>http://takeanumberplease.blogspot.com/2006/08/respite.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7852223.post-115518391296699730</id><published>2006-08-09T23:25:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-08-09T23:43:03.236-05:00</updated><title type="text">Stargazer lily</title><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://takeanumberplease.blogspot.com/feeds/115518391296699730/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7852223&amp;postID=115518391296699730&amp;isPopup=true" title="1 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7852223/posts/default/115518391296699730" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7852223/posts/default/115518391296699730" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OffTheTop/~3/RuvtIGpPgn4/stargazer-lily.html" title="Stargazer lily" /><author><name>Bonnie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11953261789901565879</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="25" height="32" src="http://img62.imageshack.us/img62/5756/selfportraitred3wc.jpg" /></author><thr:total>1</thr:total><content type="html">This lily plant grows just outside my front door, and has great personal significance to me.   As its time comes to bloom dazzlingly each year and fill the air with a heady aroma, I rejoice and...&lt;br/&gt;
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[[ This is a content summary only. Visit MyWebsite.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]</content><feedburner:origLink>http://takeanumberplease.blogspot.com/2006/08/stargazer-lily.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7852223.post-115509728859136874</id><published>2006-08-08T23:15:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-08-08T23:21:28.620-05:00</updated><title type="text">Lyrics: The Trees</title><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://takeanumberplease.blogspot.com/feeds/115509728859136874/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7852223&amp;postID=115509728859136874&amp;isPopup=true" title="1 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7852223/posts/default/115509728859136874" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7852223/posts/default/115509728859136874" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OffTheTop/~3/o4lsJRdbGus/lyrics-trees.html" title="Lyrics: The Trees" /><author><name>Bonnie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11953261789901565879</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="25" height="32" src="http://img62.imageshack.us/img62/5756/selfportraitred3wc.jpg" /></author><thr:total>1</thr:total><content type="html">Words by Neil Peart, Music by Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson of RushThere is unrest in the forest,There is trouble with the trees,For the maples want more sunlightAnd the oaks ignore their pleas.The...&lt;br/&gt;
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[[ This is a content summary only. Visit MyWebsite.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]</content><feedburner:origLink>http://takeanumberplease.blogspot.com/2006/08/lyrics-trees.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7852223.post-115499141097632904</id><published>2006-08-07T17:56:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-08-07T17:56:50.983-05:00</updated><title type="text" /><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://takeanumberplease.blogspot.com/feeds/115499141097632904/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7852223&amp;postID=115499141097632904&amp;isPopup=true" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7852223/posts/default/115499141097632904" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7852223/posts/default/115499141097632904" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OffTheTop/~3/8Ir_CR9TPF0/scooby-doo-ii.html" title="" /><author><name>Bonnie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11953261789901565879</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="25" height="32" src="http://img62.imageshack.us/img62/5756/selfportraitred3wc.jpg" /></author><thr:total>0</thr:total><content type="html">Scooby-doo, II &lt;br/&gt;
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[[ This is a content summary only. Visit MyWebsite.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]</content><feedburner:origLink>http://takeanumberplease.blogspot.com/2006/08/yellow-daylily-profile.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7852223.post-115474573362694543</id><published>2006-08-04T21:31:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-08-05T20:28:12.276-05:00</updated><title type="text">Cheers to two years</title><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://takeanumberplease.blogspot.com/feeds/115474573362694543/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7852223&amp;postID=115474573362694543&amp;isPopup=true" title="2 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7852223/posts/default/115474573362694543" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7852223/posts/default/115474573362694543" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OffTheTop/~3/eeD4NOCAl4U/cheers-to-two-years.html" title="Cheers to two years" /><author><name>Bonnie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11953261789901565879</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="25" height="32" src="http://img62.imageshack.us/img62/5756/selfportraitred3wc.jpg" /></author><thr:total>2</thr:total><content type="html">Well, today was this blog’s 2nd-year blogiversary.  In honor of this momentous occasion I will do something I haven’t done in all two years of blogging: Post a recipe!  (Can you stand the...&lt;br/&gt;
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