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		<title>Lilac Lemonade</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 14:30:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie MacBride, Eye on Environment</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When life hands us lemons, we&#8217;re told to make lemonade. So what do you do when nature knocks down your beloved lilac tree? You fill the house with flowers, make photographs, and feed your friends! We awoke last Sunday morning to a changed view from our living room window: an open vista where the lilac [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=eyeonenvironment.wordpress.com&#038;blog=27062604&#038;post=2680&#038;subd=eyeonenvironment&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Feeding Frenzy</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 14:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie MacBride, Eye on Environment</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Birds are incredibly busy at this time of year, and no bird seems busier or more harassed than some of the House Finch fathers that we see around our bird feeder. Imagine having several large teenagers following you around from dawn to dusk, complaining loudly and constantly about how hungry they are &#8211; and insisting [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=eyeonenvironment.wordpress.com&#038;blog=27062604&#038;post=2663&#038;subd=eyeonenvironment&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Weekend with Surf Scoters</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 16:18:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie MacBride, Eye on Environment</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this spring we spent a couple of days on our boat, anchored in one of our favorite little places &#8211; not far from home, but enough distance to feel &#8220;away&#8221;. I expected a quiet time, but the Surf Scoters had something else in mind. These sturdy, highly social and decidedly odd-looking sea ducks were [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=eyeonenvironment.wordpress.com&#038;blog=27062604&#038;post=2597&#038;subd=eyeonenvironment&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Lovely Couple, Part Two</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 14:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie MacBride, Eye on Environment</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this week I introduced you to our friends Donald and Daisy Mallard (click here if you missed that post). As promised, here are two more photos of the lovely couple during one of their exploratory waddles around our yard, and an update on their comings and goings. You&#8217;ll notice that Donald is vigilant, while [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=eyeonenvironment.wordpress.com&#038;blog=27062604&#038;post=2626&#038;subd=eyeonenvironment&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Little Help from our (Duck) Friends</title>
		<link>http://eyeonenvironment.wordpress.com/2013/04/22/a-little-help-from-our-duck-friends/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 18:15:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie MacBride, Eye on Environment</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Aren&#8217;t they a great looking couple? Donald and Daisy Mallard visit from time to time each spring. They drop straight down from the sky and land in our little pond  with a pronounced splash &#8211; quite startling if we&#8217;re out in the yard and hadn&#8217;t noticed their sudden arrival overhead. We enjoy watching them paddle [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=eyeonenvironment.wordpress.com&#038;blog=27062604&#038;post=2603&#038;subd=eyeonenvironment&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Pull of Two Worlds</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2013 20:45:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie MacBride, Eye on Environment</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This image, taken last summer in Port McNeill, seems to sum up the way my two worlds &#8211; land and sea &#8211; bump up against each other and compete for my attention. Every spring and summer I am torn between the two. One half of me is tethered to the land, wanting to be home [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=eyeonenvironment.wordpress.com&#038;blog=27062604&#038;post=2583&#038;subd=eyeonenvironment&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Keeping the Buzz Alive</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2013 01:30:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie MacBride, Eye on Environment</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ah, the marvelous scent of hyacinths, and the dreamy buzzing of a languorous bee. What a great combination! I love it when the bees appear each spring.  It gives me hope &#8211; for a healthy harvest here at home, and for our planet. Bees are hard working and much needed by every one of us: [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=eyeonenvironment.wordpress.com&#038;blog=27062604&#038;post=2567&#038;subd=eyeonenvironment&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Celebrating Forests</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Mar 2013 13:00:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie MacBride, Eye on Environment</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s spring equinox in the northern hemisphere, a cause for celebration as those longer days return. Today is also World Forestry Day &#8211; a time to think about the importance of forests, no matter what the season or where we live. Since it was first observed in 1971, this annual event has been marked to [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=eyeonenvironment.wordpress.com&#038;blog=27062604&#038;post=2542&#038;subd=eyeonenvironment&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Mar 2013 15:30:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie MacBride, Eye on Environment</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fifteen years ago I bought a young Deodar cedar at a charity auction. I knew nothing about Cedrus deodara, but it looked pretty. And cedars grow well on the west coast of BC, right? Turns out this species is a  true cedar, unlike our native Western redcedar (which is actually a cypress). Deodars come from the Himilayas [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=eyeonenvironment.wordpress.com&#038;blog=27062604&#038;post=2518&#038;subd=eyeonenvironment&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Crocuses: Nature&#8217;s Anti-Depressant</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2013 21:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie MacBride, Eye on Environment</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[They&#8217;re often overlooked in favour of taller, fancier flowers, but how can anyone not be charmed by spring crocuses? As the days lengthen, these lovely little harbingers of spring emerge from winter&#8217;s cold and gloom as if from our dreams &#8211; lifting tired spirits, renewing our hopes and fueling our anticipation of the warm seasons [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=eyeonenvironment.wordpress.com&#038;blog=27062604&#038;post=2503&#038;subd=eyeonenvironment&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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