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<title>Thursday Challenge - Nature</title>
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<description>Sunlight shines through the eucalyptus grove in Goleta....</description>
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<dc:subject>Thursday Challenge</dc:subject>
<dc:date>2008-01-24T22:08:53-08:00</dc:date>
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<title>Thursday Challenge - Texture</title>
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<description>The edges of these leaves are jagged, and you can practically feel how they would crumble in your hands if you were to touch them....</description>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src="http://photolog.icyshard.com/archives/thursday/115_1596_small.jpg" /><p />The edges of these leaves are jagged, and you can practically feel how they would crumble in your hands if you were to touch them.
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<dc:subject>Thursday Challenge</dc:subject>
<dc:date>2007-06-07T10:43:57-08:00</dc:date>
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<title>Lens Day - Pink</title>
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<description>Closeup of my pink iDog. *Woof*...</description>
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<dc:subject>Lens Day</dc:subject>
<dc:date>2007-06-06T23:53:34-08:00</dc:date>
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<title>Thursday Challenge - Motion</title>
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<description>My parents&apos; beagle, Boxer, running toward me as I attempt to take his picture. Every time I got down to ground level with the camera he&apos;d charge at me!...</description>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src="http://photolog.icyshard.com/archives/thursday/110_1082.jpg" /><p />My parents' beagle, Boxer, running toward me as I attempt to take his picture.  Every time I got down to ground level with the camera he'd charge at me!
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<p>(<a href="http://www.heyfreak.com" rel="nofollow">mikey</a> on 
May 17, 2007  5:04 PM) 

Establish dominance!  Be the pack leader!

Cute picture, though.

Wait, a beagle named Boxer?  Do they also have a boxer named Beagle?</p>
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<dc:subject>Thursday Challenge</dc:subject>
<dc:date>2007-05-17T10:37:22-08:00</dc:date>
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<title>Thursday Challenge - Wildlife</title>
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<description>A doubly &quot;wild&quot; picture with 2 Monarch butterflies gettin&apos; it on. Taken at the Ellwood Monarch Grove in Goleta&apos;s Coronado Butterfly Preserve....</description>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src="http://photolog.icyshard.com/archives/thursday/115_1579.jpg" /><p />A doubly "wild" picture with 2 Monarch butterflies gettin' it on.  Taken at the Ellwood Monarch Grove in Goleta's Coronado Butterfly Preserve.
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<p>(<a href="http://www.colleenb.net" rel="nofollow">Colleen</a> on 
Apr 20, 2007  6:50 PM) 

Great shot!</p>
<p>(<a href="http://angelagilesklocke.com/" rel="nofollow">Angela Giles Klocke</a> on 
Apr 21, 2007  7:07 AM) 

Very pretty shot!</p>
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<dc:subject>Thursday Challenge</dc:subject>
<dc:date>2007-04-19T13:19:23-08:00</dc:date>
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<title>Photo Friday - Self Portrait 2007</title>
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<description>My first attempt at self portraits with the new tripod I got for Christmas....</description>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src="http://photolog.icyshard.com/archives/friday/116_1632.jpg" /><p />My first attempt at self portraits with the new tripod I got for Christmas.
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<p>(m-unit on 
Feb 21, 2007 10:34 AM) 

What a nice picture of u!</p>
<p>(<a href="http://re.ivette01.com" rel="nofollow">Ivette01</a> on 
Feb 25, 2007  9:06 AM) 

I agree :)</p>
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<dc:subject>Photo Friday</dc:subject>
<dc:date>2007-02-17T13:43:45-08:00</dc:date>
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<title>Lens Day - Green</title>
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<description>Closeup of furry green lamb&apos;s ear leaves....</description>
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<dc:subject>Lens Day</dc:subject>
<dc:date>2007-02-14T00:07:10-08:00</dc:date>
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<title>Red Flower</title>
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<description>Closeup of a red flower in Goleta....</description>
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<p>(<a href="http://re.ivette01.com" rel="nofollow">Ivette01</a> on 
Feb 13, 2007  7:41 PM) 

wow! very, very nice :))</p>
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<dc:subject>Misc.</dc:subject>
<dc:date>2007-02-08T13:20:33-08:00</dc:date>
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<title>Photo Friday - Sister</title>
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<description>A spontaneous snapshot of my sister, taken while she was waiting in line for food at my grandma&apos;s 90th birthday party. Her boyfriend stands next to her on the left....</description>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src="http://photolog.icyshard.com/archives/friday/111_1156.jpg" /><p />A spontaneous snapshot of my sister, taken while she was waiting in line for food at my grandma's 90th birthday party.  Her boyfriend stands next to her on the left.
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<p>(Lisa on 
Jan  4, 2007 10:37 PM) 

geez you could of warned me lol!! I suppose that is a decent picture, so I guess this time I won't have to kill you. Have a good night!</p>
<p>(Tony on 
Jan  5, 2007  8:30 PM) 

Cute sister!:-)</p>
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<dc:subject>Photo Friday</dc:subject>
<dc:date>2007-01-05T00:01:39-08:00</dc:date>
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<title>Thursday Challenge - Happy</title>
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<description>Nothing makes my little cousin happier than to play sports. The only thing more exciting than playing one sport is having the option to play two!...</description>
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<dc:subject>Thursday Challenge</dc:subject>
<dc:date>2006-12-28T17:54:47-08:00</dc:date>
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<title>...He Loves Me Not</title>
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<description>Credit to Martin for coming up with the title for this image. I would&apos;ve just called it &quot;dead flowers&quot; or something. Taken at the SB Museum of Natural History. The falling petal effect is created due to said petals being...</description>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src="http://photolog.icyshard.com/archives/misc/108_0817.jpg" /><p />Credit to Martin for coming up with the title for this image. I would've just called it "dead flowers" or something.  Taken at the SB Museum of Natural History.  The falling petal effect is created due to said petals being caught on spider webs.
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<dc:date>2006-12-12T10:40:07-08:00</dc:date>
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<title>Lion Fountain</title>
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<description>Taken during my trip to the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, this fountain is hidden away in the section reserved for the annual butterly display....</description>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src="http://photolog.icyshard.com/archives/misc/108_0816.jpg" /><p />Taken during my trip to the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, this fountain is hidden away in the section reserved for the annual butterly display.
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<dc:date>2006-11-08T12:37:20-08:00</dc:date>
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<title>Wild Berries</title>
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<description>These blueish/purplish berries can be found at the entrance of the Santa Barbara Natural History Museum. Continuing with my lack of plant knowledge, I have no idea if they are blueberries or some other totally random berry variety....</description>
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<p>(kevin on 
Oct 31, 2006  1:44 PM) 

I believe they are central coast cyclopean death berries. they're good in smoothies. for other people.</p>
<p>(<a href="http://www.heyfreak.com" rel="nofollow">mikey</a> on 
Nov  2, 2006  3:16 PM) 

They look like eyeballs.  It's a purple people eater!</p>
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<dc:date>2006-10-31T12:53:43-08:00</dc:date>
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<title>Dead Flower</title>
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<description>On an outing to the SB Natural History Museum, we came across lots of neglected plants in the outdoor butterfly exhibit, now that the butterflies are gone....</description>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src="http://photolog.icyshard.com/archives/misc/108_0821.jpg" /><p />On an outing to the SB Natural History Museum, we came across lots of neglected plants in the outdoor butterfly exhibit, now that the butterflies are gone.
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<p>(<a href="http://agklocke.typepad.com/" rel="nofollow">Angela Giles Klocke</a> on 
Oct 26, 2006  5:33 AM) 

Nice shot!</p>
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<dc:date>2006-10-24T22:49:50-08:00</dc:date>
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<title>Purple Flower in Bloom</title>
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<description>I should really study up on botany or something, because I never know the names of anything I take pictures of. I did happen to find out, however, that this particular flower is part of a group known as Cosmos,...</description>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src="http://photolog.icyshard.com/archives/misc/106_0637.jpg" /><p />I should really study up on botany or something, because I never know the names of anything I take pictures of.  I did happen to find out, however, that this particular flower is part of a group known as Cosmos, and that this variety is commonly known as the Mexican Aster. This flower was found in someone's personal garden.
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<dc:date>2006-10-17T08:05:07-08:00</dc:date>
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