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<title>Azaleas and Toads</title><biblioid class="uri">http://norman.walsh.name/2006/05/29/azaleasAndToads</biblioid>
<volumenum>9</volumenum>
<issuenum>53</issuenum>
<pubdate>2006-05-29T16:13:19-04:00</pubdate>
<date>$Date: 2006-05-29 19:08:14 -0400 (Mon, 29 May 2006) $</date>
<author>
      <personname>
<firstname>Norman</firstname>
	<surname>Walsh</surname>
</personname>
    </author>
<copyright>
      <year>2006</year>
      <holder>Norman Walsh</holder>
    </copyright>
<abstract>
<para>Taking the easy way out: more pictures means more essays, right?</para>
</abstract>
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<dc:subject rdf:resource="http://norman.walsh.name/knows/taxonomy#Herps"/>
<dc:subject rdf:resource="http://norman.walsh.name/knows/taxonomy#Photography"/>
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<para xml:id="p1">In an effort to
<link xlink:href="happyBirthday">up my average</link> for next year,
I think more photographic postings are in order. (Since moving my
photos to <link xlink:href="http://www.flickr.com/">Flickr</link>, I think
I've been posting essays about them less frequently.)</para>

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    <!--White Azalea (II)-->
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<para xml:id="p2">Fountains of Azaleas are in blossom in our front flower bed.</para>

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    <!--Bleeding heart-->
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<para xml:id="p3">The Bleeding Heart is robust.</para>

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    <!--American toad-->
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<para xml:id="p4">And I'm happy to see the herps are back. Here's a toad. The peepers
went madly all spring, though they're being overshadowed by the gray
treefrogs now. Must get some photos of them.</para>

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