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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jul 2012 11:29:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<div>* We are happier to see our cat than our cat is to see us.</div>
<div>* Two hawks love to perch about 10 feet from our front window. Sometimes one of them will fly and crash into the glass window, maybe 10 times in a row. I think he sees his reflection, and attacks.</div>
<div>* We are at the end of the rainy season now.</div>
<div>* God is showing us spectacular sunsets from our front window.</div>
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