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	<title>Comments on: My garden</title>
	<link>http://blog.canadianparents.com/a20spot20of20t/2008/06/10/my-garden/</link>
	<description>Tracy's life as a mom of teens</description>
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		<title>By: Cara</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2008 03:13:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Tracy you are WAY TOO modest!  I have butchered the beautiful garden that the previous owner of our house spent countless waking hours working on. No green thumbs here, just black and blue!

You garden is gorgeous! You know I never noticed that lamp post in the front of your house before, I really like it!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Tracy you are WAY TOO modest!  I have butchered the beautiful garden that the previous owner of our house spent countless waking hours working on. No green thumbs here, just black and blue!</p>
<p>You garden is gorgeous! You know I never noticed that lamp post in the front of your house before, I really like it!</p>
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		<title>By: mmummy</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2008 02:10:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I think it looks beautiful - and your hard work is reflected very much so!

I love St Thomas, I visited it last year when Thomas the Tank Engine was in town. If job opportunity was more ample - I'd move there in a heartbeat!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think it looks beautiful - and your hard work is reflected very much so!</p>
<p>I love St Thomas, I visited it last year when Thomas the Tank Engine was in town. If job opportunity was more ample - I&#8217;d move there in a heartbeat!</p>
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