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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 11:35:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Good Morning, Happy Monday. In my extra hour this weekend, I took some time to appreciate the colors. I am in total awe of how radiant the woods near my house look.  The red, orange and yellow leaves contrast so spectacularly against the green pine trees. One day last week when I was busily rushing [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shannonbaer.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9368501&amp;post=295&amp;subd=shannonbaer&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:17:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve recently contributed to 5 Minutes for Going Green. Check out my post on Halloween and another on woodstoves! Check back here tomorrow of a wonderful fall story. Thanks!<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shannonbaer.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9368501&amp;post=292&amp;subd=shannonbaer&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Standing on Solid Ground</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 01:45:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have just returned from my  children&#8217;s yoga teacher training.  It was fabulous. This weekend focused on a Body-Mind Centering approach to anatomy.  I am astonished at all that goes into movement and the human body.  So starting, literally, from the ground up, I want to share some thoughts about feet. Recently, I was on a jaunt [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shannonbaer.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9368501&amp;post=288&amp;subd=shannonbaer&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Free as a Bird</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:02:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In May 2008, I made a $32.00 investiment in 8 chicks; six chickens and two roosters. At first they lived in a plastic container in the living room with a heat lamp; there was a constant peeping chicks in the house. Then we moved them to the basement and into a plastic kiddy pool given to us by [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shannonbaer.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9368501&amp;post=280&amp;subd=shannonbaer&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Rainy Day Baking with Grandma</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 12:15:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sunday was a rainy, yucky, fall day that was perfect for a yoga adventure. It wasn&#8217;t too difficult to find excited grandparents for a couple hours of care, and Jeremiah ended up learning new baking skills in the processes. Lucky guy; the cookies were delicious! I thoroughly enjoyed a kundalini yoga class and was renewed and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shannonbaer.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9368501&amp;post=257&amp;subd=shannonbaer&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Worms, Worms, Worms</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 20:26:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of my favorite blogs Steady Mom, has &#8220;put out there&#8221; a 30 minute challenge for us mommy bloggers; here&#8217;s my post. Timer&#8217;s set and here I go: Earth worms are some of the garden&#8217;s most handy helpers. Last year for my birthday my mother set me up with a wonderful worm compost bin for in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shannonbaer.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9368501&amp;post=258&amp;subd=shannonbaer&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Five Materials that Encourage Creativity and Outside Play</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:58:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Natural play areas are some of the best ways to stimulate the creativity and imagination of children. Here&#8217;s a list of things that can be used playfully by young children: Sand- in a sandbox or in a pile. The best sand comes from the ocean, but any will work wonders on children.  Shoe box size [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shannonbaer.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9368501&amp;post=249&amp;subd=shannonbaer&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Afternoon fun with Nana</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 00:48:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This afternoon my mom came over to hang out with the kids and me.  We played outside on the swing set, the boys dug holes in the children&#8217;s garden, and everyone took turns on the tire swing.  Then our friends went home and Nana had a brilliant idea: an evening kayak ride on our little [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shannonbaer.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9368501&amp;post=242&amp;subd=shannonbaer&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Thinking of Spring</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 00:30:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[photo by Jacek Pobłocki As a little girl, I used to help my mom divide and replant bulbs each Fall. It was so fun, and come Spring our garden was colorful and fresh with new growth.  Over the weekend, I purchased a bunch of  bulbs to start the tradition all over again&#8230; I am so excited [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shannonbaer.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9368501&amp;post=236&amp;subd=shannonbaer&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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