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		<title>Elk Bones &#8211; Dust to Dust</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2024 08:03:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Then the LORD God formed the man from the dust of the ground. He breathed the breath of life into the man&#8217;s nostrils, and the man became a living person. &#8211; Genesis 2:7 NLT By the sweat of your brow will you have food to eat until you return to the ground from which you were made. For you were made from dust, and to dust you will return.&#8221; &#8211; Genesis 3:19 NLT When Adam sinned, sin entered the world. Adam&#8217;s sin brought death, so death spread to everyone, for everyone sinned. &#8211; Romans 5:12 NLT For all creation is &#8230;]]></description>
		
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		<title>Mountain Treasures IV – Maple Trees and Hidden Treasure</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Oct 2023 08:03:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[But the LORD said to Samuel, &#8220;Do not look at his appearance or at his physical stature, because I have refused him. For the LORD does not see as man sees; for man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart.&#8221; &#8211; 1 Samuel 16:7 &#8220;For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show Himself strong on behalf of those whose heart is loyal to Him. &#8211; 2 Chronicles 16:9 Not too long ago a couple of good friends came over to our home and helped cut a large &#8230;]]></description>
		
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		<title>Acorns and Oak Trees</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Sep 2023 08:03:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A time to be born and a time to die. A time to plant and a time to harvest. &#8211; Ecclesiastes 3:2 NLT Very truly I tell you, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds. &#8230; &#8220;Now my soul is troubled, and what shall I say? &#8216;Father, save me from this hour&#8217;? No, it was for this very reason I came to this hour. &#8211; John 12:24, 27 NIV Jesus, knowing all that was going to happen to him, went out and &#8230;]]></description>
		
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		<title>Frogs III &#8211; Rescue from the Pit</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Jul 2023 08:03:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Praise the&#160;Lord,&#160;my soul;&#160;all my inmost being, praise his holy name.Praise the&#160;Lord,&#160;my soul, and forget not&#160;all his benefits—who forgives all your sins&#160;and heals&#160;all your diseases,who redeems your life&#160;from the pit&#160;and crowns you with love and compassion,who satisfies&#160;your desires with good things so that your youth is renewed&#160;like the eagle’s. Psalm 103:1-5 NIV knowing that you were not redeemed with corruptible things, like silver or gold, from your aimless conduct received by tradition from your fathers, but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot. &#8211; 1 Peter 1:18-19 Some of my earliest memories in &#8230;]]></description>
		
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		<title>Whales</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2022 08:03:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good. Genesis 1:21 KJV Call to Me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things, which you do not know.&#160; Jeremiah 33:3 Most of you know that despite living their entire lives in water, whales are not classified as fish, but as mammals. Whale sightings are a bit unusual for someone who lives in the inland mountains, so managing to get a picture &#8230;]]></description>
		
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		<title>Praying Mantis I &#8211; Egg Casing</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Mar 2022 08:03:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[O LORD, what a variety of things you have made! In wisdom you have made them all. The earth is full of your creatures. Psalm 104:24 NLT Some years ago, I went to our county extension service and obtained plans to build a bat box. I was tired of the mosquitoes which plagued our backyard each summer, and since I’m not much for spraying poisons, I thought I’d try a more natural solution to knock down the evening insect population. If you know anything about bat boxes, they need to be elevated about 12 feet or more to keep predators &#8230;]]></description>
		
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		<title>Evening Grosbeak</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2020 08:03:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[For the earnest expectation of the creation eagerly waits for the revealing of the sons of God. For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of Him who subjected it in hope; because the creation itself also will be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God. Romans 8:19-21 There is something very special which takes place whenever I have the privilege of touching a wild animal. It is beyond words. Most of the times when this happens, I have no chance of getting a picture, but on rare occasions &#8230;]]></description>
		
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		<title>Moose III &#8211; Moose Snoot</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Thomas Trock]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2020 08:03:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Stay alert! Watch out for your great enemy, the devil. He prowls around like a roaring lion, looking for someone to devour. 1 Peter 5:8 NLT As I’ve mentioned before, trail cams can be a lot of fun. When I hike back to where I have my camera hidden in the trees, I’m always excited about discovering what animal may have been captured on film. By far, most of the animals in pictures taken with my trail cam appear to have no idea the camera is even there. (There is one unfortunate exception to this &#8211; the day a bear &#8230;]]></description>
		
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		<title>Old Bones</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Thomas Trock]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2020 08:03:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[By the sweat of your brow will you have food to eat until you return to the ground from which you were made. For you were made from dust, and to dust you will return. Genesis 3:19 NLT One of the reasons I never tire of hiking in the mountains is I never know what I may find. When I do stumble across interesting things from the past, I call them treasures (See Mountain Treasures, Treasure Hunt). Not long ago, Cosmos, our newfound yellow lab from the animal shelter, and I came across two freshly shed antlers. This made an &#8230;]]></description>
		
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		<title>Snow Vole</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Thomas Trock]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2020 09:03:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[For You have been a strength to the poor, A strength to the needy in his distress, A refuge from the storm,   Isaiah 25:4 This is still one of my favorite posts from winter. I hope you enjoy it too. Whilst hiking a short time ago, I came across the above pictured vole. He was doing his best to ride out a snowstorm that swirled around him, but it appeared to me he might be on the losing side of things. About two feet of ice and snow were under him. The top crust of ice that he was huddled &#8230;]]></description>
		
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