<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<rss version="2.0"
	    xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/"
	    xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	    xmlns:creativeCommons="http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/rss/creativeCommonsRssModule.html"
	    	    xmlns:flickr="urn:flickr:user" >
	<channel>


		<title>Uploads from The Gifted Photographer, tagged cadeauxdemelisse</title>
		<link>http://www.flickr.com/photos/96683394@N00/tags/cadeauxdemelisse/</link>
 		<description></description>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 22:32:54 -0700</pubDate>
		<lastBuildDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 22:32:54 -0700</lastBuildDate>
		<generator>http://www.flickr.com/</generator>
		<image>
			<url>http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8498/buddyicons/96683394@N00.jpg?1355462199#96683394@N00</url>
			<title>Uploads from The Gifted Photographer, tagged cadeauxdemelisse</title>
			<link>http://www.flickr.com/photos/96683394@N00/tags/cadeauxdemelisse/</link>
		</image>

		<item>
			<title>Peony 'Mrs. FDR'</title>
			<link>http://www.flickr.com/photos/96683394@N00/8747096096/</link>
			<description>			&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/people/96683394@N00/&quot;&gt;The Gifted Photographer&lt;/a&gt; posted a photo:&lt;/p&gt;
	
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/96683394@N00/8747096096/&quot; title=&quot;Peony 'Mrs. FDR'&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8259/8747096096_f682c8fdde_m.jpg&quot; width=&quot;240&quot; height=&quot;235&quot; alt=&quot;Peony 'Mrs. FDR'&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Copyright: © 2013 Melissa Goodman. All Rights Reserved.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;Please add any personal comments you may have on the image ...&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
no longer accepting cut-and-paste group comments/images ... I delete them now ... Thanks!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
You can now view my photographs here:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.fluidr.com/photos/96683394@N00&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;www.fluidr.com/photos/96683394@N00&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The peony is native to China. It is among the longest-used flowers and along with the plum blossom, it is a traditional floral symbol of China, where it is called 牡丹 (mǔ dān). It is also known as 富贵花 (fu gui hua) &amp;quot;flower of riches and honor&amp;quot;, and is used symbolically in Chinese art. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http://lifes-pleasures.blogspot.com/2009/06/peonies-in-oregon-of-all-places.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;lifes-pleasures.blogspot.com/2009/06/peonies-in-oregon-of...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
A peony legend--soft pink double suffused with cream; many flowers on each stem; a perfect pink to grace your garden with billowing flowers and exquisite fragrance; Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt has been an American Peony Society Gold Medal winner.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.adpeonies.com/peonies.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;www.adpeonies.com/peonies.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Peony Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt is a double lactiflora peony with soft creamy pink flowers. The large water lily like petals and lovely color combine to make this a most desirable flower. Exquisite fragrance. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.buckcanyon.com/mrs_fdr_peony.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;www.buckcanyon.com/mrs_fdr_peony.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Large, exceptionally pretty, rose-form flowers of a soft shell pink, with incurving petals; delightful fragrance; excellent cut flower; best when staked.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.theplantexpert.com/peonies/PeonyList.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;www.theplantexpert.com/peonies/PeonyList.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 22:32:54 -0700</pubDate>
			                        <dc:date.Taken>2010-04-29T14:46:38-08:00</dc:date.Taken>
            			<author flickr:profile="http://www.flickr.com/people/96683394@N00/">nobody@flickr.com (The Gifted Photographer)</author>
			<guid isPermaLink="false">tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/8747096096</guid>
                            <media:content url="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8259/8747096096_f682c8fdde_b.jpg" 
                   type="image/jpeg"
                   height="890"
                   width="910"/>
    <media:title>Peony 'Mrs. FDR'</media:title>
    <media:description type="html">&lt;p&gt;Copyright: © 2013 Melissa Goodman. All Rights Reserved.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;Please add any personal comments you may have on the image ...&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
no longer accepting cut-and-paste group comments/images ... I delete them now ... Thanks!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
You can now view my photographs here:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.fluidr.com/photos/96683394@N00&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;www.fluidr.com/photos/96683394@N00&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The peony is native to China. It is among the longest-used flowers and along with the plum blossom, it is a traditional floral symbol of China, where it is called 牡丹 (mǔ dān). It is also known as 富贵花 (fu gui hua) &amp;quot;flower of riches and honor&amp;quot;, and is used symbolically in Chinese art. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http://lifes-pleasures.blogspot.com/2009/06/peonies-in-oregon-of-all-places.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;lifes-pleasures.blogspot.com/2009/06/peonies-in-oregon-of...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
A peony legend--soft pink double suffused with cream; many flowers on each stem; a perfect pink to grace your garden with billowing flowers and exquisite fragrance; Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt has been an American Peony Society Gold Medal winner.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.adpeonies.com/peonies.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;www.adpeonies.com/peonies.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Peony Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt is a double lactiflora peony with soft creamy pink flowers. The large water lily like petals and lovely color combine to make this a most desirable flower. Exquisite fragrance. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.buckcanyon.com/mrs_fdr_peony.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;www.buckcanyon.com/mrs_fdr_peony.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Large, exceptionally pretty, rose-form flowers of a soft shell pink, with incurving petals; delightful fragrance; excellent cut flower; best when staked.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.theplantexpert.com/peonies/PeonyList.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;www.theplantexpert.com/peonies/PeonyList.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</media:description>
    <media:thumbnail url="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8259/8747096096_f682c8fdde_s.jpg" height="75" width="75" />
    <media:credit role="photographer">The Gifted Photographer</media:credit>
    <media:category scheme="urn:flickr:tags">pink georgia petals soft long peony stunning delicate dunwoody chinesepeony cadeauxdemelisse peonymrsfdr refineddoublebloom freebloomingandfragrant softpinkdoublesuffusedwithcreammanyflowersoneachstem roselikeflower gardenpeonypaeonialactifloramrsfdroosevelt loosepetalsofseashellpink</media:category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title>'Kriemhilde' Japanese Anemone or Windflower</title>
			<link>http://www.flickr.com/photos/96683394@N00/8721371749/</link>
			<description>			&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/people/96683394@N00/&quot;&gt;The Gifted Photographer&lt;/a&gt; posted a photo:&lt;/p&gt;
	
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/96683394@N00/8721371749/&quot; title=&quot;'Kriemhilde' Japanese Anemone or Windflower&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7427/8721371749_ba8eafa877_m.jpg&quot; width=&quot;240&quot; height=&quot;222&quot; alt=&quot;'Kriemhilde' Japanese Anemone or Windflower&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Copyright: © 2013 Melissa Goodman. All Rights Reserved.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Please add any personal comments you may have on the image ...&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
no longer accepting cut-and-paste group comments/images ... I delete them now ... Thanks!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
These species of anemone are actually native to China, despite their common name of Japanese Anemone. The flowers became known in Europe after a specimen was recorded near Nagasaki in 1695, and by the time the first plants were introduced in 1844, they were already known as Anemone japonica. The name is still sometimes used in catalogs, but most modern varietals are descended from Anemone x hybrida.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The name anemone comes from the Greek word anemos, meaning wind. Anemones are sometimes called windflowers. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http://garden.lovetoknow.com/wiki/Japanese_Anemone&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;garden.lovetoknow.com/wiki/Japanese_Anemone&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 20:12:55 -0700</pubDate>
			                        <dc:date.Taken>2013-04-03T17:01:23-08:00</dc:date.Taken>
            			<author flickr:profile="http://www.flickr.com/people/96683394@N00/">nobody@flickr.com (The Gifted Photographer)</author>
			<guid isPermaLink="false">tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/8721371749</guid>
                            <media:content url="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7427/8721371749_ba8eafa877_b.jpg" 
                   type="image/jpeg"
                   height="783"
                   width="845"/>
    <media:title>'Kriemhilde' Japanese Anemone or Windflower</media:title>
    <media:description type="html">&lt;p&gt;Copyright: © 2013 Melissa Goodman. All Rights Reserved.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Please add any personal comments you may have on the image ...&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
no longer accepting cut-and-paste group comments/images ... I delete them now ... Thanks!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
These species of anemone are actually native to China, despite their common name of Japanese Anemone. The flowers became known in Europe after a specimen was recorded near Nagasaki in 1695, and by the time the first plants were introduced in 1844, they were already known as Anemone japonica. The name is still sometimes used in catalogs, but most modern varietals are descended from Anemone x hybrida.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The name anemone comes from the Greek word anemos, meaning wind. Anemones are sometimes called windflowers. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http://garden.lovetoknow.com/wiki/Japanese_Anemone&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;garden.lovetoknow.com/wiki/Japanese_Anemone&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</media:description>
    <media:thumbnail url="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7427/8721371749_ba8eafa877_s.jpg" height="75" width="75" />
    <media:credit role="photographer">The Gifted Photographer</media:credit>
    <media:category scheme="urn:flickr:tags">flowers nature beautiful petals colorful fresh stunning exquisite fragile delightful japaneseanemone cadeauxdemelisse</media:category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title>Parrot tulips</title>
			<link>http://www.flickr.com/photos/96683394@N00/8694097363/</link>
			<description>			&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/people/96683394@N00/&quot;&gt;The Gifted Photographer&lt;/a&gt; posted a photo:&lt;/p&gt;
	
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/96683394@N00/8694097363/&quot; title=&quot;Parrot tulips&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8121/8694097363_7dab152ac3_m.jpg&quot; width=&quot;240&quot; height=&quot;180&quot; alt=&quot;Parrot tulips&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Copyright: © 2013 Melissa Goodman. All Rights Reserved.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;Please add any personal comments you may have on the image ...&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
no longer accepting cut-and-paste group comments/images ... I delete them now ... Thanks!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Parrot tulips are wonderfully colored, with deeply fringed, frilled and wavy petals. These tulips bloom on strong stems amid striking green foliage. Parrot Tulips are well-known for their unusual feather-like flowers. Parrots can produce petals with feathered edges in various textures and densities. The petals may curl in odd directions, twist or wave. The colors may exhibit flame variations for multiple hues. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.garden-helper.com/Shop/fall_bulbs.asp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;www.garden-helper.com/Shop/fall_bulbs.asp&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 21:16:47 -0700</pubDate>
			                        <dc:date.Taken>2013-03-09T12:36:38-08:00</dc:date.Taken>
            			<author flickr:profile="http://www.flickr.com/people/96683394@N00/">nobody@flickr.com (The Gifted Photographer)</author>
			<guid isPermaLink="false">tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/8694097363</guid>
                            <media:content url="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8121/8694097363_7dab152ac3_b.jpg" 
                   type="image/jpeg"
                   height="768"
                   width="1024"/>
    <media:title>Parrot tulips</media:title>
    <media:description type="html">&lt;p&gt;Copyright: © 2013 Melissa Goodman. All Rights Reserved.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;Please add any personal comments you may have on the image ...&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
no longer accepting cut-and-paste group comments/images ... I delete them now ... Thanks!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Parrot tulips are wonderfully colored, with deeply fringed, frilled and wavy petals. These tulips bloom on strong stems amid striking green foliage. Parrot Tulips are well-known for their unusual feather-like flowers. Parrots can produce petals with feathered edges in various textures and densities. The petals may curl in odd directions, twist or wave. The colors may exhibit flame variations for multiple hues. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.garden-helper.com/Shop/fall_bulbs.asp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;www.garden-helper.com/Shop/fall_bulbs.asp&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</media:description>
    <media:thumbnail url="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8121/8694097363_7dab152ac3_s.jpg" height="75" width="75" />
    <media:credit role="photographer">The Gifted Photographer</media:credit>
    <media:category scheme="urn:flickr:tags">flowers nature beautiful petals colorful tulips vibrant vivid parrot glorious stunning elegant exquisite cheerful delightful dunwoody 2013 supereco cadeauxdemelisse frilledruffledandflaredpetals</media:category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title>Kwanzan Flowering Cherry Tree</title>
			<link>http://www.flickr.com/photos/96683394@N00/8671411782/</link>
			<description>			&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/people/96683394@N00/&quot;&gt;The Gifted Photographer&lt;/a&gt; posted a photo:&lt;/p&gt;
	
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/96683394@N00/8671411782/&quot; title=&quot;Kwanzan Flowering Cherry Tree&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8530/8671411782_dbf2f4fe81_m.jpg&quot; width=&quot;240&quot; height=&quot;193&quot; alt=&quot;Kwanzan Flowering Cherry Tree&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Copyright: © 2013 Melissa Goodman. All Rights Reserved.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;Please add any personal comments you may have on the image ...&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
no longer accepting cut-and-paste group comments/images ... I delete them now ... Thanks!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------&lt;br /&gt;
he Kwanzan Flowering Cherry tree, Prunus serrulata &amp;quot;Kwanzan&amp;quot;, is one of the most popular cultivars of the flowering cherry trees. This deciduous tree rapidly grows to height of 20 to 30 feet. The blooms are a clear pink, double flower (multiple petals like a carnation). The blooms tend to last 3 weeks, yielding to a light green foliage with a red tinge.&lt;br /&gt;
The Kwanzan flowering cherry tree is also known as a Japanese flowering cherry tree. The leaves turn to a reddish-copper fall color. A beautiful ornamental flowering tree.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.naturehills.com/product/kwanzan_flowering_cherry.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;www.naturehills.com/product/kwanzan_flowering_cherry.aspx&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
An ornamental cherry tree from Japan that is admired for its double-petal flowers and bright pink blossoms, it does not have the delicate appearance of the Yoshino, but it is still extremely attractive in its own strikingly colorful way. It also contributes a certain dramatic consistency to the scenic narrative ...&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The double flowering lacy pink blooms of the Kwanzan flowering cultivar of the Japanese Flowering Cherry tree form fluffy globe units that will completely cover the stems and branches at the flowering climax.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
			<pubDate>Sun, 21 Apr 2013 23:17:12 -0700</pubDate>
			                        <dc:date.Taken>2013-04-11T17:32:58-08:00</dc:date.Taken>
            			<author flickr:profile="http://www.flickr.com/people/96683394@N00/">nobody@flickr.com (The Gifted Photographer)</author>
			<guid isPermaLink="false">tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/8671411782</guid>
                            <media:content url="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8530/8671411782_dbf2f4fe81_b.jpg" 
                   type="image/jpeg"
                   height="672"
                   width="836"/>
    <media:title>Kwanzan Flowering Cherry Tree</media:title>
    <media:description type="html">&lt;p&gt;Copyright: © 2013 Melissa Goodman. All Rights Reserved.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;Please add any personal comments you may have on the image ...&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
no longer accepting cut-and-paste group comments/images ... I delete them now ... Thanks!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------&lt;br /&gt;
he Kwanzan Flowering Cherry tree, Prunus serrulata &amp;quot;Kwanzan&amp;quot;, is one of the most popular cultivars of the flowering cherry trees. This deciduous tree rapidly grows to height of 20 to 30 feet. The blooms are a clear pink, double flower (multiple petals like a carnation). The blooms tend to last 3 weeks, yielding to a light green foliage with a red tinge.&lt;br /&gt;
The Kwanzan flowering cherry tree is also known as a Japanese flowering cherry tree. The leaves turn to a reddish-copper fall color. A beautiful ornamental flowering tree.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.naturehills.com/product/kwanzan_flowering_cherry.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;www.naturehills.com/product/kwanzan_flowering_cherry.aspx&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
An ornamental cherry tree from Japan that is admired for its double-petal flowers and bright pink blossoms, it does not have the delicate appearance of the Yoshino, but it is still extremely attractive in its own strikingly colorful way. It also contributes a certain dramatic consistency to the scenic narrative ...&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The double flowering lacy pink blooms of the Kwanzan flowering cultivar of the Japanese Flowering Cherry tree form fluffy globe units that will completely cover the stems and branches at the flowering climax.&lt;/p&gt;</media:description>
    <media:thumbnail url="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8530/8671411782_dbf2f4fe81_s.jpg" height="75" width="75" />
    <media:credit role="photographer">The Gifted Photographer</media:credit>
    <media:category scheme="urn:flickr:tags">atlanta nature beautiful georgia doubleflower dunwoody prunusserrulata prunusserrulatakwanzan kwanzanfloweringcherrytree cadeauxdemelisse largepinkblossoms oneofthemostpopularcultivarsofthefloweringcherrytrees bloomsareaclearpink multiplepetalslikeacarnation floweringtreesofthesouth</media:category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title>Kwanzan Flowering Cherry tree</title>
			<link>http://www.flickr.com/photos/96683394@N00/8648451928/</link>
			<description>			&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/people/96683394@N00/&quot;&gt;The Gifted Photographer&lt;/a&gt; posted a photo:&lt;/p&gt;
	
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/96683394@N00/8648451928/&quot; title=&quot;Kwanzan Flowering Cherry tree&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8112/8648451928_b5d410a225_m.jpg&quot; width=&quot;240&quot; height=&quot;226&quot; alt=&quot;Kwanzan Flowering Cherry tree&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Copyright: © 2013 Melissa Goodman. All Rights Reserved.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Please add any personal comments you may have on the image ...&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
no longer accepting cut-and-paste group comments/images ... I delete them now ... Thanks!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The Kwanzan Flowering Cherry tree, Prunus serrulata &amp;quot;Kwanzan&amp;quot;, is one of the most popular cultivars of the flowering cherry trees. This deciduous tree rapidly grows to  height of 20 to 30 feet.  The blooms are a clear pink, double flower (multiple petals like a carnation).  The blooms tend to last 3 weeks, yielding to a light green foliage with a red tinge.&lt;br /&gt;
The Kwanzan flowering cherry tree is also known as a Japanese flowering cherry tree. The leaves turn to a reddish-copper fall color. A beautiful ornamental flowering tree.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.naturehills.com/product/kwanzan_flowering_cherry.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;www.naturehills.com/product/kwanzan_flowering_cherry.aspx&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
An ornamental cherry tree from Japan that is admired for its double-petal flowers and bright pink blossoms, it does not have the delicate appearance of the Yoshino, but it is still extremely attractive in its own strikingly colorful way.  It also contributes a certain dramatic consistency to the scenic narrative  ...&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.centralpark.com/updata/Image/flowers/kwnzan.jpg&amp;amp;imgrefurl=http://www.centralpark.com/pages/top-10-lists/top-10-spring-flower-spots.html&amp;amp;usg=__YElbF5fJGm39NYVsE1EXf_Rame0=&amp;amp;h=282&amp;amp;w=425&amp;amp;sz=189&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;start=38&amp;amp;um=1&amp;amp;itbs=1&amp;amp;tbnid=xByzNWtdv1GiJM:&amp;amp;tbnh=84&amp;amp;tbnw=126&amp;amp;prev=/images?q=kwanzan flowering cherry&amp;amp;start=20&amp;amp;um=1&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;safe=off&amp;amp;client=firefox-a&amp;amp;sa=N&amp;amp;rlz=1R1GGGL_en___US334&amp;amp;ndsp=20&amp;amp;tbs=isch:1&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.centralpark.co...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
			<pubDate>Sun, 14 Apr 2013 04:40:58 -0700</pubDate>
			                        <dc:date.Taken>2013-04-06T15:31:47-08:00</dc:date.Taken>
            			<author flickr:profile="http://www.flickr.com/people/96683394@N00/">nobody@flickr.com (The Gifted Photographer)</author>
			<guid isPermaLink="false">tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/8648451928</guid>
                            <media:content url="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8112/8648451928_b5d410a225_b.jpg" 
                   type="image/jpeg"
                   height="964"
                   width="1024"/>
    <media:title>Kwanzan Flowering Cherry tree</media:title>
    <media:description type="html">&lt;p&gt;Copyright: © 2013 Melissa Goodman. All Rights Reserved.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Please add any personal comments you may have on the image ...&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
no longer accepting cut-and-paste group comments/images ... I delete them now ... Thanks!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The Kwanzan Flowering Cherry tree, Prunus serrulata &amp;quot;Kwanzan&amp;quot;, is one of the most popular cultivars of the flowering cherry trees. This deciduous tree rapidly grows to  height of 20 to 30 feet.  The blooms are a clear pink, double flower (multiple petals like a carnation).  The blooms tend to last 3 weeks, yielding to a light green foliage with a red tinge.&lt;br /&gt;
The Kwanzan flowering cherry tree is also known as a Japanese flowering cherry tree. The leaves turn to a reddish-copper fall color. A beautiful ornamental flowering tree.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.naturehills.com/product/kwanzan_flowering_cherry.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;www.naturehills.com/product/kwanzan_flowering_cherry.aspx&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
An ornamental cherry tree from Japan that is admired for its double-petal flowers and bright pink blossoms, it does not have the delicate appearance of the Yoshino, but it is still extremely attractive in its own strikingly colorful way.  It also contributes a certain dramatic consistency to the scenic narrative  ...&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.centralpark.com/updata/Image/flowers/kwnzan.jpg&amp;amp;imgrefurl=http://www.centralpark.com/pages/top-10-lists/top-10-spring-flower-spots.html&amp;amp;usg=__YElbF5fJGm39NYVsE1EXf_Rame0=&amp;amp;h=282&amp;amp;w=425&amp;amp;sz=189&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;start=38&amp;amp;um=1&amp;amp;itbs=1&amp;amp;tbnid=xByzNWtdv1GiJM:&amp;amp;tbnh=84&amp;amp;tbnw=126&amp;amp;prev=/images?q=kwanzan flowering cherry&amp;amp;start=20&amp;amp;um=1&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;safe=off&amp;amp;client=firefox-a&amp;amp;sa=N&amp;amp;rlz=1R1GGGL_en___US334&amp;amp;ndsp=20&amp;amp;tbs=isch:1&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.centralpark.co...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</media:description>
    <media:thumbnail url="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8112/8648451928_b5d410a225_s.jpg" height="75" width="75" />
    <media:credit role="photographer">The Gifted Photographer</media:credit>
    <media:category scheme="urn:flickr:tags">flowers atlanta nature beautiful georgia petals colorful fluffy stunning exquisite ornamental delightful prunus kwanzan prunusserrulata japanesefloweringcherry extremelyattractive supereco kwanzanfloweringcherry cadeauxdemelisse pinkspringblossoms doublepetalflowersandbrightpinkblossoms strikinglycolorful floweringtreesofthesouth</media:category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title>&quot;Cherokee Chief&quot; dogwood: the South's technicolor dreams</title>
			<link>http://www.flickr.com/photos/96683394@N00/8647329487/</link>
			<description>			&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/people/96683394@N00/&quot;&gt;The Gifted Photographer&lt;/a&gt; posted a photo:&lt;/p&gt;
	
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/96683394@N00/8647329487/&quot; title=&quot;&amp;quot;Cherokee Chief&amp;quot; dogwood: the South's technicolor dreams&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8256/8647329487_235600c18a_m.jpg&quot; width=&quot;239&quot; height=&quot;240&quot; alt=&quot;&amp;quot;Cherokee Chief&amp;quot; dogwood: the South's technicolor dreams&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Copyright: © 2013 Melissa Goodman. All Rights Reserved.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Please add any personal comments you may have on the image ...&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
no longer accepting cut-and-paste group comments/images ... I delete them now ... Thanks!&lt;/p&gt;</description>
			<pubDate>Sun, 14 Apr 2013 04:29:52 -0700</pubDate>
			                        <dc:date.Taken>2013-04-06T15:11:07-08:00</dc:date.Taken>
            			<author flickr:profile="http://www.flickr.com/people/96683394@N00/">nobody@flickr.com (The Gifted Photographer)</author>
			<guid isPermaLink="false">tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/8647329487</guid>
                            <media:content url="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8256/8647329487_235600c18a_b.jpg" 
                   type="image/jpeg"
                   height="1024"
                   width="1021"/>
    <media:title>&quot;Cherokee Chief&quot; dogwood: the South's technicolor dreams</media:title>
    <media:description type="html">&lt;p&gt;Copyright: © 2013 Melissa Goodman. All Rights Reserved.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Please add any personal comments you may have on the image ...&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
no longer accepting cut-and-paste group comments/images ... I delete them now ... Thanks!&lt;/p&gt;</media:description>
    <media:thumbnail url="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8256/8647329487_235600c18a_s.jpg" height="75" width="75" />
    <media:credit role="photographer">The Gifted Photographer</media:credit>
    <media:category scheme="urn:flickr:tags">flowers trees atlanta nature beautiful leaves georgia petals colorful vibrant stunning exquisite cheerful delightful cornusflorida pinkdogwoods cadeauxdemelisse floweringtreesofthesouth</media:category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title>The first signs of a new spring</title>
			<link>http://www.flickr.com/photos/96683394@N00/8638672040/</link>
			<description>			&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/people/96683394@N00/&quot;&gt;The Gifted Photographer&lt;/a&gt; posted a photo:&lt;/p&gt;
	
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/96683394@N00/8638672040/&quot; title=&quot;The first signs of a new spring&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8395/8638672040_43fdff4afa_m.jpg&quot; width=&quot;240&quot; height=&quot;180&quot; alt=&quot;The first signs of a new spring&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Copyright: © 2013 Melissa Goodman. All Rights Reserved.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Please add any personal comments you may have on the image ...&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
no longer accepting cut-and-paste group comments/images ... I delete them now ... Thanks!&lt;/p&gt;</description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 12:52:44 -0700</pubDate>
			                        <dc:date.Taken>2013-04-09T17:53:15-08:00</dc:date.Taken>
            			<author flickr:profile="http://www.flickr.com/people/96683394@N00/">nobody@flickr.com (The Gifted Photographer)</author>
			<guid isPermaLink="false">tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/8638672040</guid>
                            <media:content url="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8395/8638672040_43fdff4afa_b.jpg" 
                   type="image/jpeg"
                   height="600"
                   width="800"/>
    <media:title>The first signs of a new spring</media:title>
    <media:description type="html">&lt;p&gt;Copyright: © 2013 Melissa Goodman. All Rights Reserved.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Please add any personal comments you may have on the image ...&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
no longer accepting cut-and-paste group comments/images ... I delete them now ... Thanks!&lt;/p&gt;</media:description>
    <media:thumbnail url="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8395/8638672040_43fdff4afa_s.jpg" height="75" width="75" />
    <media:credit role="photographer">The Gifted Photographer</media:credit>
    <media:category scheme="urn:flickr:tags">nature beautiful beauty leaves georgia spring colorful vibrant exquisite cheerful delightful atlantageorgia brightlycolored newbeginnings 2013 dunwoodygeorgia supereco cadeauxdemelisse spring2013dunwoody</media:category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title>Passover   חג שמח , בידידות עמוקה ביותר</title>
			<link>http://www.flickr.com/photos/96683394@N00/8596055816/</link>
			<description>			&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/people/96683394@N00/&quot;&gt;The Gifted Photographer&lt;/a&gt; posted a photo:&lt;/p&gt;
	
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/96683394@N00/8596055816/&quot; title=&quot;Passover   חג שמח , בידידות עמוקה ביותר&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8385/8596055816_e220549bc3_m.jpg&quot; width=&quot;220&quot; height=&quot;240&quot; alt=&quot;Passover   חג שמח , בידידות עמוקה ביותר&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Copyright: © 2013 Melissa Goodman. All Rights Reserved.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt; view on largest setting for best photos&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
to my friends here on Flickr who celebrate this festival of freedom, Passover, I send you my warmest wishes for this holiday! Eating matzah reminds us that our core self stands independent from all the enriched ingredients of our lives. Our truest identity is not connected to the wealth we have accumulated, our social status, our homes, or any other artificial additives. Real freedom tastes like matzah. Although the world we live in proclaims itself to be liberated, Judaism has celebrated a different kind of liberty for thousands of years. The freedom of Passover is the freedom of knowing who we truly are -- a liberty from false perceptions of self -- and this is a freedom we are all hungry for.  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.aish.com/h/pes/t/f/48955701.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;www.aish.com/h/pes/t/f/48955701.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 27 Mar 2013 11:21:34 -0700</pubDate>
			                        <dc:date.Taken>2013-03-27T14:21:34-08:00</dc:date.Taken>
            			<author flickr:profile="http://www.flickr.com/people/96683394@N00/">nobody@flickr.com (The Gifted Photographer)</author>
			<guid isPermaLink="false">tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/8596055816</guid>
                            <media:content url="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8385/8596055816_e220549bc3_b.jpg" 
                   type="image/jpeg"
                   height="1024"
                   width="939"/>
    <media:title>Passover   חג שמח , בידידות עמוקה ביותר</media:title>
    <media:description type="html">&lt;p&gt;Copyright: © 2013 Melissa Goodman. All Rights Reserved.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt; view on largest setting for best photos&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
to my friends here on Flickr who celebrate this festival of freedom, Passover, I send you my warmest wishes for this holiday! Eating matzah reminds us that our core self stands independent from all the enriched ingredients of our lives. Our truest identity is not connected to the wealth we have accumulated, our social status, our homes, or any other artificial additives. Real freedom tastes like matzah. Although the world we live in proclaims itself to be liberated, Judaism has celebrated a different kind of liberty for thousands of years. The freedom of Passover is the freedom of knowing who we truly are -- a liberty from false perceptions of self -- and this is a freedom we are all hungry for.  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.aish.com/h/pes/t/f/48955701.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;www.aish.com/h/pes/t/f/48955701.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</media:description>
    <media:thumbnail url="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8385/8596055816_e220549bc3_s.jpg" height="75" width="75" />
    <media:credit role="photographer">The Gifted Photographer</media:credit>
    <media:category scheme="urn:flickr:tags">atlanta holiday beautiful colorful mosaic delicious judaica delightful passover appetizing yomtov top20jewish cadeauxdemelisse</media:category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title>St. Patrick's Day   2013</title>
			<link>http://www.flickr.com/photos/96683394@N00/8560433021/</link>
			<description>			&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/people/96683394@N00/&quot;&gt;The Gifted Photographer&lt;/a&gt; posted a photo:&lt;/p&gt;
	
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/96683394@N00/8560433021/&quot; title=&quot;St. Patrick's Day   2013&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8243/8560433021_4110c61678_m.jpg&quot; width=&quot;240&quot; height=&quot;240&quot; alt=&quot;St. Patrick's Day   2013&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;May the Irish hills caress you. &lt;br /&gt;
May her lakes and rivers bless you. &lt;br /&gt;
May the luck of the Irish enfold you. &lt;br /&gt;
May the blessings of Saint Patrick behold you.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
May the leprechauns dance over your bed and bring you sweet dreams.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
(all images appear in my photostream and were taken by me)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Copyright: © 2013 Melissa Goodman. All Rights Reserved.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;Please add any personal comments you may have on the image ... &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
no longer accepting cut-and-paste group comments/images ... I delete them now ... Thanks!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 15 Mar 2013 20:55:19 -0700</pubDate>
			                        <dc:date.Taken>2013-03-15T23:55:19-08:00</dc:date.Taken>
            			<author flickr:profile="http://www.flickr.com/people/96683394@N00/">nobody@flickr.com (The Gifted Photographer)</author>
			<guid isPermaLink="false">tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/8560433021</guid>
                            <media:content url="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8243/8560433021_4110c61678_b.jpg" 
                   type="image/jpeg"
                   height="1024"
                   width="1024"/>
    <media:title>St. Patrick's Day   2013</media:title>
    <media:description type="html">&lt;p&gt;May the Irish hills caress you. &lt;br /&gt;
May her lakes and rivers bless you. &lt;br /&gt;
May the luck of the Irish enfold you. &lt;br /&gt;
May the blessings of Saint Patrick behold you.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
May the leprechauns dance over your bed and bring you sweet dreams.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
(all images appear in my photostream and were taken by me)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Copyright: © 2013 Melissa Goodman. All Rights Reserved.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;Please add any personal comments you may have on the image ... &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
no longer accepting cut-and-paste group comments/images ... I delete them now ... Thanks!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</media:description>
    <media:thumbnail url="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8243/8560433021_4110c61678_s.jpg" height="75" width="75" />
    <media:credit role="photographer">The Gifted Photographer</media:credit>
    <media:category scheme="urn:flickr:tags">trees irish green nature beautiful leaves georgia spring colorful mosaic stunning cheerful emeraldisle stpatricksday leprechauns delightful dunwoody 2011 supereco cadeauxdemelisse</media:category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title>Stunning, the Saucer or Tulip Magnolia</title>
			<link>http://www.flickr.com/photos/96683394@N00/8558405372/</link>
			<description>			&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/people/96683394@N00/&quot;&gt;The Gifted Photographer&lt;/a&gt; posted a photo:&lt;/p&gt;
	
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/96683394@N00/8558405372/&quot; title=&quot;Stunning, the Saucer or Tulip Magnolia&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8389/8558405372_645d816997_m.jpg&quot; width=&quot;240&quot; height=&quot;215&quot; alt=&quot;Stunning, the Saucer or Tulip Magnolia&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;Growing as a multistemmed large shrub or small tree, Magnolia × soulangeana has alternate, simple, shiny, dark green oval-shaped leaves on stout stems. Its flowers emerge dramatically on a bare tree in early spring, with the deciduous leaves expanding shortly thereafter, lasting through summer until autumn.&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
Magnolia × soulangeana flowers are large, commonly 10–20 cm (4–8 in) across, and colored various shades of white, pink, and maroon. An American variety, 'Grace McDade' from Alabama, is reported to bear the largest flowers, with a 35 cm (14 in) diameter, white tinged with pinkish-purple.The exact timing and length of flowering varies between named varieties, as does the shape of the flower. Some are globular, others a cup-and-saucer shape.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnolia_%c3%97_soulangeana&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnolia_%C3%97_soulangeana&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Copyright: © 2013 Melissa Goodman. All Rights Reserved.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;Please add any personal comments you may have on the image ... &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
no longer accepting cut-and-paste group comments/images ... I delete them now ... Thanks!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 14 Mar 2013 13:48:55 -0700</pubDate>
			                        <dc:date.Taken>2013-03-12T15:17:18-08:00</dc:date.Taken>
            			<author flickr:profile="http://www.flickr.com/people/96683394@N00/">nobody@flickr.com (The Gifted Photographer)</author>
			<guid isPermaLink="false">tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/8558405372</guid>
                            <media:content url="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8389/8558405372_645d816997_b.jpg" 
                   type="image/jpeg"
                   height="896"
                   width="1002"/>
    <media:title>Stunning, the Saucer or Tulip Magnolia</media:title>
    <media:description type="html">&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;Growing as a multistemmed large shrub or small tree, Magnolia × soulangeana has alternate, simple, shiny, dark green oval-shaped leaves on stout stems. Its flowers emerge dramatically on a bare tree in early spring, with the deciduous leaves expanding shortly thereafter, lasting through summer until autumn.&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
Magnolia × soulangeana flowers are large, commonly 10–20 cm (4–8 in) across, and colored various shades of white, pink, and maroon. An American variety, 'Grace McDade' from Alabama, is reported to bear the largest flowers, with a 35 cm (14 in) diameter, white tinged with pinkish-purple.The exact timing and length of flowering varies between named varieties, as does the shape of the flower. Some are globular, others a cup-and-saucer shape.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnolia_%c3%97_soulangeana&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnolia_%C3%97_soulangeana&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Copyright: © 2013 Melissa Goodman. All Rights Reserved.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;Please add any personal comments you may have on the image ... &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
no longer accepting cut-and-paste group comments/images ... I delete them now ... Thanks!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</media:description>
    <media:thumbnail url="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8389/8558405372_645d816997_s.jpg" height="75" width="75" />
    <media:credit role="photographer">The Gifted Photographer</media:credit>
    <media:category scheme="urn:flickr:tags">flowers trees atlanta nature beautiful georgia petals spring colorful vibrant vivid magnolia exquisite delightful magnoliaxsoulangeana cadeauxdemelisse vosplusbellesphotos magnoliaxsoulangianasaucerortulipmagnolia floweringtreesofthesouth</media:category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title>Spring, a time of renewal and rebirth</title>
			<link>http://www.flickr.com/photos/96683394@N00/8557252445/</link>
			<description>			&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/people/96683394@N00/&quot;&gt;The Gifted Photographer&lt;/a&gt; posted a photo:&lt;/p&gt;
	
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/96683394@N00/8557252445/&quot; title=&quot;Spring, a time of renewal and rebirth&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8391/8557252445_b49a0b5acc_m.jpg&quot; width=&quot;240&quot; height=&quot;169&quot; alt=&quot;Spring, a time of renewal and rebirth&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Copyright: © 2013 Melissa Goodman. All Rights Reserved.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;New:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Please add any personal comments you may have on the image ...&lt;br /&gt;
no longer accepting cut-and-paste group comments/images ... I delete them now ... Thanks!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 14 Mar 2013 13:28:15 -0700</pubDate>
			                        <dc:date.Taken>2013-03-13T16:03:39-08:00</dc:date.Taken>
            			<author flickr:profile="http://www.flickr.com/people/96683394@N00/">nobody@flickr.com (The Gifted Photographer)</author>
			<guid isPermaLink="false">tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/8557252445</guid>
                            <media:content url="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8391/8557252445_b49a0b5acc_b.jpg" 
                   type="image/jpeg"
                   height="659"
                   width="936"/>
    <media:title>Spring, a time of renewal and rebirth</media:title>
    <media:description type="html">&lt;p&gt;Copyright: © 2013 Melissa Goodman. All Rights Reserved.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;New:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Please add any personal comments you may have on the image ...&lt;br /&gt;
no longer accepting cut-and-paste group comments/images ... I delete them now ... Thanks!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</media:description>
    <media:thumbnail url="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8391/8557252445_b49a0b5acc_s.jpg" height="75" width="75" />
    <media:credit role="photographer">The Gifted Photographer</media:credit>
    <media:category scheme="urn:flickr:tags">flowers nature beautiful petals spring colorful tulips fresh glorious stunning elegant exquisite cheerful delightful dunwoody supereco tulipsareavibranttimelesssymbolofspring cadeauxdemelisse</media:category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title>First signs of a new spring!</title>
			<link>http://www.flickr.com/photos/96683394@N00/8522939944/</link>
			<description>			&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/people/96683394@N00/&quot;&gt;The Gifted Photographer&lt;/a&gt; posted a photo:&lt;/p&gt;
	
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/96683394@N00/8522939944/&quot; title=&quot;First signs of a new spring!&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8525/8522939944_c464ec9d03_m.jpg&quot; width=&quot;177&quot; height=&quot;240&quot; alt=&quot;First signs of a new spring!&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Copyright: © 2013 Melissa Goodman. All Rights Reserved.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;New:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Please add any personal comments you may have on the image ...&lt;br /&gt;
no longer accepting cut-and-paste group comments/images ... I delete them now ... Thanks!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 02 Mar 2013 15:10:35 -0800</pubDate>
			                        <dc:date.Taken>2013-03-01T15:45:43-08:00</dc:date.Taken>
            			<author flickr:profile="http://www.flickr.com/people/96683394@N00/">nobody@flickr.com (The Gifted Photographer)</author>
			<guid isPermaLink="false">tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/8522939944</guid>
                            <media:content url="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8525/8522939944_c464ec9d03_b.jpg" 
                   type="image/jpeg"
                   height="1024"
                   width="754"/>
    <media:title>First signs of a new spring!</media:title>
    <media:description type="html">&lt;p&gt;Copyright: © 2013 Melissa Goodman. All Rights Reserved.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;New:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Please add any personal comments you may have on the image ...&lt;br /&gt;
no longer accepting cut-and-paste group comments/images ... I delete them now ... Thanks!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</media:description>
    <media:thumbnail url="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8525/8522939944_c464ec9d03_s.jpg" height="75" width="75" />
    <media:credit role="photographer">The Gifted Photographer</media:credit>
    <media:category scheme="urn:flickr:tags">new trees nature beautiful leaves georgia spring vibrant buds cheerful delightful dunwoody cadeauxdemelisse</media:category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title>פורים   Hag Purim sameach!   המן־טאַש</title>
			<link>http://www.flickr.com/photos/96683394@N00/8494866013/</link>
			<description>			&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/people/96683394@N00/&quot;&gt;The Gifted Photographer&lt;/a&gt; posted a photo:&lt;/p&gt;
	
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/96683394@N00/8494866013/&quot; title=&quot;פורים   Hag Purim sameach!   המן־טאַש&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8375/8494866013_6f87912e3e_m.jpg&quot; width=&quot;214&quot; height=&quot;240&quot; alt=&quot;פורים   Hag Purim sameach!   המן־טאַש&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Copyright: © 2013 Melissa Goodman. All Rights Reserved.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
A hamantash (also spelled hamentasch, homentash, homentasch, (h)umentash, pluralized with -en or -n; Yiddish המן־טאַש) is a pastry in Ashkenazi Jewish cuisine recognizable for its three-cornered shape. They are generally made of a filled pastry circle with three edges folded in. It is eaten during the Jewish holiday of Purim. They are made with many different fillings, including prunes, nut, poppy, date, apricot, fruit preserves, chocolate, dulce de leche, Halva, or even caramel or cheese.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The name hamantash (המן־טאַש), is a reference to Haman, the villain of Purim, as described in the Book of Esther. A more likely source of the name is a corruption of the Yiddish word מאן־טאשן (montashn) or the German word mohntaschen, both meaning poppyseed-filled pouches.  Over time, this name was transformed to hamantashen, likely by association with Haman. In Israel, they are called אוזני המן (Oznei Haman), Hebrew for &amp;quot;Haman's ears&amp;quot; where children are taught these tasty pastries are the ears of Haman.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamantash&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamantash&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2013 10:46:26 -0800</pubDate>
			                        <dc:date.Taken>2013-02-17T15:05:22-08:00</dc:date.Taken>
            			<author flickr:profile="http://www.flickr.com/people/96683394@N00/">nobody@flickr.com (The Gifted Photographer)</author>
			<guid isPermaLink="false">tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/8494866013</guid>
                            <media:content url="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8375/8494866013_6f87912e3e_b.jpg" 
                   type="image/jpeg"
                   height="1024"
                   width="915"/>
    <media:title>פורים   Hag Purim sameach!   המן־טאַש</media:title>
    <media:description type="html">&lt;p&gt;Copyright: © 2013 Melissa Goodman. All Rights Reserved.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
A hamantash (also spelled hamentasch, homentash, homentasch, (h)umentash, pluralized with -en or -n; Yiddish המן־טאַש) is a pastry in Ashkenazi Jewish cuisine recognizable for its three-cornered shape. They are generally made of a filled pastry circle with three edges folded in. It is eaten during the Jewish holiday of Purim. They are made with many different fillings, including prunes, nut, poppy, date, apricot, fruit preserves, chocolate, dulce de leche, Halva, or even caramel or cheese.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The name hamantash (המן־טאַש), is a reference to Haman, the villain of Purim, as described in the Book of Esther. A more likely source of the name is a corruption of the Yiddish word מאן־טאשן (montashn) or the German word mohntaschen, both meaning poppyseed-filled pouches.  Over time, this name was transformed to hamantashen, likely by association with Haman. In Israel, they are called אוזני המן (Oznei Haman), Hebrew for &amp;quot;Haman's ears&amp;quot; where children are taught these tasty pastries are the ears of Haman.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamantash&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamantash&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</media:description>
    <media:thumbnail url="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8375/8494866013_6f87912e3e_s.jpg" height="75" width="75" />
    <media:credit role="photographer">The Gifted Photographer</media:credit>
    <media:category scheme="urn:flickr:tags">holiday purim delicious pastry jewish judaica delightful appetizing המן־טאַש bookofesther cadeauxdemelisse ozneihamanearsofhaman noshinthehamantashen</media:category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title>bringing spring indoors</title>
			<link>http://www.flickr.com/photos/96683394@N00/8479136869/</link>
			<description>			&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/people/96683394@N00/&quot;&gt;The Gifted Photographer&lt;/a&gt; posted a photo:&lt;/p&gt;
	
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/96683394@N00/8479136869/&quot; title=&quot;bringing spring indoors&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8230/8479136869_086b269e4c_m.jpg&quot; width=&quot;240&quot; height=&quot;213&quot; alt=&quot;bringing spring indoors&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Copyright: © 2013 Melissa Goodman. All Rights Reserved.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;New:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Please add any personal comments you may have on the image ...&lt;br /&gt;
no longer accepting cut-and-paste group comments/images ... I delete them now ... Thanks!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 16 Feb 2013 13:13:51 -0800</pubDate>
			                        <dc:date.Taken>2013-02-06T14:01:44-08:00</dc:date.Taken>
            			<author flickr:profile="http://www.flickr.com/people/96683394@N00/">nobody@flickr.com (The Gifted Photographer)</author>
			<guid isPermaLink="false">tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/8479136869</guid>
                            <media:content url="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8230/8479136869_086b269e4c_b.jpg" 
                   type="image/jpeg"
                   height="677"
                   width="764"/>
    <media:title>bringing spring indoors</media:title>
    <media:description type="html">&lt;p&gt;Copyright: © 2013 Melissa Goodman. All Rights Reserved.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;New:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Please add any personal comments you may have on the image ...&lt;br /&gt;
no longer accepting cut-and-paste group comments/images ... I delete them now ... Thanks!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</media:description>
    <media:thumbnail url="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8230/8479136869_086b269e4c_s.jpg" height="75" width="75" />
    <media:credit role="photographer">The Gifted Photographer</media:credit>
    <media:category scheme="urn:flickr:tags">flowers atlanta nature beautiful georgia colorful vibrant daffodil delightful cadeauxdemelisse springatlanta</media:category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title>Love is the poetry of the senses.</title>
			<link>http://www.flickr.com/photos/96683394@N00/8474438358/</link>
			<description>			&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/people/96683394@N00/&quot;&gt;The Gifted Photographer&lt;/a&gt; posted a photo:&lt;/p&gt;
	
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/96683394@N00/8474438358/&quot; title=&quot;Love is the poetry of the senses.&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8226/8474438358_9cb0aa6daa_m.jpg&quot; width=&quot;240&quot; height=&quot;202&quot; alt=&quot;Love is the poetry of the senses.&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Copyright: © 2013 Melissa Goodman. All Rights Reserved.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2013 11:11:41 -0800</pubDate>
			                        <dc:date.Taken>2013-02-14T14:11:41-08:00</dc:date.Taken>
            			<author flickr:profile="http://www.flickr.com/people/96683394@N00/">nobody@flickr.com (The Gifted Photographer)</author>
			<guid isPermaLink="false">tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/8474438358</guid>
                            <media:content url="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8226/8474438358_9cb0aa6daa_b.jpg" 
                   type="image/jpeg"
                   height="421"
                   width="500"/>
    <media:title>Love is the poetry of the senses.</media:title>
    <media:description type="html">&lt;p&gt;Copyright: © 2013 Melissa Goodman. All Rights Reserved.&lt;/p&gt;</media:description>
    <media:thumbnail url="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8226/8474438358_9cb0aa6daa_s.jpg" height="75" width="75" />
    <media:credit role="photographer">The Gifted Photographer</media:credit>
    <media:category scheme="urn:flickr:tags">flowers atlanta nature beautiful petals colorful vivid valentinesday cadeauxdemelisse</media:category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title>to love ...</title>
			<link>http://www.flickr.com/photos/96683394@N00/8470990107/</link>
			<description>			&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/people/96683394@N00/&quot;&gt;The Gifted Photographer&lt;/a&gt; posted a photo:&lt;/p&gt;
	
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/96683394@N00/8470990107/&quot; title=&quot;to love ...&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8235/8470990107_330ed131c5_m.jpg&quot; width=&quot;240&quot; height=&quot;181&quot; alt=&quot;to love ...&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Copyright: © 2013 Melissa Goodman. All Rights Reserved.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;May this Valentine’s Day be filled with love, understanding, and contentment as you journey through life with those you hold dear.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2013 13:15:36 -0800</pubDate>
			                        <dc:date.Taken>2013-02-01T16:25:47-08:00</dc:date.Taken>
            			<author flickr:profile="http://www.flickr.com/people/96683394@N00/">nobody@flickr.com (The Gifted Photographer)</author>
			<guid isPermaLink="false">tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/8470990107</guid>
                            <media:content url="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8235/8470990107_330ed131c5_b.jpg" 
                   type="image/jpeg"
                   height="627"
                   width="831"/>
    <media:title>to love ...</media:title>
    <media:description type="html">&lt;p&gt;Copyright: © 2013 Melissa Goodman. All Rights Reserved.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;May this Valentine’s Day be filled with love, understanding, and contentment as you journey through life with those you hold dear.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</media:description>
    <media:thumbnail url="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8235/8470990107_330ed131c5_s.jpg" height="75" width="75" />
    <media:credit role="photographer">The Gifted Photographer</media:credit>
    <media:category scheme="urn:flickr:tags">love beautiful fruit hearts cherries colorful delicious sweetness valentinesday delightful appetizing cadeauxdemelisse dexcellentesfêtesàtoi</media:category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title>delphinium: &quot;little dolphins&quot;</title>
			<link>http://www.flickr.com/photos/96683394@N00/8470999387/</link>
			<description>			&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/people/96683394@N00/&quot;&gt;The Gifted Photographer&lt;/a&gt; posted a photo:&lt;/p&gt;
	
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/96683394@N00/8470999387/&quot; title=&quot;delphinium: &amp;quot;little dolphins&amp;quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8238/8470999387_4ae5ff90a4_m.jpg&quot; width=&quot;240&quot; height=&quot;201&quot; alt=&quot;delphinium: &amp;quot;little dolphins&amp;quot;&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Copyright: © 2013 Melissa Goodman. All Rights Reserved.&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Delphinium means &amp;quot;Little Dolphin&amp;quot; because the ancient Greeks saw in the shape of the spurred buds a miniscule finny dolphin. The dolphin was anciently associated with mercy, &amp;amp; legends of dolphins saving sailors from drowning have recurred throughout human history. Dolphins were the escourts or steeds of beautiful ocean-nymphs, having once been land-dwellling men whom Dionysios had turned water-dwellers.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
I found these delphiniums quite by accident .. they were on sale after Valentine's Day ... so I bought two branches of them for $1 ... only after I took some photos and looked at them in macro form, did I understand what beauty they possessed ...&lt;/p&gt;</description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2013 13:19:29 -0800</pubDate>
			                        <dc:date.Taken>2013-02-13T16:19:29-08:00</dc:date.Taken>
            			<author flickr:profile="http://www.flickr.com/people/96683394@N00/">nobody@flickr.com (The Gifted Photographer)</author>
			<guid isPermaLink="false">tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/8470999387</guid>
                            <media:content url="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8238/8470999387_4ae5ff90a4_b.jpg" 
                   type="image/jpeg"
                   height="419"
                   width="500"/>
    <media:title>delphinium: &quot;little dolphins&quot;</media:title>
    <media:description type="html">&lt;p&gt;Copyright: © 2013 Melissa Goodman. All Rights Reserved.&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Delphinium means &amp;quot;Little Dolphin&amp;quot; because the ancient Greeks saw in the shape of the spurred buds a miniscule finny dolphin. The dolphin was anciently associated with mercy, &amp;amp; legends of dolphins saving sailors from drowning have recurred throughout human history. Dolphins were the escourts or steeds of beautiful ocean-nymphs, having once been land-dwellling men whom Dionysios had turned water-dwellers.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
I found these delphiniums quite by accident .. they were on sale after Valentine's Day ... so I bought two branches of them for $1 ... only after I took some photos and looked at them in macro form, did I understand what beauty they possessed ...&lt;/p&gt;</media:description>
    <media:thumbnail url="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8238/8470999387_4ae5ff90a4_s.jpg" height="75" width="75" />
    <media:credit role="photographer">The Gifted Photographer</media:credit>
    <media:category scheme="urn:flickr:tags">flowers atlanta beautiful spring colorful vivid buds delightful cadeauxdemelisse springatlanta thepromiseofnewlife</media:category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title>Gung Hay Fat Choi!  Happy Chinese New Year!</title>
			<link>http://www.flickr.com/photos/96683394@N00/8459467346/</link>
			<description>			&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/people/96683394@N00/&quot;&gt;The Gifted Photographer&lt;/a&gt; posted a photo:&lt;/p&gt;
	
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/96683394@N00/8459467346/&quot; title=&quot;Gung Hay Fat Choi!  Happy Chinese New Year!&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8093/8459467346_126873c7bf_m.jpg&quot; width=&quot;240&quot; height=&quot;240&quot; alt=&quot;Gung Hay Fat Choi!  Happy Chinese New Year!&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Copyright: © 2013 Melissa Goodman. All Rights Reserved.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;(Please, while I appreciate the idea of sharing, &lt;i&gt;no multiple invitations .. &lt;/i&gt;thanks!)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
You can now view my photographs here:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.fluidr.com/photos/96683394@N00&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;www.fluidr.com/photos/96683394@N00&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
These are a part of my collection of Chinese items that I used when I was a teacher ... we always discussed Chinese New Year and our classroom was decorated with all manner of red streamers and maps of China and many more things to energize the students ...&lt;/p&gt;</description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 09 Feb 2013 11:21:27 -0800</pubDate>
			                        <dc:date.Taken>2013-02-09T14:21:27-08:00</dc:date.Taken>
            			<author flickr:profile="http://www.flickr.com/people/96683394@N00/">nobody@flickr.com (The Gifted Photographer)</author>
			<guid isPermaLink="false">tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/8459467346</guid>
                            <media:content url="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8093/8459467346_126873c7bf_b.jpg" 
                   type="image/jpeg"
                   height="1024"
                   width="1024"/>
    <media:title>Gung Hay Fat Choi!  Happy Chinese New Year!</media:title>
    <media:description type="html">&lt;p&gt;Copyright: © 2013 Melissa Goodman. All Rights Reserved.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;(Please, while I appreciate the idea of sharing, &lt;i&gt;no multiple invitations .. &lt;/i&gt;thanks!)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
You can now view my photographs here:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.fluidr.com/photos/96683394@N00&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;www.fluidr.com/photos/96683394@N00&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
These are a part of my collection of Chinese items that I used when I was a teacher ... we always discussed Chinese New Year and our classroom was decorated with all manner of red streamers and maps of China and many more things to energize the students ...&lt;/p&gt;</media:description>
    <media:thumbnail url="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8093/8459467346_126873c7bf_s.jpg" height="75" width="75" />
    <media:credit role="photographer">The Gifted Photographer</media:credit>
    <media:category scheme="urn:flickr:tags">holiday beautiful colorful mosaic chinese chinesenewyear delightful cadeauxdemelisse mosaicsasanartform</media:category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title>from the Atlanta Botanical Garden ( Fuqua Orchid Center)... orchid paphiopedilum</title>
			<link>http://www.flickr.com/photos/96683394@N00/8542000553/</link>
			<description>			&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/people/96683394@N00/&quot;&gt;The Gifted Photographer&lt;/a&gt; posted a photo:&lt;/p&gt;
	
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/96683394@N00/8542000553/&quot; title=&quot;from the Atlanta Botanical Garden ( Fuqua Orchid Center)... orchid paphiopedilum&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8367/8542000553_18da9daf61_m.jpg&quot; width=&quot;240&quot; height=&quot;210&quot; alt=&quot;from the Atlanta Botanical Garden ( Fuqua Orchid Center)... orchid paphiopedilum&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Copyright: © 2012 Melissa Goodman. All Rights Reserved.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt; Please add any personal comments you may have on the image ... &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;i&gt;no longer  accepting cut-and-paste group comments/images ... I delete them now&lt;/i&gt; ...  Thanks!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
You can now view my photographs here:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.fluidr.com/photos/96683394@N00&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;www.fluidr.com/photos/96683394@N00&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The Fuqua Orchid Center is home to the largest collection of species orchids on permanent display in the U.S. and hosts a wintertime display known as Orchid Daze. Its unique Tropical High Elevation House provides the correct habitat for montane orchids and companion plants from around the equator at elevations of 6,000 to 10,000 feet. An Air Washer System, technology adapted from the textile industry, was combined with traditional greenhouse heating and cooling to create this environment, and allows rare orchids to thrive ...&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
A highlight of any trip to Atlanta Botanical Garden is a tour through the Dorothy Chapman Fuqua Conservatory. Inside this beautiful and inovative structure are collections of exotic tropical plants such as palms, cycads, ferns, orchids and epiphytes (air plants). There is also a fantastic collection of insectivorous plants and &amp;quot;ant plants&amp;quot;.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 09 Mar 2013 12:21:12 -0800</pubDate>
			                        <dc:date.Taken>2012-05-19T12:23:43-08:00</dc:date.Taken>
            			<author flickr:profile="http://www.flickr.com/people/96683394@N00/">nobody@flickr.com (The Gifted Photographer)</author>
			<guid isPermaLink="false">tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/8542000553</guid>
                            <media:content url="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8367/8542000553_18da9daf61_b.jpg" 
                   type="image/jpeg"
                   height="894"
                   width="1024"/>
    <media:title>from the Atlanta Botanical Garden ( Fuqua Orchid Center)... orchid paphiopedilum</media:title>
    <media:description type="html">&lt;p&gt;Copyright: © 2012 Melissa Goodman. All Rights Reserved.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt; Please add any personal comments you may have on the image ... &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;i&gt;no longer  accepting cut-and-paste group comments/images ... I delete them now&lt;/i&gt; ...  Thanks!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
You can now view my photographs here:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.fluidr.com/photos/96683394@N00&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;www.fluidr.com/photos/96683394@N00&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The Fuqua Orchid Center is home to the largest collection of species orchids on permanent display in the U.S. and hosts a wintertime display known as Orchid Daze. Its unique Tropical High Elevation House provides the correct habitat for montane orchids and companion plants from around the equator at elevations of 6,000 to 10,000 feet. An Air Washer System, technology adapted from the textile industry, was combined with traditional greenhouse heating and cooling to create this environment, and allows rare orchids to thrive ...&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
A highlight of any trip to Atlanta Botanical Garden is a tour through the Dorothy Chapman Fuqua Conservatory. Inside this beautiful and inovative structure are collections of exotic tropical plants such as palms, cycads, ferns, orchids and epiphytes (air plants). There is also a fantastic collection of insectivorous plants and &amp;quot;ant plants&amp;quot;.&lt;/p&gt;</media:description>
    <media:thumbnail url="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8367/8542000553_18da9daf61_s.jpg" height="75" width="75" />
    <media:credit role="photographer">The Gifted Photographer</media:credit>
    <media:category scheme="urn:flickr:tags">flowers atlanta orchid beautiful petals colorful vibrant abg stunning exquisite atlantabotanicalgarden fantasticflower orchidpaphiopedilum cadeauxdemelisse</media:category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title>Ranunculus: Persian Buttercup</title>
			<link>http://www.flickr.com/photos/96683394@N00/8453144615/</link>
			<description>			&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/people/96683394@N00/&quot;&gt;The Gifted Photographer&lt;/a&gt; posted a photo:&lt;/p&gt;
	
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/96683394@N00/8453144615/&quot; title=&quot;Ranunculus: Persian Buttercup&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8388/8453144615_4e6ac2f7b4_m.jpg&quot; width=&quot;240&quot; height=&quot;188&quot; alt=&quot;Ranunculus: Persian Buttercup&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Copyright: © 2011 Melissa Goodman. All Rights Reserved.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;(Please, while I appreciate the idea of sharing, &lt;i&gt;no multiple invitations .. &lt;/i&gt;thanks!)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
You can now view my photographs here:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.fluidr.com/photos/96683394@N00&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;www.fluidr.com/photos/96683394@N00&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 07 Feb 2013 11:22:21 -0800</pubDate>
			                        <dc:date.Taken>2011-02-20T16:31:37-08:00</dc:date.Taken>
            			<author flickr:profile="http://www.flickr.com/people/96683394@N00/">nobody@flickr.com (The Gifted Photographer)</author>
			<guid isPermaLink="false">tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/8453144615</guid>
                            <media:content url="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8388/8453144615_4e6ac2f7b4_b.jpg" 
                   type="image/jpeg"
                   height="732"
                   width="932"/>
    <media:title>Ranunculus: Persian Buttercup</media:title>
    <media:description type="html">&lt;p&gt;Copyright: © 2011 Melissa Goodman. All Rights Reserved.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;(Please, while I appreciate the idea of sharing, &lt;i&gt;no multiple invitations .. &lt;/i&gt;thanks!)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
You can now view my photographs here:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.fluidr.com/photos/96683394@N00&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;www.fluidr.com/photos/96683394@N00&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</media:description>
    <media:thumbnail url="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8388/8453144615_4e6ac2f7b4_s.jpg" height="75" width="75" />
    <media:credit role="photographer">The Gifted Photographer</media:credit>
    <media:category scheme="urn:flickr:tags">beautiful petals colorful elegant delicate 2011 tecoloteranunculus supereco persianbuttercups cadeauxdemelisse brilliantlycoloredflowers httpwwwwaynesthisandthatcomranunculuseshtml ranunculusislatelatinforlittlefrog fromranafrog multiplelayersofdelicate crepepaperthinpetals</media:category>
		</item>

	</channel>
</rss>