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      <image:caption>Come away and rest a while (2015)</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Okay. This is towards the top of my best memories ever. I stood at a stone wall that circled a Scottish castle. If I did not personally witness this site, I would have been certain it was a toy town or painting. How on earth could something so sweet be? I imagine what it might be like to live in such a place. I wonder what the villagers think as they look up towards the castle wall where I stood. I wonder.... so many wonderings</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Ahhh! This photo from Scotland looks like me!</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Christmas on Main Street</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Another amazing moment! Autumn 2021 looking into the courtyard of The Conservatory on Main Street</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Walkway leading to the St. Louis Planetarium in Forest Park.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>This guy paid a visit while I was on our deck  July 22, 2023</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>An early morning walk while on retreat.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>This lovely creature was nestled in the branches at Faust Park. November 7, 2023</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Morning walk in the fog at Prayer Mountain of the Ozarks</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>A view from my deck door</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>I have to say, this photo is probably my number one favorite. There is nothing quite like the silence that settles in with the snow. Faust Park in Chesterfield, MO 2019</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>A pleasant memory on a bitter cold day. Snowflakes decorated my car window like artwork at a gallery. ❄️ photo taken on January 24, 2025</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>A quiet moment while I was surrounded by crowds and polka music in Hermann, MO</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Augusta, MO</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>These yellow berries had something' to say! I still laugh when I remember this "ordinary" tree bursting with yellow berries at Faust Park on an early December day. I was joyfully startled when I saw them hanging out at the park. It's like they were waiting for someone to stop and notice them. Well... notice them I did! Ha!</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The Chapel at Selah (Autumn Retreat 2019)</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>No car passed by. It was just me walking with the wind on a quiet country road.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Old Town St. Charles, MO.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>My Lilacs  I'm pretty sure this is what Heaven smells like.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Psalm 65:8 You make the sunrise and the sunset sing for joy. (Lake of the Ozarks with Jack)</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Nydia, the Blind Flower Girl of Pompeii / sculpture by Randolph Rogers / photo taken at the St. Louis Art Museum</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>This lovely greeted me while on a quiet walk before ladies arrived for our Autumn Retreat.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Calabasas, CA</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>A not so ordinary roof of an outdoor chapel on retreat ✞</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Sweeeet! Look who showed up while I was resting on a church bench.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>quiet.simple.beauty</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>When is the last time you gazed at the clouds and just imagined? (Sunrise view from my deck. July 12, 2024)</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Another favorite. The old Ursaline Academy in Arcadia, MO.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>I prefer home grown wildflowers in a jar over store bought bouquets in a fancy vase. July 4, 2025 Black Eyed Susans from our garden.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>"The day the Lord created hope was probably the same day he created Spring." Bernard Williams</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Same rock ✨ Different view / We have this treasure in earthen vessels that the greatness of the power might be of God and not of ourselves</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>A moonlit view from my front yard 2021</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Misty Morning Reflections October 2022</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The grounds of Daniel Boone's home in Defiance, MO</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Arcadia, MO</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Standing in line for the London Eye. I need to get a colorful umbrella!</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The morning fog swirled in the breeze and offered this magical moment.  September 30, 2022 Weldon Spring, MO</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>One more Cali sunset</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>I grew up in the city and often dreamed of what it might be like to live in a place like this. Photo from Oklahoma May 8, 2025</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Old Town St. Peters, Missouri</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Day's End ✍︎ Faith and Writing Workshop</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>And yet one more. How incredible to watch the moon rise above the trees. I am so glad I got my camera.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Quiet reflection before the Women's Retreat at Todd Hall Retreat Center</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Same tree  Different View (Weldon Spring, MO)</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>That's not glitter. It's the dew of Heaven. Summer 2021</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>How many stories lie behind this door waiting to be told. England July 2025</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>"But Jesus would often go to some place where he could be alone and pray." Luke 5:16 Contemporary English Translation (photo from Collinsville, OK May 8, 2025)</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Good Morning! Old Town St. Peters, MO</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Time in California with my daughter before our Retreat</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Sunset on the ocean... California</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Reflection....</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>An autumn walk in Faust 2025</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Reflections of a rainy day. My bird bath at Home Sweet Home</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Spring branches burst with these delicate white flowers. March 23, 2026</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>This is one of my favorite memories. Check out my post titled, A Visit With The Guard</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Concordia or Hobbits? ‍♀️ July 2023</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>winter wonderland outside our deck door. February 16, 2024</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>This is one of my favorite photos taken near Stonehenge.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The Lord's mercies are new every morning (Faust Park 2020)</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain) owned these books and glasses! Hannibal, MO</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>I passed this old General Store in Dutzow on the way to take photos at the riverfront in Washington, MO. I turned my car around and came back because it caught my eye. I was totally surprised as this hay truck came from behind and passed in front right as I snapped the photo. I guess, sometimes, the best things happen while we are on the way to where we are going. I'm glad I stopped to notice. (ps, I did take a few photos at Washington but, this was my favorite.) May 31, 2025</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Saint Paul Cathedral in London July 2025</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>FLOURISH, verb intransitive flur'ish. [Latin floresco, from floreo. The primary sense is to open, expand, enlarge, or to shoot out, as in glory, Latin ploro.] from Websters 1828 Dictionary</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>a Bear and a Bunny</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>An Autumn Day in Weldon Spring</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Take a wild guess where I captured this moment.  What emotions or memories get stirred as you recall listening to bagpipes?</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>a quiet walk to the beach</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>My Jack ❤️</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>One tiny portion of an English door near Buckingham Palace.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>An outdoor pulpit on a Fall day stirred distant memories of forgotten dreams now lying at my feet Behold the Dream Giver ✝︎ Behold New Life ❀ Autumn Retreat 2022</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>A heart remains where a branch was broken ♡</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Misty morning prayer time before ladies arrived for our Autumn Retreat 2024.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Spring 2019 Concordia Seminary in St Louis, MO at a seminar with my fellow chaplains</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>A Chapel in a Scottish Castle. There were so many castles. I have lost track. I'll get back when I figure it out. :)</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Our Rosie!</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>This moment is thought provoking... Collinsville, OK May 8, 2025</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Todd Hall Retreat Center in Columbia, IL</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Memories in dried flowers and wicker baskets</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Adorned with praise Soul Shepherding Retreat</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>On the Lewis and Clark Trail 2022</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>My first business card for Hope Conversations, LLC * I am so grateful to God Who helped me step out in faith.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>October 2024. I left earlier than normal for work and was surprised by the morning's hello. Let's just say I was Not early for work as planned. I stayed here and drank in the moment. Sometimes... work needs to be work. This day... the moment needed to be the moment.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>I wish I could remember which cathedral this was in. The colors are amazing</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>I am unashamedly a thrift store shopper. Scotland!</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>A rainy Spring day at Concordia Seminary St. Louis, MO 2019 a seminar with our CPE Chaplains</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The bird sang for me  Weldon Spring</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Faith &amp; Writing Workshop ✝︎ Concordia Seminary St. Louis, MO</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Dried flowers ♡</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The Royal Mile, of course</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Weldon Spring, MO</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Photography</image:title>
      <image:caption>"If you want to change the world, pick up your pen and write." Martin Luther + Faith and Writing Workshop 2023</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>San Clemente March 2023</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>From my desk to yours</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Photography</image:title>
      <image:caption>Selah Retreat Center in Arcadia, MO. This is the entrance to the first Women's Retreat that I had the honor of hosting. We had 20 ladies from 12 Christ centered churches. I am so deeply grateful.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Stonehenge! How did that happen???</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Ah! Faust Park in Chesterfield, MO. This would have been easy to pass by had I not been looking for beauty</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>A simple Scottish window</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Photography</image:title>
      <image:caption>a view while sailing underneath the London Bridge</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Well... that's an interesting wall</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Lewis and Clark Trail with Jack</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Photography</image:title>
      <image:caption>somewhere in Scotland</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Photography</image:title>
      <image:caption>I love small towns. Columbia, IL - Can you smell the laundromat and taste the Dr. P?</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>This happy guy oversees the courtyard of the Crown Jewels</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Photography</image:title>
      <image:caption>I love this memory of a quiet walk on a Chaplain retreat. This was the season when I discovered the joy of capturing moments through photography. In case you're wondering, Yes! I did swing on the swing with hair flying in autumn's air. I'll stop lest I swing into full-blown sappy poetry.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Rising Dawn &amp; Setting Moon (San Clemente)</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>What was life like for those who worked in this old barn located at Faust Park... I gazed through this window and imagined</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>St. Charles, MO</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Faust Park in Chesterfield, MO during Covid. The flowers obviously did not know the park was closed</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Forest Park, November 2023</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Guardian of the NestBluebirds returned to nest more babies! Guardian perches nearby ready to swoop anyone who approaches. Don't even mess with Mama!</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Weldon Spring</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Mercy Retreat Center in St, Louis, MO. It is yet another retreat with my CPE Chaplain group. It snowed the next day!</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Waze led me down a wrong gravel road. It sure was pretty though</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Freshly cut roses on my freshly painted fireplace mantle.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Photography</image:title>
      <image:caption>beautiful... this reminds me of a peacock spreading her feathers</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Ladies Day Out at Long Row Lavender May 1, 2025</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Wow! Just Wow! An English Cathedral</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Saint Paul's Cathedral in London July 2025</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Good morning ☀️</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Memory in Malibu</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Outside Daniel Boone's House in Defiance, MO</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Anne of Green Gables vibe at Faust Park Nov 2025</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>A rainy day in England while in line to visit St. Paul's Cathedral.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Photography</image:title>
      <image:caption>My first thought was, Wow. My next thought? That's a Lot of lights</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Check out this lovely wall outside Shakesphere's birthplace. Absolutely beautiful.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Outside a Scottish church</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>My daughter and I went to the St. Louis Zoo on a bitter cold day. It turns out that it was too freezing for the animals. They were either hibernating or resting indoors. We did, however, see this most interesting wall</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Call me nerdy or whatever, but I love early morning fog</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Near Stonehenge. I'm not sure what this structure is, but I love the quietness.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>At His Feet Women's Retreat, 2023</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Joy! St. Charles, Missouri</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Remnants of Sunrise; An early morning view of Prayer Mountain in the Ozarks.</image:caption>
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