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		<title>Links repaired</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2013 05:38:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Eha kindly pointed out that not all of the links in yesterday&#8217;s post (Rosie&#8217;s new blog) were working.  So I&#8217;ve sorted that out. I have also put a RSS feed to the Life with a Neurotic Cat blog on the right hand side of Notes from Africa, just under the copyright notice (see image below). [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=notesfromafrica.wordpress.com&#038;blog=14418833&#038;post=7460&#038;subd=notesfromafrica&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Follow me</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Nov 2012 04:45:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So I have finally created a Facebook page for Notes from Africa. I&#8217;m not really a &#8220;Facebook person&#8221; in my private life. I am not that interesting that I want to keep posting updates of my daily life. And I&#8217;m rather private and reclusive when it comes to sharing information about the &#8220;real me&#8221; on [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=notesfromafrica.wordpress.com&#038;blog=14418833&#038;post=6686&#038;subd=notesfromafrica&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Notes from the dark side</title>
		<link>http://notesfromafrica.wordpress.com/2012/10/09/notes-from-the-dark-side/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Oct 2012 05:48:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lisa@notesfromafrica</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It has again been weeks since I last posted &#8211; and a year of very erratic posting on this blog. I just wanted to check in with regular readers and let you all know I&#8217;m still here. This year has been a very tough one for me health-wise, so it has been really difficult to [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=notesfromafrica.wordpress.com&#038;blog=14418833&#038;post=6592&#038;subd=notesfromafrica&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Update: The Mystery &#8220;anti-mole&#8221; plant</title>
		<link>http://notesfromafrica.wordpress.com/2012/08/29/update-the-mystery-anti-mole-plant/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Aug 2012 14:35:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is an update to my Mystery plant . . . and this is supposed to keep the moles away?! post. Lorraine from the Kumbula Indigenous Nursery has identified the plant. She wrote: This plant is called Bryophyllum proliferum or &#8220;Green Mother of Millions&#8221;. It comes from Madagascar and is highly invasive in South Africa. It [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=notesfromafrica.wordpress.com&#038;blog=14418833&#038;post=6547&#038;subd=notesfromafrica&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A reply from Hannah</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jun 2012 06:54:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For those of you not subscribed to the post comments, here is a reply from Hannah (to the last post) which you may want to read: Oh the responses so far are wonderful! Lisa you have a really great clan of followers – I can’t believe how many people have read the blog already. Yes [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=notesfromafrica.wordpress.com&#038;blog=14418833&#038;post=6421&#038;subd=notesfromafrica&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Mystery plant a mystery no more</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Dec 2011 07:22:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thank you to Bob Rutemoeller and Mary Sue Ittner (from the Pacific Bulb Society) for identifying my mystery plant. The mystery plant has been identified as Phormium tenax or New Zealand Flax. According to Wikipedia Phormium tenax (harakeke in Māori, New Zealand flax) is an evergreen perennial plant native to New Zealand and Norfolk Island [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=notesfromafrica.wordpress.com&#038;blog=14418833&#038;post=5857&#038;subd=notesfromafrica&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Caption This #8 Winner</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 16:22:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lisa@notesfromafrica</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We have a tie for Caption This #8, so the honours go to two people. Barking in the Dark with the caption &#8220;Mick Jagger schmagger&#8220; is a joint winner with Kate Kresse from Believe Anyway for the caption &#8220;Feet don&#8217;t fail me now!!!&#8220;. Congratulations to you both! Also see the previous winners at the Caption [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=notesfromafrica.wordpress.com&#038;blog=14418833&#038;post=5766&#038;subd=notesfromafrica&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Dream survey &#8211; two simple questions for YOU</title>
		<link>http://notesfromafrica.wordpress.com/2011/11/17/dream-survey-two-simple-questions-for-you/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 07:52:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lisa@notesfromafrica</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Several weeks ago, I wrote a post called I am having somebody else&#8217;s dreams. I have started on my &#8220;dream research&#8221; and there are two questions I want to ask you all &#8211; not just those who have vivid dreams. It is a very short and simple survey &#8211; only two questions. I want to [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=notesfromafrica.wordpress.com&#038;blog=14418833&#038;post=5714&#038;subd=notesfromafrica&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Caption This #7 Winner</title>
		<link>http://notesfromafrica.wordpress.com/2011/11/13/caption-this-7-winner/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Nov 2011 07:49:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lisa@notesfromafrica</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We have a winner for Caption This #7 which you, the reader, voted for. To see who won go to Caption This #7. Also see the previous winners at the Caption This Winners Gallery. Filed under: Uncategorized Tagged: notes<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=notesfromafrica.wordpress.com&#038;blog=14418833&#038;post=5681&#038;subd=notesfromafrica&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Caption This #6 Winner</title>
		<link>http://notesfromafrica.wordpress.com/2011/11/06/caption-this-6-winner/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Nov 2011 09:10:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We have a winner for Caption This #6 which you, the reader, voted for. To see who won go to Caption This #6. Also see the previous winners at the Caption This Winners Gallery. [PS: Due to an error on my part, you may have missed the winner of Caption This #5 (click on link [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=notesfromafrica.wordpress.com&#038;blog=14418833&#038;post=5620&#038;subd=notesfromafrica&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t delay another minute . . .</title>
		<link>http://notesfromafrica.wordpress.com/2011/11/02/dont-delay-another-minute/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 05:54:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lisa@notesfromafrica</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have you voted for Caption This #6 yet? If not, don&#8217;t delay another minute! Please go HERE to vote.  It’s easy, and fun – and FREE! Your vote counts. Filed under: Random Tagged: notes, random thoughts<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=notesfromafrica.wordpress.com&#038;blog=14418833&#038;post=5607&#038;subd=notesfromafrica&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Your Vote Counts!</title>
		<link>http://notesfromafrica.wordpress.com/2011/10/27/your-vote-counts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 06:08:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lisa@notesfromafrica</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I know I sound like an election official, but we (me and all the people who took time to think up a caption) do need you to vote. From the number of hits the Caption This series is getting, I know it&#8217;s popular. I just have a little problem &#8211; getting people to vote for [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=notesfromafrica.wordpress.com&#038;blog=14418833&#038;post=5560&#038;subd=notesfromafrica&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Caption This #5</title>
		<link>http://notesfromafrica.wordpress.com/2011/10/24/caption-this-5-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2011 06:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lisa@notesfromafrica</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The winner of Caption This #5, by popular vote, is Laura from Unlikely Explanations with the caption: “Okay, just a little to the left … a little more … there! That’s the itchy spot!”  Congratulations Laura! Also see the previous winners at the Caption This Winners Gallery. The setting: Close to a waterhole in the Kgalagadi [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=notesfromafrica.wordpress.com&#038;blog=14418833&#038;post=5390&#038;subd=notesfromafrica&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>We have a winner!</title>
		<link>http://notesfromafrica.wordpress.com/2011/10/22/we-have-a-winner/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Oct 2011 06:09:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lisa@notesfromafrica</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We have a winner for Caption This #4 which you, the reader, voted for. To see who won go to Caption This #4. Also see the previous winners at the Caption This Winners Gallery. Filed under: Uncategorized Tagged: notes<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=notesfromafrica.wordpress.com&#038;blog=14418833&#038;post=5402&#038;subd=notesfromafrica&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Only 3 days to go . . .</title>
		<link>http://notesfromafrica.wordpress.com/2011/10/19/only-3-days-to-go/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2011 11:26:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lisa@notesfromafrica</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have you voted for Caption This #4 yet? If not please go here. It’s easy, and fun – and FREE! Only 3 days to go until voting closes. Voting so far has been slower than I&#8217;d have liked. This is your opportunity to have a say in who wins &#8211; your vote counts! Filed under: [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=notesfromafrica.wordpress.com&#038;blog=14418833&#038;post=5367&#038;subd=notesfromafrica&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Caption This #4</title>
		<link>http://notesfromafrica.wordpress.com/2011/10/15/caption-this-4-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Oct 2011 03:30:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lisa@notesfromafrica</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The winner of Caption This #4, by popular vote, is Reggie from Grains of Sand with the caption: “And from these humble beginnings, Albert the Adventurous Weaver Bird launched his career as a high-wire trapeze artist in a travelling circus …”  Congratulations Reggie! This being the first time for a poll on Notes from Africa, [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=notesfromafrica.wordpress.com&#038;blog=14418833&#038;post=5284&#038;subd=notesfromafrica&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Changing the Rules</title>
		<link>http://notesfromafrica.wordpress.com/2011/10/10/changing-the-rules/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Oct 2011 11:08:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lisa@notesfromafrica</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week on Caption This has been very quiet in terms of captions entered &#8211; except for Clouded Marbles who seems to be particularly inspired. A comment from Kathryn McCullough about allowing readers to choose their favourite caption, was something that appealed to me. I find it very difficult to choose a winner. So I&#8217;m [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=notesfromafrica.wordpress.com&#038;blog=14418833&#038;post=5235&#038;subd=notesfromafrica&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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