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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Apr 2011 11:51:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="https://jason.bennee.com/blog/2011/04/first-bluebells/" title="First Bluebells"><img src="https://jason.bennee.com/blog/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/First-Bluebells.jpg" width="800" height="600" alt="First Bluebells" style="float:left;padding:0 10px 10px 0;" ></a>The first Blue Bells have started. This shot was taken 3 days ago in Barnsdale Wood Rultand, England, UK.]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 12:35:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="https://jason.bennee.com/blog/2010/02/blue-bells/" title="Blue Bells"><img src="https://jason.bennee.com/blog/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Blue-Bell.jpg" width="800" height="600" alt="Blue Bells" style="float:left;padding:0 10px 10px 0;" ></a>No signs of spring yet but these blue bells from 2008 were normally the first flowers to appear in our old garden. I applied sharpening to the small focused area and reduced the clarity in the rest of the image. Reducing clarity is a bit like blurring but I think it has a more pleasing [&#8230;]]]></description>
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