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sunset</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://smallstonebuddha.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/set-3-01-soaring.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>soaring</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://smallstonebuddha.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/set-2-05-a-small-world.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>a small world</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://smallstonebuddha.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/set-2-04-refreshment-after-long-drought.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>refreshment after long drought</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-08-30T17:55:08+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://smallstonebuddha.com/2014/10/06/lessons-learned-on-the-cambria-boardwalk/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://smallstonebuddha.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/cambria-112-of-338.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>enjoying a warm 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sea</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://smallstonebuddha.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/cambria-12-of-338.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>guinness had plans for this little guy, which we thwarted</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://smallstonebuddha.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/cambria-222-of-338.jpg</image:loc><image:title>cambria-222-of-338</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2023-08-29T23:13:45+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://smallstonebuddha.com/2014/09/15/thunderbird/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://smallstonebuddha.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/critters-4-of-10.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>stay away from my squirrel</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://smallstonebuddha.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/critters-2-of-10.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>dragged a squirrel from the street to the driveway.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://smallstonebuddha.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/critters-5-of-10.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>watching the vulture for his chance, but he never got one</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://smallstonebuddha.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/critters-3-of-10.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>yep, they have red heads, but that's a different kind of red entirely</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://smallstonebuddha.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/critters-1-of-10.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>thrice disturbed by dog walking and my camera, and getting peevish</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://smallstonebuddha.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/vulture-1-of-1.jpg</image:loc></image:image><lastmod>2023-08-29T23:02:51+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://smallstonebuddha.com/2014/08/14/the-wild-things/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://smallstonebuddha.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/warbler2.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>hanging out near dad?</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://smallstonebuddha.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/warbler.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Wilson's warbler</image:title><image:caption>not a fan of sitting still</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://smallstonebuddha.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/woodpecker-1.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>hanging out, near the top of a telephone pole</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://smallstonebuddha.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/hummingbird.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>drinking hummingbird - about 20 feet up in our purple robe.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://smallstonebuddha.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/squirrel.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>I was looking for vultures, found this little guy instead.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-08-29T22:48:38+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://smallstonebuddha.com/2014/06/23/macro-san-miguel/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://smallstonebuddha.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/san-miguel-132-of-143.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>water in the desert</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://smallstonebuddha.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/san-miguel-12-of-143.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>manmade camouflage</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://smallstonebuddha.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/san-miguel-106-of-143.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>wagon wheel</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://smallstonebuddha.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/san-miguel-90-of-143.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>cemetery gate</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://smallstonebuddha.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/san-miguel-37-of-143.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>worlds within worlds</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://smallstonebuddha.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/san-miguel-32-of-143.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>fungal penthouse</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-08-29T22:32:48+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://smallstonebuddha.com/2014/06/03/subject-and-object/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://smallstonebuddha.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/del-valle-59-of-66.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>beetle romance</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://smallstonebuddha.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/del-valle-54-of-66.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>vegan spider</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://smallstonebuddha.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/del-valle-33-of-66.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>stained glass butterfly</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://smallstonebuddha.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/del-valle-51-of-66.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>shaggy dog pine</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://smallstonebuddha.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/del-valle-21-of-66.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>cool pines on hot day</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://smallstonebuddha.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/del-valle-3-of-66.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>bright flower</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://smallstonebuddha.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/del-valle-15-of-66.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>come hither look</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-08-29T22:24:21+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://smallstonebuddha.com/2014/03/27/faces-of-monterey/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://smallstonebuddha.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/2014-03-monterey-6-of-15.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>golden hour</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://smallstonebuddha.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/2014-03-monterey-5-of-15.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>am not a rat with wings!</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://smallstonebuddha.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/2014-03-monterey-4-of-15.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>decaying Monterey</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://smallstonebuddha.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/2014-03-monterey-3-of-15.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>conflicted Monterey</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://smallstonebuddha.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/2014-03-monterey-2-of-15.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>antique Monterey</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://smallstonebuddha.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/2014-03-monterey-1-of-15.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Swanky Monterey</image:title><image:caption>Swanky Monterey</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-08-29T22:11:10+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://smallstonebuddha.com/2014/05/17/lessons-learned-at-the-aquarium/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://smallstonebuddha.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/2014-03-monterey-15-of-15.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>drifting in the dark</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://smallstonebuddha.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/2014-03-monterey-14-of-15.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>and then Murray said to Joe...</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://smallstonebuddha.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/2014-03-monterey-13-of-15.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>drifting in the light</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://smallstonebuddha.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/2014-03-monterey-12-of-15.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>knitted anemone?</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://smallstonebuddha.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/2014-03-monterey-10-of-15.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>hard to stand out in a crowd</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://smallstonebuddha.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/2014-03-monterey-9-of-15.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>what are *you* looking at?</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://smallstonebuddha.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/2014-03-monterey-8-of-15.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>and then Joe said to Murray...</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://smallstonebuddha.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/2014-03-monterey-7-of-15.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>wassup?</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://smallstonebuddha.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/2014-03-monterey-11-of-15.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>easy to stand out in a crowd</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-08-29T22:02:42+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://smallstonebuddha.com/2014/03/10/birds-water-and-lazy-weekends/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://smallstonebuddha.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/woodpecker.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>because you can never have too many acorns</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://smallstonebuddha.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/geese.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>there's always one who can't sit quietly</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://smallstonebuddha.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/duck.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>showing off for the offscreen ladies</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://smallstonebuddha.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/lbj.jpg</image:loc><image:title>lbj</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2023-08-28T23:26:03+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://smallstonebuddha.com/2014/01/21/being-candid/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://smallstonebuddha.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/kids4.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>a quiet moment</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://smallstonebuddha.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/kids3.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>and playing a little more...</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://smallstonebuddha.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/kids2.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>and playing</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://smallstonebuddha.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/kids1.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>niece and nephews posing</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://smallstonebuddha.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/guinness.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>a little too unquiet for Guinness</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://smallstonebuddha.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/father.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>father-in-law talking about photography with off-camera Skip</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://smallstonebuddha.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/bluebird2.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>back to splashing</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://smallstonebuddha.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/bluebird1.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>bluebird bathing pause</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://smallstonebuddha.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/finch.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>grumpy splashed finch</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-08-28T23:20:39+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://smallstonebuddha.com/2014/01/06/eighty-six-christmases/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://smallstonebuddha.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/03-lakewood-christmas.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>Jeanne and Don posing in the Lakewood, California back yard after opening presents, 1980s</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://smallstonebuddha.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/02-prayer.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>praying with the three wise men, early 1960s in Ellington, Connecticut</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://smallstonebuddha.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/01-dating.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>the Christmas before Jeanne and Don married, 1950 in Reading, Pennsylvania</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://smallstonebuddha.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/christmas.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>Jeanne's first Christmas without Don, 2013</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-08-28T23:00:45+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://smallstonebuddha.com/2013/11/26/new-camoldoli-hermitage/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://smallstonebuddha.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/06-road.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>sunset, road behind hermitage</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://smallstonebuddha.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/04-hillside.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>fog after lauds</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://smallstonebuddha.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/03-graveyard.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>monks' graveyard</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://smallstonebuddha.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/02-corner.jpg</image:loc><image:title>02-corner</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2023-08-28T22:45:58+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://smallstonebuddha.com/2013/07/25/atascadero-lake/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://smallstonebuddha.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/feather-1.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>feather decides to strike out on its own</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://smallstonebuddha.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/berries-1.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>experimenting with depth of field</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://smallstonebuddha.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/bee-1.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>my first bee photo</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://smallstonebuddha.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/kayaks.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>orange boats on green lake</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-08-28T22:37:56+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://smallstonebuddha.com/2017/07/20/a-day-for-eating-the-poisonous-mushrooms/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://smallstonebuddha.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/mushroom.jpg</image:loc><image:title>mushroom</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2023-08-28T22:26:22+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://smallstonebuddha.com/2013/07/25/azar-at-the-fair/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://smallstonebuddha.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/azar-at-the-fair.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Azar at the Fair</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2023-08-28T22:22:01+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://smallstonebuddha.com/2012/08/19/zosima-panopolis/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://smallstonebuddha.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/the-color-red.jpg</image:loc><image:title>red is for...</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2023-08-28T22:02:13+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://smallstonebuddha.com/2012/05/09/woods-woman-part-ii/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://smallstonebuddha.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/stellers-jay-big-sur-70-20120504.jpg</image:loc><image:title>watch bird</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2023-08-28T20:10:42+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://smallstonebuddha.com/2012/04/21/woods-woman-part-i/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://smallstonebuddha.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/chopping-wood.jpg</image:loc><image:title>chop wood carry water</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2023-08-28T20:01:00+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://smallstonebuddha.com/2011/12/23/reflections-part-iii/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://smallstonebuddha.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/reflections31.jpg</image:loc><image:title>deadfall in the lake</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2023-08-28T18:38:52+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://smallstonebuddha.com/2011/10/21/wild-hunt-part-iii/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://smallstonebuddha.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/guinness-and-terriers.jpg</image:loc><image:title>the hunt is coming</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2023-08-28T18:19:11+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://smallstonebuddha.com/2011/09/24/epistemological-exercise/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://smallstonebuddha.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/scientific-method2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>crabs on the beach</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2023-08-28T18:12:55+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://smallstonebuddha.com/2011/09/19/reflections-part-ii/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://smallstonebuddha.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/reflections2a1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>what is that in the background?</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2023-08-25T22:08:37+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://smallstonebuddha.com/2011/08/21/wild-hunt-part-ii/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://smallstonebuddha.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/harley-desat.jpg</image:loc><image:title>the old black dog</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2023-08-25T21:56:31+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://smallstonebuddha.com/2011/08/17/reflections-part-i/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://smallstonebuddha.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/reflections1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>echoes of life in the water</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2023-08-25T20:12:33+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://smallstonebuddha.com/2011/08/16/the-old-west-brick-road/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://smallstonebuddha.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/brick-road.jpg</image:loc><image:title>the old west brick road</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2023-08-25T19:56:55+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://smallstonebuddha.com/2011/08/03/wild-hunt-part-i/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://smallstonebuddha.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/jedi_nick2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>nick-san</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2023-08-25T19:53:39+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://smallstonebuddha.com/2019/07/01/the-state-of-the-state/</loc><lastmod>2023-08-25T19:37:12+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://smallstonebuddha.com/2011/07/15/happier-times/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://smallstonebuddha.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/happier-times1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>anton and cletus in happier times</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2023-08-25T19:35:03+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://smallstonebuddha.com/2011/07/24/drone/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://smallstonebuddha.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/bee1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>a lost soul</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2023-08-25T19:33:02+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://smallstonebuddha.com/about-2/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://smallstonebuddha.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/about-image.jpg</image:loc><image:title>about-image</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2023-08-23T21:39:18+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://smallstonebuddha.com/2014/04/12/spring/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://smallstonebuddha.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/28ec3-bell-scaled-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>bell</image:title><image:caption>Winter is hard on more than just flowers</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://smallstonebuddha.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/6bd3f-azalea1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>azalea1</image:title><image:caption>our first try at azaleas</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://smallstonebuddha.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/c7972-face.jpg</image:loc><image:title>spring - face</image:title><image:caption>The face in the garden</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-08-23T20:02:44+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://smallstonebuddha.com</loc><changefreq>daily</changefreq><priority>1.0</priority><lastmod>2023-09-07T21:12:53+00:00</lastmod></url></urlset>
