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in our condo complex</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://jinnyoccasionalpoems.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/p202003marchtulips1.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>p202003marchtulips1</image:title><image:caption>more tulips, oblivious to human worries</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-03-22T13:10:41+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://jinnyoccasionalpoems.com/2018/09/22/the-rich-man-and-lazarus-revisited/</loc><lastmod>2020-02-13T22:32:44+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://jinnyoccasionalpoems.com/2020/02/11/gardeners-song-2/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://jinnyoccasionalpoems.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/p20180228welcomegardennancy.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>p20180228welcomegardennancy</image:title><image:caption>"Welcome garden" with Nancy's sign soon after planting in 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