<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686431431756062986.post5467016057285694582..comments</id><updated>2012-02-02T22:39:09.519-05:00</updated><category term='nostalgia'/><category term='Poetic Asides'/><category term='The Sunday Whirl'/><category term='Thursday Think Tank'/><category term='tribute'/><category term='art'/><category term='Marc Chagall'/><category term='Poetry Form - The Tritina'/><category term='Reverie One'/><category term='Happy Hour'/><category term='writing prompt'/><category term='mother-in-law'/><category term='prompt #85'/><category term='My Room'/><category term='dragon'/><category term='favorite writer'/><category term='6WS'/><category term='cruelty'/><category term='Jesus'/><category term='dream catcher'/><category term='kids'/><category term='contest'/><category term='parenthood'/><category term='sonnet'/><category term='quatern'/><category term='The Perfect Poets Award'/><category term='carpe diem'/><category term='etheree'/><category term='cento'/><category term='Christmas'/><category term='Thursday Poets Rally'/><category term='hay(na)ku'/><category term='dizain'/><category term='labor of love'/><category term='Wordgathering'/><category term='Almost Anything'/><category term='movie'/><category term='John Lennon'/><category term='haiku'/><category term='photo'/><category term='short story'/><category term='craft'/><category term='Flashy Fiction'/><category term='color'/><category term='Ivan Shishkin'/><category term='Amateur Art'/><category term='Russia'/><category term='Naming Constellations'/><category term='Children&apos;s Liturgy of the Word'/><category term='Hopper'/><category term='niche'/><category term='place'/><category term='blogging'/><category term='love'/><category term='limerick'/><category term='painting'/><category term='adopt a dog'/><category term='congregate'/><category term='Shishkin Ivan'/><category term='Poetic Perils'/><category term='We Write Poems'/><category term='poem'/><category term='The Purple Treehouse'/><category term='Yu. Norshteyn'/><category term='Post Your Poems Day #88'/><category term='Carry on Tuesday'/><category term='prose'/><category term='chorus'/><category term='marriage'/><category term='Russian Roots'/><category term='Funny Bunny Fridays Week 6'/><category term='Reverie Two'/><category term='Poets Rally 59'/><category term='wordle'/><category term='animation'/><category term='goodbye'/><category term='New Year&apos;s Eve'/><category term='Anne Tyler'/><category term='Post Your Poems Day'/><category term='prompt #89'/><category term='Tuesday Tryouts'/><category term='acrostic'/><category term='Francis Pharcellus  Church'/><category term='Phoenix'/><category term='Six Word Saturday'/><category term='children'/><category term='photo prompt'/><category term='seize the day'/><category term='visual prompt'/><category term='Poets United'/><category term='music'/><category term='Reverie Four'/><category term='Poetry Picnic Week 21'/><category term='life changing event'/><category term='In-Form Poet'/><category term='Poetic Bloomings'/><category term='new parent'/><category term='&apos;Hedgehog in the Fog&apos;'/><category term='Praha'/><category term='Post Your Poems Day #90'/><category term='prompt #38'/><category term='Post Your Poems Day #91'/><title type='text'>Comments on The Happy Amateur: 'Pine Grove'</title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.thehappyamateur.com/feeds/5467016057285694582/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5686431431756062986/5467016057285694582/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.thehappyamateur.com/2012/01/pine-grove.html'/><author><name>The Happy Amateur</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11930602874359925520</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='25' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-pU02exbEDuw/TtadBGAuINI/AAAAAAAAACk/e0ykLIGsLBM/s220/Sunrise%2Bon%2Bthe%2Bwater.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>10</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686431431756062986.post-6778957170291653382</id><published>2012-02-02T22:39:09.519-05:00</published><updated>2012-02-02T22:39:09.519-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Thank you, Janet.  I would just love to step insid...</title><content type='html'>Thank you, Janet.  I would just love to step inside that forest now...</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5686431431756062986/5467016057285694582/comments/default/6778957170291653382'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5686431431756062986/5467016057285694582/comments/default/6778957170291653382'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.thehappyamateur.com/2012/01/pine-grove.html?showComment=1328240349519#c6778957170291653382' title=''/><link rel='related' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5686431431756062986/5467016057285694582/comments/default/8165129200943874104'/><author><name>The Happy Amateur</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11930602874359925520</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='01508289673510279006'/><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='25' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-pU02exbEDuw/TtadBGAuINI/AAAAAAAAACk/e0ykLIGsLBM/s220/Sunrise%2Bon%2Bthe%2Bwater.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.thehappyamateur.com/2012/01/pine-grove.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686431431756062986.post-5467016057285694582' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5686431431756062986/posts/default/5467016057285694582' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-974443247'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686431431756062986.post-8165129200943874104</id><published>2012-02-02T22:26:09.033-05:00</published><updated>2012-02-02T22:26:09.033-05:00</updated><title type='text'>This is marvelous!oh so rich with great lines...&amp;#...</title><content type='html'>This is marvelous!oh so rich with great lines...&amp;#39;sheer realism&amp;#39; for sure...I want to walk into that painting and be swallowed up in the shadows for a little while!</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5686431431756062986/5467016057285694582/comments/default/8165129200943874104'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5686431431756062986/5467016057285694582/comments/default/8165129200943874104'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.thehappyamateur.com/2012/01/pine-grove.html?showComment=1328239569033#c8165129200943874104' title=''/><author><name>Janet</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10126248666972072628</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='00674672739833774670'/><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eD8TdfYFh6Y/TyFgECwQ8dI/AAAAAAAAGNU/5n9BTUAFblk/s220/me.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.thehappyamateur.com/2012/01/pine-grove.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686431431756062986.post-5467016057285694582' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5686431431756062986/posts/default/5467016057285694582' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1358381258'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686431431756062986.post-1396096022550592275</id><published>2012-02-02T14:28:34.931-05:00</published><updated>2012-02-02T14:28:34.931-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Thank you, Pamela! I did feel that the painting an...</title><content type='html'>Thank you, Pamela! I did feel that the painting and I &amp;#39;clicked&amp;#39; this time.  :-)</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5686431431756062986/5467016057285694582/comments/default/1396096022550592275'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5686431431756062986/5467016057285694582/comments/default/1396096022550592275'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.thehappyamateur.com/2012/01/pine-grove.html?showComment=1328210914931#c1396096022550592275' title=''/><link rel='related' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5686431431756062986/5467016057285694582/comments/default/3719687402371993610'/><author><name>The Happy Amateur</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11930602874359925520</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='01508289673510279006'/><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='25' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-pU02exbEDuw/TtadBGAuINI/AAAAAAAAACk/e0ykLIGsLBM/s220/Sunrise%2Bon%2Bthe%2Bwater.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.thehappyamateur.com/2012/01/pine-grove.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686431431756062986.post-5467016057285694582' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5686431431756062986/posts/default/5467016057285694582' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-974443247'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686431431756062986.post-3719687402371993610</id><published>2012-02-02T14:15:40.580-05:00</published><updated>2012-02-02T14:15:40.580-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Sasha, I love the fourth stanza. Very nicely done ...</title><content type='html'>Sasha, I love the fourth stanza. Very nicely done piece.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pamela</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5686431431756062986/5467016057285694582/comments/default/3719687402371993610'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5686431431756062986/5467016057285694582/comments/default/3719687402371993610'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.thehappyamateur.com/2012/01/pine-grove.html?showComment=1328210140580#c3719687402371993610' title=''/><author><name>flaubert</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18424439866515694972</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9O-jQCHYxL0/TW7sA76RsrI/AAAAAAAAAbQ/24CazT8f9RM/s220/me%2Band%2Bbelem.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.thehappyamateur.com/2012/01/pine-grove.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686431431756062986.post-5467016057285694582' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5686431431756062986/posts/default/5467016057285694582' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1080087074'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686431431756062986.post-2607836849862746443</id><published>2012-02-01T18:23:24.806-05:00</published><updated>2012-02-01T18:23:24.806-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Thank you for visiting!  Now I&amp;#39;m off to read y...</title><content type='html'>Thank you for visiting!  Now I&amp;#39;m off to read yours, so curious about the &amp;#39;sea kelp&amp;#39;!</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5686431431756062986/5467016057285694582/comments/default/2607836849862746443'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5686431431756062986/5467016057285694582/comments/default/2607836849862746443'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.thehappyamateur.com/2012/01/pine-grove.html?showComment=1328138604806#c2607836849862746443' title=''/><author><name>The Happy Amateur</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11930602874359925520</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='01508289673510279006'/><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='25' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-pU02exbEDuw/TtadBGAuINI/AAAAAAAAACk/e0ykLIGsLBM/s220/Sunrise%2Bon%2Bthe%2Bwater.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.thehappyamateur.com/2012/01/pine-grove.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686431431756062986.post-5467016057285694582' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5686431431756062986/posts/default/5467016057285694582' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-974443247'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686431431756062986.post-4401398030779145121</id><published>2012-02-01T18:14:25.898-05:00</published><updated>2012-02-01T18:14:25.898-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Your trees were masts...mine sea kelp! Word play i...</title><content type='html'>Your trees were masts...mine sea kelp! Word play is soooo much fun.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5686431431756062986/5467016057285694582/comments/default/4401398030779145121'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5686431431756062986/5467016057285694582/comments/default/4401398030779145121'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.thehappyamateur.com/2012/01/pine-grove.html?showComment=1328138065898#c4401398030779145121' title=''/><author><name>Jules</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00571987715911379165</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='04741422846497137049'/><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eT60_3Zpo24/TxG-Jg9jNcI/AAAAAAAAAAU/9_UkUSFztjc/s220/Origami%2BCrane.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.thehappyamateur.com/2012/01/pine-grove.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686431431756062986.post-5467016057285694582' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5686431431756062986/posts/default/5467016057285694582' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1576881050'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686431431756062986.post-2702095905087729665</id><published>2012-02-01T11:45:24.408-05:00</published><updated>2012-02-01T11:45:24.408-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Thank you, Margo! I kind of like it, too :-)
I&amp;#39...</title><content type='html'>Thank you, Margo! I kind of like it, too :-)&lt;br /&gt;I&amp;#39;m so glad the blogger &amp;#39;allowed&amp;#39; you to leave a comment, nice to see you here!</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5686431431756062986/5467016057285694582/comments/default/2702095905087729665'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5686431431756062986/5467016057285694582/comments/default/2702095905087729665'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.thehappyamateur.com/2012/01/pine-grove.html?showComment=1328114724408#c2702095905087729665' title=''/><link rel='related' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5686431431756062986/5467016057285694582/comments/default/2265228299143537704'/><author><name>The Happy Amateur</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11930602874359925520</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='01508289673510279006'/><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='25' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-pU02exbEDuw/TtadBGAuINI/AAAAAAAAACk/e0ykLIGsLBM/s220/Sunrise%2Bon%2Bthe%2Bwater.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.thehappyamateur.com/2012/01/pine-grove.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686431431756062986.post-5467016057285694582' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5686431431756062986/posts/default/5467016057285694582' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-974443247'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686431431756062986.post-2265228299143537704</id><published>2012-02-01T11:14:19.800-05:00</published><updated>2012-02-01T11:14:19.800-05:00</updated><title type='text'>YES! It worked, didn&amp;#39;t it? I love it.</title><content type='html'>YES! It worked, didn&amp;#39;t it? I love it.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5686431431756062986/5467016057285694582/comments/default/2265228299143537704'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5686431431756062986/5467016057285694582/comments/default/2265228299143537704'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.thehappyamateur.com/2012/01/pine-grove.html?showComment=1328112859800#c2265228299143537704' title=''/><author><name>margo</name><uri>http://margoroby.wordpress.com</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.thehappyamateur.com/2012/01/pine-grove.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686431431756062986.post-5467016057285694582' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5686431431756062986/posts/default/5467016057285694582' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1578388785'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686431431756062986.post-6831133367567130512</id><published>2012-01-31T21:35:01.349-05:00</published><updated>2012-01-31T21:35:01.349-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Thank you very much, so nice to see you here again...</title><content type='html'>Thank you very much, so nice to see you here again! :-)</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5686431431756062986/5467016057285694582/comments/default/6831133367567130512'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5686431431756062986/5467016057285694582/comments/default/6831133367567130512'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.thehappyamateur.com/2012/01/pine-grove.html?showComment=1328063701349#c6831133367567130512' title=''/><link rel='related' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5686431431756062986/5467016057285694582/comments/default/2719151685389755786'/><author><name>The Happy Amateur</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11930602874359925520</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='01508289673510279006'/><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='25' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-pU02exbEDuw/TtadBGAuINI/AAAAAAAAACk/e0ykLIGsLBM/s220/Sunrise%2Bon%2Bthe%2Bwater.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.thehappyamateur.com/2012/01/pine-grove.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686431431756062986.post-5467016057285694582' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5686431431756062986/posts/default/5467016057285694582' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-974443247'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686431431756062986.post-2719151685389755786</id><published>2012-01-31T21:07:24.704-05:00</published><updated>2012-01-31T21:07:24.704-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Love the thought of &amp;quot;pines as masts.&amp;quot; Be...</title><content type='html'>Love the thought of &amp;quot;pines as masts.&amp;quot; Beautiful.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5686431431756062986/5467016057285694582/comments/default/2719151685389755786'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5686431431756062986/5467016057285694582/comments/default/2719151685389755786'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.thehappyamateur.com/2012/01/pine-grove.html?showComment=1328062044704#c2719151685389755786' title=''/><author><name>De</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04798544585779003567</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='22' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wo1xEUrZ--g/TwC4Ckq8OsI/AAAAAAAABes/QO9PGGw6ako/s220/Profile%2BPic.png'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.thehappyamateur.com/2012/01/pine-grove.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686431431756062986.post-5467016057285694582' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5686431431756062986/posts/default/5467016057285694582' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1036263305'/></entry></feed>
