<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>https://ecency.com</link><image><url>https://ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>https://ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2026 16:08:47 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://ecency.com/@steven-patrick/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[A few flowers from Vermont]]></title><description><![CDATA[I stopped to take a few flower pictures on my morning walk. The first is this lovely Hibiscus. I love the red bleeding out into the white. The color varies a bit from bloom to bloom this one is more white.]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@steven-patrick/a-few-flowers-from-vermont</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@steven-patrick/a-few-flowers-from-vermont</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-194913]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[steven-patrick]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2026 10:39:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/PB8ro82ZpZP31VVaPTn6pYcK3aHihgs7qtyyNVwTi2Zp5fdQ2M9g1QH8whds6GRJpp2q6gSXTXGMpD8KLYcSTsRzGTnMLbDEosFCqhpy1cRtz6XG?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[New flower beds]]></title><description><![CDATA[We have a bed in the front of our house that we want to redo but it has some flowers growing in it now we don't want to lose. I decided to make some new beds and transplant out the current flowers. 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