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	<title>Nikki’s Nook</title>
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		<title>07.27.07</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A self portrait with my partner, Chris.
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		<title>07.25.07</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Street ball.
This image speaks for itself, which is how most photos should communicate.
Simple, effective and self-explanatory.
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		<link>http://www.nikkifox.net/blog/?p=1585</link>
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		<title>07.24.07</title>
		<description><![CDATA[An essay on local wildflowers.
Woodland Sunflower
Helianthus divaricatus L.

Tiger Lily
Lilium lancifolium

Chicory
Cichorium intybus L.

Daisy Fleabane
Erigeron annuus (L) Pers.

Spotted Touch-Me-Not
Impatiens capensis Meerb
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		<link>http://www.nikkifox.net/blog/?p=1581</link>
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		<title>07.15.07</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Went to the music festival All Good this year. Did not really take many photos, it was just one of those times where I didn&#8217;t want to document, I just wanted to live in the moment. So here is one of the couple of images I actually did take from the weekend: our campsite that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nikkifox.net/blog/?p=1579</link>
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		<title>07.02.07</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Me on my baby: a 1996 Suzuki Intruder.
I love my motorcycle!
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		<link>http://www.nikkifox.net/blog/?p=1577</link>
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		<title>07.01.07</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On top of the world at Maryland Heights in Harpers Ferry, W.Va.
Spent the day rappelling and climbing this 250-foot rock. It&#8217;s always fun to come here and see all the people watching us and gasping while we&#8217;re on rope. 
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		<link>http://www.nikkifox.net/blog/?p=1574</link>
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		<title>06.30.07</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hiking again in the Shenandoah National Park. Ran across this cool-colored salamander.
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		<link>http://www.nikkifox.net/blog/?p=1572</link>
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		<title>06.27.07</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The summer is here.
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		<link>http://www.nikkifox.net/blog/?p=1570</link>
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		<title>06.23.07</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is the very sexy entrance to Goochland Cave in Kentucky. 
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		<link>http://www.nikkifox.net/blog/?p=1568</link>
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		<title>06.22.07</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is one of the entrances (a stream entrance) to Sinks in the Roundstone, my most frequented cave in Kentucky. 

And this is me checking out a passage that pinches out too small for a person to continue. 
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		<link>http://www.nikkifox.net/blog/?p=1564</link>
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		<title>06.16.07</title>
		<description><![CDATA[These geese on the river are so consumed with hiding from these canoers, that my presence is unnoticed. 
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		<link>http://www.nikkifox.net/blog/?p=1562</link>
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		<title>06.13.07</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Poor trees . . . they never had a chance against this tractor trailer truck.
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		<link>http://www.nikkifox.net/blog/?p=1560</link>
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		<title>06.10.07</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is Chris coming out of Odgen&#8217;s Cave&#8230; wide eyes in the c-c-c-cold water!
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		<link>http://www.nikkifox.net/blog/?p=1558</link>
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		<title>06.03.07</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is me rappelling into Farris Pit, a 252-foot pit in central Tennessee. To date this is my biggest pit! We used our new rope we bought at SERA for such things. 
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		<title>06.02.07</title>
		<description><![CDATA[While attending our first SERA Summer Cave Carnival, a caving event in the southeast, we got on a guided trip to the highly protected Wolf River Cave. This is me in the Enchanted Forest, a passage in the cave greatly decorated with formations. 

This is how these stalactites have formed under water. Pretty cool!
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		<link>http://www.nikkifox.net/blog/?p=1553</link>
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		<title>06.01.07</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is how love looks while underground.
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		<link>http://www.nikkifox.net/blog/?p=1551</link>
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		<title>05.20.07</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hiking in Shenandoah today&#8230; this is along the Bearfence Mountain trail.
I enjoy spring and autumn the most from the four seasons. Today the Earth is waking up from her long slumber, the trees are staring to grow again and fertility is everywhere. 
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		<title>05.13.07</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is my favorite photo to date of my boyfriend, Chris.
He&#8217;s pausing at the &#8220;nut cracker&#8221; in Breathing Cave. 
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		<link>http://www.nikkifox.net/blog/?p=1545</link>
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		<title>04.30.07</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A spring lightning storm rolls through the Shenandoah Valley.
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		<link>http://www.nikkifox.net/blog/?p=1542</link>
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		<title>04.19.07</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This alpaca female, named Kahlúa, shows her distain for being shaved during shearing day at Circle K Alpacas farm near Grottoes. The animal&#8217;s fibers, which are naturally hypoallergenic, are harvested once every spring. 
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		<title>04.14.07</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Every spring the community comes out to downtown Harrisonburg to clean up Blacks Run. This year was great, no rain and a big turnout!
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		<link>http://www.nikkifox.net/blog/?p=1538</link>
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		<title>04.10.07</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Seems I must be on a roll with my spots photography as of late. I rather enjoy this lacrosse photo, and I hope you do too.
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		<link>http://www.nikkifox.net/blog/?p=1536</link>
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		<title>04.06.07</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I all the year of shooting baseball, I&#8217;ve never gotten an image of force like this. JMU&#8217;s Kellen Kulbacki is now playing in the minor leagues. 
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		<title>04.02.07</title>
		<description><![CDATA[People gather to celebrate, in traditional Jewish dances, Passover. Passover lasts seven to eight days and it marks the freedom of the Jews from enslavement by the Egyptians.
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		<link>http://www.nikkifox.net/blog/?p=1532</link>
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		<title>03.31.07</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This sexy sink entrance is to West Virginia&#8217;s Caldwell Cave. This vertical cave has several drops and is a very fun cave!

This pretty white stalagmite has tiny rimstone dams on it. So beautiful!
The caver saying of &#8220;vandals don&#8217;t do vertical&#8221; can never ring so true. This pristine formation would not last 10 minutes in a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nikkifox.net/blog/?p=1529</link>
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		<title>03.16.07</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Snow-covered berries does not deter a cedar waxwing to eating lunch. 
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		<title>03.09.07</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Raccoon prints in the snow during a hike in Shenandoah National Park. 
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		<title>03.06.07</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The true love for a pet . . .
A woman embraces her pit bull after the dog was rescued by firefighters from her burning home.
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		<title>02.24.07</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Learning the ropes (pun intended) at vertical practice in the trees of Robin and Lance&#8217;s house. 
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		<title>02.22.07</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A bridge over the South Fork of the Shenandoah River in Virginia.
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		<title>02.17.07</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is my wonderful partner, Chris, in the lower stream passage of Church Mountain Cave.
Notice he&#8217;s wearing the old carbide helmets that coal miners used to wear.

Here are people climbing down the entrance series into the cave. 
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		<link>http://www.nikkifox.net/blog/?p=1514</link>
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		<title>02.15.07</title>
		<description><![CDATA[An ice storm has hit the Shenandoah Valley, making the plain seem beautiful.
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		<title>01.28.07</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is my friend Sharron in a protected Virginia cave. 
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		<link>http://www.nikkifox.net/blog/?p=1509</link>
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		<title>01.14.07</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is a self portrait of me in McClung&#8217;s Cave&#8217;s Glacier Room. Notice the huge stalagmites on the white flowstone-covered floor. 
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		<title>01.04.07</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is me climbing rope at Raven&#8217;s Roost on the Blue Ridge Parkway for the first time.
This 100-footer has awesome views of the valley below!
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		<title>12.25.06</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My nephew, Ehtan, takes a bath before going to bed after a long Christmas day.
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		<title>12.23.06</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Taking my niece, Elise, on her first camping trip in Flordia&#8217;s Osceola National Forest.
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		<title>12.09.06</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I did a photo story on the James Madison&#8217;s wrestling team during it&#8217;s last season.
The program, along with a dozen others, was shut down for Title IX compliance.
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		<link>http://www.nikkifox.net/blog/?p=1494</link>
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		<title>12.06.06</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This pregnant couple tries to decorate their first Christmas tree together.
They had so much fun!
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		<title>12.05.06</title>
		<description><![CDATA[How fun!
A photo illustration for the newspaper of bad Christmas gift giving.
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		<link>http://www.nikkifox.net/blog/?p=1490</link>
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		<title>12.03.06</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A photo of me during my first trip into Marshalls Cave.
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		<link>http://www.nikkifox.net/blog/?p=1488</link>
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		<title>12.02.06</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Kurt climbs above me during our tandem ascent of 250 feet on the rockface called Maryland Heights.

This is Kurt going over the edge. You can see the historic town of Harpers Ferry, W.Va., in the background.
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		<title>11.06.06</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hanging out in the Artful Dodger in Harrisonburg, Va.
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		<title>10.23.06</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Cannot get enough of the fall colors!
This is on the Old Rag Trail in Shenandoah National Park, my favorite 8-mile trail in the park.

And of course a self portrait while hiking on the trails.
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		<title>10.17.06</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A student walks on Bridgewater College campus.
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		<title>10.01.06</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A beautiful view in North Carolina — the top of Linville Gorge&#8217;s Table Rock.
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		<title>09.23.06</title>
		<description><![CDATA[John Harman follows a caver in Alva Blackenship Cave.

Me on rope exiting the cave.
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		<title>09.16.06</title>
		<description><![CDATA[These cute guys are miniature horses. 
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		<title>09.09.06</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Josh and a pet snake.
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		<title>09.02.06</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The group dressed up for the cave during our annual &#8220;Polyester Power Hour.&#8221;
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		<title>08.26.06</title>
		<description><![CDATA[1955 Chevy 

 1936 Chevy Coup 

1956 Pontiac Star Chief 

1932 Chevy.

 1967 Camero Rally Sport 
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		<title>08.19.06</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The usual Lydia and Kris photo: the two of them laughing it up.
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		<title>08.19.06</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Lydia playing horse shoes at the grand Leo Birthday party.
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		<title>08.16.06</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Lydia blazes the trail along the Kern River in California&#8217;s Sequoia National Forest.

A great sequoia, a common sight every direction when hiking in the Giant Sequoia National Monument, and the Kern River.

The mountains of the forest along Kern River Highway.

A waterfall along the road.
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		<title>08.10.06</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ed Strickler and his Chinquapin Oak, which is the largest in the state, on the bank of the South Fork of the Shenandoah River. The Virginia state champion Chinquapin oak is one of several area trees that have been nominated to be included in a book, &#8220;Remarkable Trees of Virginia.&#8221;
It’s outlasted two mills that operated [...]]]></description>
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		<title>07.09.06</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A quick self portrait of me during a hike. I&#8217;m on a log over a waterfall in Shenandoah National Park.
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		<title>07.04.06</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Another holiday working&#8230;. at least I got to spend it at a bluegrass festival.
However, it would have been nice to sit back and enjoy a few brews.
This family was trying to stay dry during a swift rainstorm, which only made it more muggy afterwards.
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		<title>06.13.06</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Nothing says summer than a good baseball game.
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		<title>06.01.06</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes going to the mundane assignments, like this one at a fundraiser for a local fire department, can be grueling. But sometimes, just sometimes, you can get a gem of an image like this one.
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		<title>05.28.06</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A whole day on the unmarked trails. I got lost, so lost!
BUT the river I was following was amazing&#8230;. It was like I was in the Norther Rockies again! This does not look like West Virginia, huh?
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		<title>05.27.06</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Me on a trail rock at Dolly Sods.
It was a great day of hiking and camping for the West Virginia weekend getaway.
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		<title>05.20.06</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Vertical Reality instructor Brian belays a rope during the obstacle course.  
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		<title>05.19.06</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Lauren (left) prepares to rescue Ellie (right) while both on rope. 
After bugging the Front Royal Grotto members for months about learning vertical rope techniques, a member found this weekend course called &#8220;Vertical Reality&#8221; in Gilboa, Ohio. Several of us FRGers went. I had a blast learning all sorts of SRT (single rope techniques) to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>05.13.06</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The annual Yee-Ha! Downhill Race at Massanutten Resort draws people from all over the country to compete. It was a fun day hanging around crazies.

This was my first ride, ever, on a ski lift. Yes, I&#8217;ve lived in many places where I could have skied, but never did due to lack of funds. One day, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>05.03.06</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A forest fire atop Massanutten Mountain.
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		<title>04.22.06</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The James Madison University&#8217;s spring football game.
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		<title>04.10.06</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Found this muddy truck while walking thru a parking lot in downtown Harrisonburg.
Now that&#8217;s some truck lovin&#8217;.
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		<title>03.21.06</title>
		<description><![CDATA[An early spring snowfall covers ice follies.
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		<title>03.10.06</title>
		<description><![CDATA[High School basketball action.
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		<title>02.16.06</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This older man taught a group of high schoolers on how to butcher a pig. They learned the body parts and how to cut certain meats. They also made a huge vat of homemade scrapple!
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		<title>02.12.06</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hiking in the Shenandoah National Park I found this pretty photo.
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		<title>02.10.06</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A kid waits outside the local co-op.
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		<title>01.28.06</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This photo was taken at a local bar&#8230;. of a G-n-R cover band.
I was amazed at how many of these younger 20-something crowd knew all the songs they played.
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		<title>01.25.06</title>
		<description><![CDATA[An American Kestrel, the smallest of the North American hawks, takes flight with its prey in hand near Montezuma, Va. The small falcon is easily characterized by the two black strips on their cheek.
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		<title>12.29.05</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A photo illustration on athletic water.
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		<title>12.24.05</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dying for exercise, I make my brother-in-law and my niece, Elise, go on a hike.
This is the first tree she ever climbed. 
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		<title>12.24.05</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My nephew Ethan finds the newsprint-Christmas wrapping more appealing than anything else. 
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		<title>11.02.05</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes when you go to the bathroom with your camera, you take a photo like this, and it just works.
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		<title>10.14.05</title>
		<description><![CDATA[With the coming of fall is the annual grape harvests at all the local wineries.
You can smell the sweet scents while being in the fields. 
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		<link>http://www.nikkifox.net/blog/?p=1393</link>
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		<title>09.24.05</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Bridgewater College football action.
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		<link>http://www.nikkifox.net/blog/?p=1391</link>
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		<title>09.21.05</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A girl studies.
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		<link>http://www.nikkifox.net/blog/?p=1389</link>
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		<title>09.12.05</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Donald Haughton isn&#8217;t afraid of a hard day&#8217;s work.
&#8220;Somebody&#8217;s got to do it,&#8221; he said.
White paint spits off his brush as he quickly runs it over the old, weathered white wash that continues to bind with the wood surface. 
Usually working on home improvement projects, he&#8217;s been working for the past two years doing odd [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nikkifox.net/blog/?p=1387</link>
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		<title>09.10.05</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The view from atop Green Mountain in Vermont&#8217;s Green National Forest via the Green Mountain Trail. I hiked up the mountain to the top where I rock scrambled a bit and then descended into the valley below to finds a little glacier pond called Little Rock Pond. 
This was the first camping/traveling adventure I had [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nikkifox.net/blog/?p=1385</link>
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		<title>09.01.05</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Paris of the Americas, America&#8217;s International City, The Gateway to the Americas, The City that Care Forgot, The Crescent City and The Big Easy are all nicknames for New Orleans.
Some of us have family or friends in this city full of history and culture. Many of us have visited the historical area on vacation [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nikkifox.net/blog/?p=1380</link>
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		<title>08.11.05</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Just a county fair photo.
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		<link>http://www.nikkifox.net/blog/?p=1378</link>
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		<title>08.03.05</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I shot this photo for our weekly photo column we used to do for the newspaper. 
These kids were having so much fun a the swimming hole. They reminded me of the innocence of summer and spending time with great friends. 
I actually had a woman call into the paper to complain about the image.
She [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nikkifox.net/blog/?p=1376</link>
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		<title>07.25.05</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This instructor made working out sexy and fun during her Hip-Hot Cardio class.
It made me want to put down the camera and join in!
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		<link>http://www.nikkifox.net/blog/?p=1374</link>
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		<title>07.24.05</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A couple of mennonite students playing a game of basketball. 
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		<link>http://www.nikkifox.net/blog/?p=1371</link>
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		<title>07.12.05</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My first trip to Washington D.C. since the first time I visited the city in high school.
This photo was taken on the metro going to meet an old college buddy of mine.
I was great to see him, relive the past, work out our present issues and discuss our futures. 
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		<link>http://www.nikkifox.net/blog/?p=1369</link>
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		<title>07.02.05</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This tractor trailer on the interstate obviously had some flames and fire.
No one was hurt.
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		<link>http://www.nikkifox.net/blog/?p=1367</link>
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		<title>06.24.05</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Two high school girls paddle down a class-two rapids named Baptism Falls on the South Fork of the Shenandoah River.
I got to spend an entire day in a canoe making photos for the newspaper&#8230; life just does not get better than this sometimes. 
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		<link>http://www.nikkifox.net/blog/?p=1365</link>
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		<title>06.22.05</title>
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		<link>http://www.nikkifox.net/blog/?p=1363</link>
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		<title>06.21.05</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Rose Moon rising from the east.
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		<link>http://www.nikkifox.net/blog/?p=1361</link>
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		<title>06.15.05</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Self explanatory.
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		<link>http://www.nikkifox.net/blog/?p=1359</link>
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		<title>06.12.05</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is SOOO Virginia country, you have no idea.
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		<link>http://www.nikkifox.net/blog/?p=1357</link>
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		<title>06.07.05</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes I get on a roll during work. Today was like this.
I produced this image of a Martin birdhouse.
It used to be in my portfolio, but it&#8217;s still a big favorite of mine. 
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		<link>http://www.nikkifox.net/blog/?p=1354</link>
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		<title>06.07.05</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Kids will be kids. 
Seven-year-old Stephanie Meza — like most children — wanted attention. 
This little girl from Harrisonburg was burning off some energy at Morrison Park playground near Waterman Elementary School. Parents and relatives sat nearby chatting. 
When children discover that a photographer works for a newspaper, their eyes usually light up with excitement [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nikkifox.net/blog/?p=1350</link>
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		<title>05.26.05</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This image is from a photo story I did on a resource officer at a high school. The photo editor and I talked and talked about this image whether to include this or not. In the end, it was axed for publication. 
I still like it. It says so much about high school and the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nikkifox.net/blog/?p=1348</link>
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		<title>04.30.05</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A photo I took while on assignment during a bike safety event. 
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		<link>http://www.nikkifox.net/blog/?p=1346</link>
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		<title>04.09.05</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This star trail photo was taken on 400-speed film for a 2-hour exposure. I hiked for 2 hours in the dark to get to this spot along the Virginia/West Virginia border.
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		<link>http://www.nikkifox.net/blog/?p=1344</link>
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