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href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/woman-in-yellow-shirt-sitting-on-brown-wooden-floor-3769702/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Pexels.com&lt;/a&gt;</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cactusinthemirror.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/pexels-photo-7760789.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>unrecognizable woman with flowerpot in garden</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Dmitriy Ganin on &lt;a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/unrecognizable-woman-with-flowerpot-in-garden-7760789/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Pexels.com&lt;/a&gt;</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-09-28T15:00:01+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://cactusinthemirror.com/2021/04/08/the-colors-of-life/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://cactusinthemirror.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/image_editor_output_image1834180629-1617937225947.jpg</image:loc><image:title>image_editor_output_image1834180629-1617937225947.jpg</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cactusinthemirror.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/image_editor_output_image-1297209502-1617937185500.jpg</image:loc><image:title>image_editor_output_image-1297209502-1617937185500.jpg</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cactusinthemirror.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/image_editor_output_image-86354817-1617937070048.jpg</image:loc><image:title>image_editor_output_image-86354817-1617937070048.jpg</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2021-04-11T22:59:16+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://cactusinthemirror.com/2020/06/16/the-seashells-by-the-seashore/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://cactusinthemirror.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/matagorda-beach.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Matagorda beach</image:title><image:caption>Matagorda Beach Bridge and jetties in Matagorda, Texas </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cactusinthemirror.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/matagorda-beach-2-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Matagorda Beach 2</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cactusinthemirror.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/matagorda-beach-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Matagorda Beach 2</image:title><image:caption>Matagorda Beach Texas with seashells. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cactusinthemirror.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/seashell-pieces.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Seashell pieces</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2021-03-15T15:49:34+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://cactusinthemirror.com/2020/05/14/with-arms-wide-open/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://cactusinthemirror.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/20200509_175411.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Christ of the Fishermen</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cactusinthemirror.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/20200511_224917.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Shrimp Boat 2</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cactusinthemirror.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/20200511_171901.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Bait Shop</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cactusinthemirror.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/20200509_195406.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Sunset in South Padre Island</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cactusinthemirror.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/20200511_102449.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Shrimp Boat</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cactusinthemirror.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/20200508_084224.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Cristo de los Pescadores</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2021-03-15T15:29:31+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://cactusinthemirror.com/2021/03/15/one-secret-to-life-and-the-road/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://cactusinthemirror.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/nydia-at-big-bend-np-1-e1615819872232.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Nydia at Big Bend NP</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2021-03-15T15:20:55+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://cactusinthemirror.com/2020/10/01/in-travel-we-pick-and-choose-our-reality/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://cactusinthemirror.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/nydia-tyler-sp-3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Nydia Tyler SP 3</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2020-10-01T21:04:56+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://cactusinthemirror.com/2020/09/23/time-for-a-positive-impact-on-travel/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://cactusinthemirror.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/high-plains-and-buffalo-in-cheyenne.jpg</image:loc><image:title>High plains and buffalo in Cheyenne</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cactusinthemirror.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/nydia-south-dakota-sign.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Nydia South Dakota sign</image:title><image:caption>Driving into South Dakota in our RV</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cactusinthemirror.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/train-station-sculpture-cheyenne.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Train Station Sculpture Cheyenne</image:title><image:caption>Sculpture and View of the Cheyenne Capital Building</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cactusinthemirror.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/custer-state-park.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Custer State Park</image:title><image:caption>Custer State Park, South Dakota</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cactusinthemirror.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/badlands-panoramic.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Badlands Panoramic</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2020-09-23T21:44:56+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://cactusinthemirror.com/2020/06/01/how-do-you-open-your-presents/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://cactusinthemirror.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/canva-cold-coffee-in-glass-near-typewriter.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Canva - Cold Coffee in Glass Near Typewriter</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2020-06-01T16:20:19+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://cactusinthemirror.com/2020/05/29/deserts-and-desserts/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://cactusinthemirror.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/nydia-and-the-saguaro.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Nydia and the Saguaro</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cactusinthemirror.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/arizona-desert-landscape.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Arizona Desert Landscape</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cactusinthemirror.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/nydia-and-lupe-eating-outdoors-parkwood.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Nydia and Lupe eating outdoors Parkwood</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2020-05-30T03:55:12+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://cactusinthemirror.com/2020/05/21/is-it-time-to-live-and-let-die/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://cactusinthemirror.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/nydia-at-santa-elena-canyon.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Nydia at Santa Elena Canyon</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2020-05-23T03:32:54+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://cactusinthemirror.com/2019/12/13/keeping-christ-in-christmas-is-about-much-more-than-words/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://cactusinthemirror.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/christ-in-christmas.jpg</image:loc><image:title>christ in christmas</image:title><image:caption>Keep Christ in Christmas</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2019-12-13T22:08:04+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://cactusinthemirror.com/2019/04/22/damn-dam-i-am/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://cactusinthemirror.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/buchanan-dam-e1555954731633.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Buchanan Dam</image:title><image:caption>Buchanan Dam . Photo taken from the Big Chief RV Resort. </image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2019-12-04T13:37:20+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://cactusinthemirror.com/2019/12/04/angels-exist-i-guarantee-it/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://cactusinthemirror.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/canva-selective-focus-photography-of-angel-ornament.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Canva - Selective Focus Photography Of Angel Ornament</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2019-12-04T13:31:49+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://cactusinthemirror.com/2019/08/12/in-the-swing-of-things/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://cactusinthemirror.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/eva-and-me-at-the-swings-e1565642334221.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Eva and Me at the swings</image:title><image:caption>Grandaughter and me</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2019-08-12T20:42:27+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://cactusinthemirror.com/2019/07/11/about-today/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://cactusinthemirror.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/nydia-rose-e1562889747948.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Nydia Rose</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2019-08-12T19:34:03+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://cactusinthemirror.com/2019/04/22/memory-wheels/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://cactusinthemirror.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/bycicles-at-inks-lake.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Bycicles at Inks Lake</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2019-05-10T19:47:55+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://cactusinthemirror.com/2018/07/25/ten-ideas-for-when-traveling-abroad/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://cactusinthemirror.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/recipes.jpg</image:loc><image:title>recipes</image:title><image:caption>Recipes from a Spanish restaurant brochure</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cactusinthemirror.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/recipe-front.jpg</image:loc><image:title>recipe front</image:title><image:caption>The front page of a Spanish recipe brochure. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cactusinthemirror.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/napkins.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Napkins</image:title><image:caption>Napkins from some of my favorite stops during a visit to Madrid and southern Spain. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cactusinthemirror.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/tickets.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tickets</image:title><image:caption>Tickets from some of my all-time favorites such as a boat ride in Seville, the Ann Frank house guide, the Cordoba Cathedral, the Hagia Sophia Museum and the Israeli and Reina Sofia Museums among others. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cactusinthemirror.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/poems.jpg</image:loc><image:title>poems</image:title><image:caption>Poetry books from Houston, Spain, and New Mexico. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cactusinthemirror.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/leaves.jpg</image:loc><image:title>leaves</image:title><image:caption>Two of my journals, a map, a hotel room key, and leaves from Albuquerque and Madrid, Spain.  </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cactusinthemirror.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/journal-and-map.jpg</image:loc><image:title>journal and map</image:title><image:caption>Map of Rome and a souvenir journal I picked up in Madrid commemorating the new king. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cactusinthemirror.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/maps.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Maps</image:title><image:caption>Souvenir maps</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2018-07-26T15:42:15+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://cactusinthemirror.com/2018/07/12/haiku-at-the-beach/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://cactusinthemirror.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/spi-3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>SPI 3</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cactusinthemirror.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/spi-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>SPI 2</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cactusinthemirror.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/spi-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>SPI 1</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cactusinthemirror.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/beach-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Beach 2</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cactusinthemirror.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/animation-beach.gif</image:loc><image:title>Animation beach</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2018-07-15T13:59:26+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://cactusinthemirror.com/2018/07/14/cinquains-for-summer/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://cactusinthemirror.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/beach-crocs.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Beach crocs</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2018-07-14T22:43:38+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://cactusinthemirror.com/2018/07/12/zooing-from-a-cruise/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://cactusinthemirror.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/dscn68001.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSCN6800</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cactusinthemirror.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/nydia-rose.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Nydia Rose moment</image:title><image:caption>Having my Rose DeWitt moment with no Jack Dawson</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cactusinthemirror.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/dscn6922.jpg</image:loc><image:title>In Cozumel buying hand embroidered table runner from Isaura.</image:title><image:caption>In Cozumel buying hand embroidered table runner from Isaura.  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