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      <image:caption>Empty nest hidden beneath brush and pine needles along Cougar Creek</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Belt guard doors opened to expose blade wheels and clutch belt.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Young chipmunk sitting on a stack of leftover lumber at Woodsy Acres</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Back door log cabin awning under construction with log posts, and beam, installed before the log facia and metal roofing was added.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Developing Woodsy Acres one log at a time.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Young chipmunk sitting on a stack of leftover lumber at Woodsy Acres</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Closeup of chipmunk sitting on lumber at Woodsy Acres</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Woodsy Acres Mountain Journal</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Belt guard doors opened to expose blade wheels and clutch belt.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Young chipmunk sitting on a stack of leftover lumber at Woodsy Acres</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Back door log cabin awning under construction with log posts, and beam, installed before the log facia and metal roofing was added.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Developing Woodsy Acres one log at a time.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Woodsy Acres Mountain Journal</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Back door log cabin awning under construction with log posts, and beam, installed before the log facia and metal roofing was added.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Exposed rafter ends and roofing felt before the sawmill trimming was installed on the awning.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Pile of sawmill trimmings and offcuts saved for future woodworking and cabin projects at Woodsy Acres.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Sanded sawmill trimming showing the smooth wood grain while retaining the rounded outside of the log.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Rustic sawmill trimming installed on the end of the back door awning, matching the log beam and support posts. It has bcome part of the log cabin awning.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Mountain Journal</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Belt guard doors opened to expose blade wheels and clutch belt.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Young chipmunk sitting on a stack of leftover lumber at Woodsy Acres</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Back door log cabin awning under construction with log posts, and beam, installed before the log facia and metal roofing was added.</image:caption>
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      <image:loc>https://flatmetalsigns.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/tractor-gathering-logs-500x200.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Developing Woodsy Acres one log at a time.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Mountain Journal</image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2026-07-27T17:20:54+00:00</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>Developing Woodsy Acres one log at a time.</image:caption>
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      <image:loc>https://flatmetalsigns.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Bucking-Fallen-Trees-2026-400x218.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Beetle-killed pine trees blown down during a winter windstorm waiting to be cut into usable logs.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Standing dead pine trees that will eventually be harvested before they deteriorate.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Peeled pine log post installed for a new back porch awning at a log home</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Hand-peeled log beam installed between two pine support posts above the back door, marking a major milestone in building the back porch awning at Woodsy Acres.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Mountain Journal</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Woodsy Acres Mountain Journal</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Mountain Journal</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Mountain Journal</image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2025-12-10T00:24:57+00:00</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>Rustic cabin porch where chipmunks often scurry and explore.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Dashing Chipmunk Sketch</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>This sign is part of the Wild Steel™ Series — nature-inspired originals from Flat Metal Signs.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Trail cam image of a young fawn foraging alone in a clearing in May, surrounded by pine forest.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Sketch of foraging fawn used to inspire a custom Wild Steel™ Series metal sign</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Rustic metal address sign featuring a fawn design — part of the Wild Steel™ Series</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Wild Steel™ Cougar-Story</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Original cougar sketch used to create Stealth in the Pines metal sign for Wild Steel Series</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>This sign is part of the Wild Steel™ Series — nature-inspired originals from Flat Metal Signs.</image:caption>
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