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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query-continue>
    <allimages aicontinue="20220321024726|DSCF0040_sunset.jpg" />
  </query-continue>
  <query>
    <allimages>
      <img name="Email_and_phone.png" timestamp="2023-02-14T14:45:29Z" user="Vsingleton" url="http://verns.net/mediawiki/images/c/cb/Email_and_phone.png" descriptionurl="http://verns.net/mediawiki/index.php/File:Email_and_phone.png" ns="6" title="File:Email and phone.png" />
      <img name="Yellow-dog-eats.jpg" timestamp="2023-02-14T14:35:20Z" user="Vsingleton" url="http://verns.net/mediawiki/images/9/91/Yellow-dog-eats.jpg" descriptionurl="http://verns.net/mediawiki/index.php/File:Yellow-dog-eats.jpg" ns="6" title="File:Yellow-dog-eats.jpg" />
      <img name="J4h.png" timestamp="2023-02-14T14:30:10Z" user="Vsingleton" url="http://verns.net/mediawiki/images/7/70/J4h.png" descriptionurl="http://verns.net/mediawiki/index.php/File:J4h.png" ns="6" title="File:J4h.png" />
      <img name="Psalm14_signal-2022-08-28-211835_white.jpg" timestamp="2022-08-29T01:38:32Z" user="Vsingleton" url="http://verns.net/mediawiki/images/8/8c/Psalm14_signal-2022-08-28-211835_white.jpg" descriptionurl="http://verns.net/mediawiki/index.php/File:Psalm14_signal-2022-08-28-211835_white.jpg" ns="6" title="File:Psalm14 signal-2022-08-28-211835 white.jpg" />
      <img name="On_basket.jpg" timestamp="2022-07-04T20:15:07Z" user="Vsingleton" url="http://verns.net/mediawiki/images/a/a8/On_basket.jpg" descriptionurl="http://verns.net/mediawiki/index.php/File:On_basket.jpg" ns="6" title="File:On basket.jpg" />
      <img name="Yosemite_lower_falls.png" timestamp="2022-07-04T20:12:42Z" user="Vsingleton" url="http://verns.net/mediawiki/images/e/e3/Yosemite_lower_falls.png" descriptionurl="http://verns.net/mediawiki/index.php/File:Yosemite_lower_falls.png" ns="6" title="File:Yosemite lower falls.png" />
      <img name="Climbing.jpg" timestamp="2022-03-21T02:54:06Z" user="Vsingleton" url="http://verns.net/mediawiki/images/2/2e/Climbing.jpg" descriptionurl="http://verns.net/mediawiki/index.php/File:Climbing.jpg" ns="6" title="File:Climbing.jpg" />
      <img name="Bobbing_for_apples.JPG" timestamp="2022-03-21T02:53:02Z" user="Vsingleton" url="http://verns.net/mediawiki/images/5/5a/Bobbing_for_apples.JPG" descriptionurl="http://verns.net/mediawiki/index.php/File:Bobbing_for_apples.JPG" ns="6" title="File:Bobbing for apples.JPG" />
      <img name="Baptism.JPG" timestamp="2022-03-21T02:51:40Z" user="Vsingleton" url="http://verns.net/mediawiki/images/8/85/Baptism.JPG" descriptionurl="http://verns.net/mediawiki/index.php/File:Baptism.JPG" ns="6" title="File:Baptism.JPG" />
      <img name="Deer_behind_our_home.JPG" timestamp="2022-03-21T02:49:08Z" user="Vsingleton" url="http://verns.net/mediawiki/images/2/2f/Deer_behind_our_home.JPG" descriptionurl="http://verns.net/mediawiki/index.php/File:Deer_behind_our_home.JPG" ns="6" title="File:Deer behind our home.JPG" />
    </allimages>
  </query>
</api>