body {
	color: #536952;/*grey green body text*/
	background-color: #acc8a2 !important;
	background-image: url(default/background.jpg) !important;
	/*	background-image: url(default/bg.jpg) !important;*/
	/*	background-repeat: none !important; */
	background-position:50% 0%; 
	background-repeat:no-repeat;

}

a, a:link, a:visited {
	color:#48ae21; /*black... now drk green*/
}

a:hover, a:active, a.active {
	color:#e6b01f;/*blue... now drk orange*/
}

/* top nav items */ 
ul#nav li.page_item a:hover, ul#nav li.current_page_item a {
	color:#e57d02;/*drk orange*/
}

#header {
	/*background:transparent url(default/bg-header.jpg) no-repeat scroll 0 0 !important;*/
}

#home #header ul#featuredNav li a {
	background-color:#d8efc6;/*med.blue*/
	border-color:#d8efc6;/*drker blue*/
	color:#FFFFFF;
}

#home #header ul#featuredNav li a:hover {
	border-color:#4eaa2e;/*drk blue border Now vrylght green*/
}

.menu_class {
	border:1px solid #568943;/*was black now dark green*/
}

/* select category drop down background */ 

.the_menu li {
	background-color:#94ca81; /*bright green dropdown*/
	border-top:1px solid #568943;
}

.the_menu ul.children li {
	background-color:#8ac077;
}

/*hover text dropdown*/
.the_menu li a:hover {
	color: #FFFFFF;
	background-color:#94d57d;
}

#content {
	/* transparent white border png. */ 
	background: url(default/bg-content.png);
}

/* FEATURED - image area top of SPLASH w/CAROUSEL *******/
#featured {
	background:transparent url(default/featured_bg.jpg) no-repeat scroll 0 0;
	background-color:#dddddd;
}

/* headline in featured category caruousl */
.featured_text h2 a {
	color:#6a7b65;
}

ul#showcase li a:hover, ul#showcase li a.active {
	border:1px solid #0091D5;
}

/* behind side box ABOUT area on splash ************/
div#about {
	background-color:#8ebd7d; /*MUTED GREEN*/
	/*background-image: url(default/snapshot_back.jpg);*/
}

#about .about_image {
	border:2px solid #ffffff;
}

#about .about_button {
	border:1px solid #cbf2be;
	background-color:#9acc71;
	color:#FFFFFF;
}

#about a.about_button:hover {
	border:1px solid #ffffff;
	background-color:#c0f196;
	color:#FFFFFF;
}

/* back behind next/previous butts on splash **************/
#slider_nav {
	background-color:#d5e4cf;
}

/* back behind thumbnail boxes halfway down page. **************/
#home #albums {
	background-color:#eaefe1; 
}


/* CATEGORY PAGE BACKGROUND COLOR BLOCK (post.image.block image goes above *************/
#albums .entry {
	background-color:#91d079; /*medium green*/
	color:#EEEEEE;
}

/* TEXT COLOR (WHITE) in CATEGORY DESCRIPTION??? ******/
#albums .entry {
	padding:10px;
	color:#ffffff;
	border-bottom:none;
}

#albums .entry a {
	color:#ffffff;
}

/* background of rollover rectangles neath the thumbnails on splash ******/
#home #albums p.category a {
	background-color:#9fce8c;
}

/* COMMENT BUTTON *********************/
#commentform #submit {
	background-color:#95ca81; /*medium green*/
	color:#FFFFFF;
	border:3px solid #6dab56; /*darker green*/
}

/* BACKGROUND behind BOTTOM text boxes on SPLASH **************/
#blog .box, .archive_options, .widget ul li, .flickr .flickr_photos, #wp-calendar, #wp-calendar caption, form#newsletter {
	background-color:#eeeeee; /*was eeeeee now light green*/
	border:1px dotted #b6c5ac;
}

.widget ul {border-bottom: 1px dotted #cccccc;}

#wp-calendar {
	color:#333333;
}

#wp-calendar caption {
	color: #fff;
}

.credits, .credits a {
	color:#333333;
}

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