{"id":387,"date":"2011-12-22T15:59:49","date_gmt":"2011-12-22T23:59:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/taojones.net\/?p=387"},"modified":"2011-12-22T16:19:05","modified_gmt":"2011-12-23T00:19:05","slug":"walks-with-charlie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/taojones.net\/?p=387","title":{"rendered":"Walks with Charlie"},"content":{"rendered":"

For the past few days, we’ve been dog-sitting. Charlie, the dog in question, has known us for a while now and every so often, he stays with us while his owner is out of town. I have been pretty busy at work recently and so I wasn’t terribly enthusiastic about having an animal around the house, but I’ve really enjoyed this visit. Maybe it is because I have been busy, that I haven’t really been exercising lately. Having a dog around is a good excuse to get off your butt.<\/p>\n

\"Townie<\/a><\/div>\n
Townie<\/a>, a photo by Tygh<\/a> on Flickr.<\/span><\/div>\n

During our recent outings, the weather has been pretty clear and so I have brought the camera along. So apart from the exercise, I also get a few pictures I can keep.<\/p>\n

\"Chickadee\"<\/a>
\nChickadee<\/a>, a photo by Tygh<\/a> on Flickr.<\/span><\/div>\n

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\"Fenceline\"<\/a>
\nFenceline<\/a>, a photo by Tygh<\/a> on Flickr.<\/span><\/div>\n

I have noticed a few unusual things while I am out. The shot above shows how the frost is melting in the shadow of the fence. I thought it was interesting that the fence has straight sections, but the areas where the frost is still prominent are curved.<\/p>\n

\"Spirograph\"<\/a>
\nFenceline<\/a>, a photo by Tygh<\/a> on Flickr.<\/span><\/div>\n

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\"Orange\"<\/a>
\nFenceline<\/a>, a photo by Tygh<\/a> on Flickr.<\/span><\/div>\n

There were a surprising number of things that were growing and even blooming in the relative cold of the Northwest in December.<\/p>\n

I am very much enjoying Charlie’s visit. He seems to like our walks as much as I do.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

For the past few days, we’ve been dog-sitting. Charlie, the dog in question, has known us for a while now and every so often, he stays with us while his owner is out of town. I have been pretty busy at work recently and so I wasn’t terribly enthusiastic about having an animal around the … Continue reading Walks with Charlie<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-387","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-light","category-nature"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/taojones.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/387","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/taojones.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/taojones.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/taojones.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/taojones.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=387"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/taojones.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/387\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":388,"href":"https:\/\/taojones.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/387\/revisions\/388"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/taojones.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=387"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/taojones.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=387"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/taojones.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=387"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}