{"id":328,"date":"2017-08-13T23:52:20","date_gmt":"2017-08-14T04:52:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/westerman.photo\/?p=328"},"modified":"2017-08-18T11:51:35","modified_gmt":"2017-08-18T16:51:35","slug":"quiet-sunday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/westerman.photo\/index.php\/2017\/08\/13\/quiet-sunday\/","title":{"rendered":"Quiet Sunday"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today would be what I could best describe as placid. Like calm water.<\/p>\n

After getting a shower, doing the animal feeding frenzy we call “fandango” around here and getting some work done I set off to go see a new friend of mine in\u00a0Warrenton, VA just south of my home.<\/p>\n

We had a nice long conversation on such a broad set of topics it didn’t take long for a couple of hours to disappear. He’s a ham friend of mine now. It was nice to learn more about him, his family and his love of animals.<\/p>\n

When I got there the first thing I noticed was all the monarch butterflies. They were everywhere. And I could walk right up to them and touch them, take pictures of them and otherwise be with them and it didn’t bother them a bit.<\/p>\n

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Butterflies in Warrenton, Virginia.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The butterflies were all different size, shapes and colors.<\/p>\n

Then I drove to the Shenandoah mountains and what did I find? \u00a0Yep, more butterflies. With the same behavior. I could get right up next to them without issue. Although this one seems like it’s a brand new butterfly.<\/p>\n

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Brand new butterfly?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I’m just doing my normal south-to-north “backwards” drive up Skyline where I stop at all my favorite places. Hogback overlook is one of them because of views like this.<\/p>\n

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Hogback overlook on Skyline Drive – the view just never gets old.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

You can click on any of the photos to enlarge them.<\/p>\n

It was a nice day to be out in the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Today would be what I could best describe as placid. Like calm water. After getting a shower, doing the animal feeding frenzy we call “fandango” around here and getting some work done I set off to go see a new friend of mine in\u00a0Warrenton, VA just south of my home. We had a nice long … <\/p>\n

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