{"id":555,"date":"2017-12-20T08:00:20","date_gmt":"2017-12-20T13:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/westerman.photo\/?p=555"},"modified":"2017-12-19T21:36:55","modified_gmt":"2017-12-20T02:36:55","slug":"bring-it-winter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/westerman.photo\/index.php\/2017\/12\/20\/bring-it-winter\/","title":{"rendered":"Bring it, winter."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Only 1 more day until winter arrives on December 21, 2017.<\/p>\n<p>I like this day for a number of reasons:<\/p>\n<p>a) We can get on with winter.<br \/>\nb) The sun stops sinking further in the sky.<br \/>\nc) Every day gets longer between then and summer.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_557\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-557\" style=\"width: 525px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/westerman.photo\/wp-content\/uploads\/JWW_8551_edit.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-557\" src=\"https:\/\/westerman.photo\/wp-content\/uploads\/JWW_8551_edit-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" srcset=\"https:\/\/westerman.photo\/wp-content\/uploads\/JWW_8551_edit-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/westerman.photo\/wp-content\/uploads\/JWW_8551_edit-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/westerman.photo\/wp-content\/uploads\/JWW_8551_edit-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-557\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pastel skies at sun set &#8211; a common scene in winter.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Below is\u00a0what that sunset looked like over time. I do a little RC flying in the time lapse as well.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XrKFulceous\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Recently I have noticed that a small family of deer (doe and two young post fawn types) have started to come to the house at night to eat the bird seed that the birds don&#8217;t eat during\u00a0the day. \u00a0At this point they have become a fixture around here. They don&#8217;t have the normal flee instinct when we come outside any longer. At night the sleep in the front yard where I can capture them easily on infrared cameras in complete darkness.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_556\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-556\" style=\"width: 704px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/westerman.photo\/wp-content\/uploads\/PTZs_Tower-2_20171219190139_202957.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-556\" src=\"https:\/\/westerman.photo\/wp-content\/uploads\/PTZs_Tower-2_20171219190139_202957.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"704\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/westerman.photo\/wp-content\/uploads\/PTZs_Tower-2_20171219190139_202957.jpg 704w, https:\/\/westerman.photo\/wp-content\/uploads\/PTZs_Tower-2_20171219190139_202957-300x205.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 704px) 100vw, 704px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-556\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Deer in the front yard as seen in infrared. &#8211; We are all ready for winter to begin.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As we ease into night time here everyone is finding a place to lounge.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_558\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-558\" style=\"width: 525px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/westerman.photo\/wp-content\/uploads\/JWW_8560_edit-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-558\" src=\"https:\/\/westerman.photo\/wp-content\/uploads\/JWW_8560_edit-2-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/westerman.photo\/wp-content\/uploads\/JWW_8560_edit-2-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/westerman.photo\/wp-content\/uploads\/JWW_8560_edit-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/westerman.photo\/wp-content\/uploads\/JWW_8560_edit-2-768x513.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-558\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sock; leaning on one of us while watching the other.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I hope you have had a restful night and a great day ahead.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Only 1 more day until winter arrives on December 21, 2017. I like this day for a number of reasons: a) We can get on with winter. b) The sun stops sinking further in the sky. c) Every day gets longer between then and summer. Below is\u00a0what that sunset looked like over time. I do &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/westerman.photo\/index.php\/2017\/12\/20\/bring-it-winter\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Bring it, winter.&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,17,16,22,6,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-555","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-family","category-home","category-photography","category-public","category-radio-controlled-aircraft","category-time-lapse"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/westerman.photo\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/555","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/westerman.photo\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/westerman.photo\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westerman.photo\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westerman.photo\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=555"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/westerman.photo\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/555\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":559,"href":"https:\/\/westerman.photo\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/555\/revisions\/559"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/westerman.photo\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westerman.photo\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=555"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westerman.photo\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}