{"id":555,"date":"2017-12-20T08:00:20","date_gmt":"2017-12-20T13:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/westerman.photo\/?p=555"},"modified":"2026-06-04T15:59:58","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T20:59:58","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\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","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}]}}