{"id":225,"date":"2008-04-23T07:45:00","date_gmt":"2008-04-23T12:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dlynz.com\/?p=225"},"modified":"2008-04-23T07:45:00","modified_gmt":"2008-04-23T12:45:00","slug":"watch-what-you-say-wednesday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/dlynz.com\/?p=225","title":{"rendered":"Watch what you say Wednesday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Obviously I am running out of word plays on the Wordless Wednesday concept.  <\/p>\n<p>We have more juncos than any other bird &#8211; so much so that they seem too ordinary to photograph.  One advantage of having so many of them though is that they get used to us being outdoors and I can get a lot closer to them.  This one was telling me to step off the feeder and be quick about it.<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/bp1.blogger.com\/_8YuevXJXjqg\/SA6m6PyZwmI\/AAAAAAAABQ4\/Ptlld6bTSYs\/s1600-h\/junco.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;\" src=\"http:\/\/bp1.blogger.com\/_8YuevXJXjqg\/SA6m6PyZwmI\/AAAAAAAABQ4\/Ptlld6bTSYs\/junco.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5192270940005319266\" \/><\/a>I didn&#8217;t plant this daffodil &#8211; it came up a good twenty feet from the closest flowerbed and I have no idea where it came from.  <a href=\"http:\/\/bp2.blogger.com\/_8YuevXJXjqg\/SA6m6fyZwnI\/AAAAAAAABRA\/IXWLkiYvv54\/s1600-h\/orange_daff.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;\" src=\"http:\/\/bp2.blogger.com\/_8YuevXJXjqg\/SA6m6fyZwnI\/AAAAAAAABRA\/IXWLkiYvv54\/orange_daff.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5192270944300286578\" \/><\/a>I did plant this one &#8211; a lovely all white once it opens all the way.<a href=\"http:\/\/bp2.blogger.com\/_8YuevXJXjqg\/SA6m6fyZwoI\/AAAAAAAABRI\/VmYCP1EsohE\/s1600-h\/white_daff_bud.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;\" src=\"http:\/\/bp2.blogger.com\/_8YuevXJXjqg\/SA6m6fyZwoI\/AAAAAAAABRI\/VmYCP1EsohE\/white_daff_bud.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5192270944300286594\" \/><\/a>You can practically sit outside and watch the leaves come out on the trees.  These leaves are on one the many wild chokecherry bushes that border the creek.<a href=\"http:\/\/bp0.blogger.com\/_8YuevXJXjqg\/SA6ms_yZwhI\/AAAAAAAABQQ\/J9NfpV_nT88\/s1600-h\/cherry_branch.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;\" src=\"http:\/\/bp0.blogger.com\/_8YuevXJXjqg\/SA6ms_yZwhI\/AAAAAAAABQQ\/J9NfpV_nT88\/cherry_branch.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5192270712372052498\" \/><\/a>I sit on the back porch to take photos of the birds.  I heard this guy calling right up over my head and I was just glad he didn&#8217;t poop on me.<a href=\"http:\/\/bp1.blogger.com\/_8YuevXJXjqg\/SA6mtPyZwiI\/AAAAAAAABQY\/Vu_efjl0l5w\/s1600-h\/chik_high.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;\" src=\"http:\/\/bp1.blogger.com\/_8YuevXJXjqg\/SA6mtPyZwiI\/AAAAAAAABQY\/Vu_efjl0l5w\/chik_high.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5192270716667019810\" \/><\/a>I have tons of photos of daffodils from the past two weeks but this is one of my favorites &#8211; one in vase that Mark picked to bring in for his Mom. Being out in the flowerbeds with him reminded me of <a href=\"http:\/\/dlynz.blogspot.com\/2007\/02\/dream-little-dream.html\">this dream<\/a> I had before he was born.<a href=\"http:\/\/bp1.blogger.com\/_8YuevXJXjqg\/SA6mtPyZwjI\/AAAAAAAABQg\/pS0e3f_mZZg\/s1600-h\/daff_vase.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;\" src=\"http:\/\/bp1.blogger.com\/_8YuevXJXjqg\/SA6mtPyZwjI\/AAAAAAAABQg\/pS0e3f_mZZg\/daff_vase.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5192270716667019826\" \/><\/a>Lots of daylilies coming up everywhere.<a href=\"http:\/\/bp2.blogger.com\/_8YuevXJXjqg\/SA6mtfyZwkI\/AAAAAAAABQo\/2S18F6jGUYs\/s1600-h\/daylily_leaves.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;\" src=\"http:\/\/bp2.blogger.com\/_8YuevXJXjqg\/SA6mtfyZwkI\/AAAAAAAABQo\/2S18F6jGUYs\/daylily_leaves.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5192270720961987138\" \/><\/a>People oooh and aaah over male cardinals, but I think the females are even prettier a lot of the time.<a href=\"http:\/\/bp2.blogger.com\/_8YuevXJXjqg\/SA6mtfyZwlI\/AAAAAAAABQw\/ElCtSp7pEgA\/s1600-h\/female_cardinal2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;\" src=\"http:\/\/bp2.blogger.com\/_8YuevXJXjqg\/SA6mtfyZwlI\/AAAAAAAABQw\/ElCtSp7pEgA\/female_cardinal2.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5192270720961987154\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Be sure to check back later &#8211; I am determined to figure out a way to get those silly cows to give up the life they are leading now and come into the house where cows belong!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Obviously I am running out of word plays on the Wordless Wednesday concept. We have more juncos than any other bird &#8211; so much so that they seem too ordinary to photograph. One advantage of having so many of them &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/dlynz.com\/?p=225\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/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":[5,18],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/dlynz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/dlynz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/dlynz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/dlynz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/dlynz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=225"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/dlynz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/dlynz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=225"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/dlynz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=225"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/dlynz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}