{"id":296,"date":"2008-06-30T06:02:00","date_gmt":"2008-06-30T11:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dlynz.com\/?p=296"},"modified":"2008-06-30T06:02:00","modified_gmt":"2008-06-30T11:02:00","slug":"he-got-the-girl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/dlynz.com\/?p=296","title":{"rendered":"He got the girl!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When last we left our hero, he looked about like this:<a href=\"http:\/\/bp2.blogger.com\/_8YuevXJXjqg\/SGhBLmCu4eI\/AAAAAAAAB3A\/q2M2JKTtzc8\/s1600-h\/wren101.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;\" src=\"http:\/\/bp2.blogger.com\/_8YuevXJXjqg\/SGhBLmCu4eI\/AAAAAAAAB3A\/q2M2JKTtzc8\/wren101.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5217491835755094498\" \/><\/a>This of course, was after the events detailed <a href=\"http:\/\/dlynz.blogspot.com\/2008\/06\/bird-brain.html\">here<\/a>, when he was bent on trying to make the decorative bird house on our front porch into his family home.<a href=\"http:\/\/bp0.blogger.com\/_8YuevXJXjqg\/SFU9UxJiHvI\/AAAAAAAABuM\/waFgGeZkHtM\/s1600-h\/wren1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5212139570751217394\" style=\"DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/bp0.blogger.com\/_8YuevXJXjqg\/SFU9UxJiHvI\/AAAAAAAABuM\/waFgGeZkHtM\/wren1.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>Showing the determination we have come to expect from him, he busily worked on his pile of sticks in the new birdhouse.<a href=\"http:\/\/bp3.blogger.com\/_8YuevXJXjqg\/SGhBLoWHDPI\/AAAAAAAAB3I\/xmpeiXSz1K4\/s1600-h\/wren103.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;\" src=\"http:\/\/bp3.blogger.com\/_8YuevXJXjqg\/SGhBLoWHDPI\/AAAAAAAAB3I\/xmpeiXSz1K4\/wren103.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5217491836373241074\" \/><\/a>He periodically spent time anxiously scanning the horizon to see if his efforts were being noticed by any cute lady wrens.<a href=\"http:\/\/bp0.blogger.com\/_8YuevXJXjqg\/SGhBL7uDxxI\/AAAAAAAAB3Q\/JTItGvTgKZw\/s1600-h\/wren102.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;\" src=\"http:\/\/bp0.blogger.com\/_8YuevXJXjqg\/SGhBL7uDxxI\/AAAAAAAAB3Q\/JTItGvTgKZw\/wren102.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5217491841573963538\" \/><\/a>And then &#8211; who can this be???  A single female stops by to give things a once over.  He can hardly bear risking a look to see if she appreciates his tireless efforts.  The next few moments could very well decide how Mr Wren spends his summer.  He could be a dejected loser hanging around an empty birdhouse while all the other men have hot wren wives and chirpy little babies, or he could enjoy a summer of wedded bliss, safe in the knowledge he has contributed his DNA to the future of wrendom.<a href=\"http:\/\/bp2.blogger.com\/_8YuevXJXjqg\/SGhBiXgbn2I\/AAAAAAAAB3g\/TMMT8KuecNc\/s1600-h\/wren105.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;\" src=\"http:\/\/bp2.blogger.com\/_8YuevXJXjqg\/SGhBiXgbn2I\/AAAAAAAAB3g\/TMMT8KuecNc\/wren105.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5217492226990120802\" \/><\/a>Even Riley looked on nervously from the front door.<a href=\"http:\/\/bp2.blogger.com\/_8YuevXJXjqg\/SGhBLrU2w7I\/AAAAAAAAB24\/MfqzyapPmaM\/s1600-h\/riley_wrens.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;\" src=\"http:\/\/bp2.blogger.com\/_8YuevXJXjqg\/SGhBLrU2w7I\/AAAAAAAAB24\/MfqzyapPmaM\/riley_wrens.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5217491837173285810\" \/><\/a>She seems very impressed and hops inside to measure for new curtains.<a href=\"http:\/\/bp1.blogger.com\/_8YuevXJXjqg\/SGhBilCFSTI\/AAAAAAAAB3o\/UGeLnZ5Npl4\/s1600-h\/wren104.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;\" src=\"http:\/\/bp1.blogger.com\/_8YuevXJXjqg\/SGhBilCFSTI\/AAAAAAAAB3o\/UGeLnZ5Npl4\/wren104.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5217492230620924210\" \/><\/a>As she flies off to get her luggage, Mr Wren bursts into what will be just the first of many happy and triumphant songs.  His summer is definitely looking up.<a href=\"http:\/\/bp0.blogger.com\/_8YuevXJXjqg\/SGhBiVsJ7jI\/AAAAAAAAB3Y\/wdZ8ztTIBrM\/s1600-h\/wren106.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;\" src=\"http:\/\/bp0.blogger.com\/_8YuevXJXjqg\/SGhBiVsJ7jI\/AAAAAAAAB3Y\/wdZ8ztTIBrM\/wren106.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5217492226502422066\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When last we left our hero, he looked about like this:This of course, was after the events detailed here, when he was bent on trying to make the decorative bird house on our front porch into his family home.Showing the &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/dlynz.com\/?p=296\">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],"tags":[28],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/dlynz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296"}],"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=296"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/dlynz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/dlynz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/dlynz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=296"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/dlynz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}