{"id":15733,"date":"2014-12-31T12:00:59","date_gmt":"2014-12-31T17:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/?p=15733"},"modified":"2014-12-31T03:12:17","modified_gmt":"2014-12-31T08:12:17","slug":"call-it-therapy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/2014\/12\/call-it-therapy\/","title":{"rendered":"Call it therapy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/C33-IHBBeamRise2.jpg\" alt=\"Sunrise at Indian Harbor Beach Florida\" width=\"730\" height=\"446\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-15734\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/C33-IHBBeamRise2.jpg 730w, https:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/C33-IHBBeamRise2-50x30.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><br clear=\"all\"\/>In years past I&#8217;ve done a gallery of my &#8220;Best of the Year&#8221; images, or various shots I&#8217;d edited for blog use but never posted<strong>;<\/strong> this year I&#8217;m doing something different for the year&#8217;s end. Largely because the weather has been dismal around here, and much the same for large portions of the country &#8211; indeed, probably most of the northern hemisphere &#8211; I&#8217;m just going to present a feast of bright colors. No text or explanation, only the visuals.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/C11-3-IMG_06688.jpg\" alt=\"Hearts-a-bursting blossom\" width=\"400\" height=\"650\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-15736\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/C11-3-IMG_06688.jpg 400w, https:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/C11-3-IMG_06688-30x50.jpg 30w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>All of these, with one exception [didn&#8217;t I just say, &#8220;No text&#8221;?], are from this year &#8211; the exception is the first one above, since I didn&#8217;t have any sunrise shots for the gallery and haven&#8217;t gotten any in a while. That one is, like, eleven years old or so, from Florida. Most of the rest are plants, because that&#8217;s where I find the colors.<br \/>\n<br clear=\"all\"\/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/C23-IMG_59951.jpg\" alt=\"dewdrops on yellow crocus\" width=\"730\" height=\"487\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-15737\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/C23-IMG_59951.jpg 730w, https:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/C23-IMG_59951-50x33.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><br clear=\"all\"\/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/C29-IMG_59303.jpg\" alt=\"snow on pampas grass against blue sky\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-15739\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/C29-IMG_59303.jpg 400w, https:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/C29-IMG_59303-33x50.jpg 33w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><br clear=\"all\"\/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/C25-3-IMG_02568.jpg\" alt=\"mantis on daylily\" width=\"730\" height=\"487\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-15741\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/C25-3-IMG_02568.jpg 730w, https:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/C25-3-IMG_02568-50x33.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><br clear=\"all\"\/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/C15-3-IMG_03347.jpg\" alt=\"amaranth I think...\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-15742\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/C15-3-IMG_03347.jpg 400w, https:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/C15-3-IMG_03347-33x50.jpg 33w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><br clear=\"all\"\/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/C34-3-IMG_09505.jpg\" alt=\"gold autumn leaves\" width=\"730\" height=\"494\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-15745\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/C34-3-IMG_09505.jpg 730w, https:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/C34-3-IMG_09505-50x33.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><br clear=\"all\"\/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/C19-IMG_60819.jpg\" alt=\"crocus pollen\" width=\"400\" height=\"592\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-15738\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/C19-IMG_60819.jpg 400w, https:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/C19-IMG_60819-33x50.jpg 33w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><br clear=\"all\"\/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/C27-IMG_4442.jpg\" alt=\"katydid on rose\" width=\"730\" height=\"487\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-15747\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/C27-IMG_4442.jpg 730w, https:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/C27-IMG_4442-50x33.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><br clear=\"all\"\/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/C14-3-IMG_03365.jpg\" alt=\"got me - little orange flowers\" width=\"400\" height=\"570\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-15748\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/C14-3-IMG_03365.jpg 400w, https:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/C14-3-IMG_03365-35x50.jpg 35w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><br clear=\"all\"\/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/C17-3-IMG_02903.jpg\" alt=\"crepe myrtle blossoms\" width=\"730\" height=\"487\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-15743\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/C17-3-IMG_02903.jpg 730w, https:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/C17-3-IMG_02903-50x33.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><br clear=\"all\"\/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/C30-3-IMG_04313.jpg\" alt=\"green treefrog on pondederia\" width=\"400\" height=\"575\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-15750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/C30-3-IMG_04313.jpg 400w, https:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/C30-3-IMG_04313-34x50.jpg 34w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><br clear=\"all\"\/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/C38-3-IMG_08986.jpg\" alt=\"leaves on rippling blue water\" width=\"730\" height=\"435\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-15752\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/C38-3-IMG_08986.jpg 730w, https:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/C38-3-IMG_08986-50x29.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><br clear=\"all\"\/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/C05-LilySkipper.jpg\" alt=\"skipper under lily\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-15753\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/C05-LilySkipper.jpg 400w, https:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/C05-LilySkipper-33x50.jpg 33w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><br clear=\"all\"\/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/C35-3-IMG_04395.jpg\" alt=\"yellow pond flower\" width=\"730\" height=\"542\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-15754\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/C35-3-IMG_04395.jpg 730w, https:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/C35-3-IMG_04395-50x37.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><br clear=\"all\"\/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/C12-3-IMG_06389.jpg\" alt=\"orange rose closeup\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-15755\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/C12-3-IMG_06389.jpg 400w, https:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/C12-3-IMG_06389-33x50.jpg 33w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><br clear=\"all\"\/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/SuspiciousAnole3.jpg\" alt=\"juvenile green anole closeup\" width=\"730\" height=\"508\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-15761\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/SuspiciousAnole3.jpg 730w, https:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/SuspiciousAnole3-50x34.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><br clear=\"all\"\/><br \/>\n<em><strong>Happy New Year, everyone!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 0.8em\">P.S. I just have to say, I&#8217;m really pleased with how that green anole above came out. They&#8217;re small lizards to begin with, and this was a juvenile about half adult size, small enough to sit comfortably on your thumb<strong>;<\/strong> the head was about the length of your thumbnail. It was a wild specimen in the botanical garden, and getting that much detail, handheld in natural light&#8230; well, I&#8217;ve missed my share of shots in those conditions. So yeah, I&#8217;m happy.<\/span><br clear=\"all\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In years past I&#8217;ve done a gallery of my &#8220;Best of the Year&#8221; images, or various shots I&#8217;d edited for blog use but never posted; this year I&#8217;m doing something different for the year&#8217;s end. Largely because the weather has been dismal around here, and much the same for large portions of the country &#8211; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,3,12],"tags":[2703,2704],"class_list":["post-15733","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nature","category-photo","category-random","tag-bright-colors","tag-nothing-else"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15733","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15733"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15733\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15733"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15733"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}