{"id":338,"date":"2011-10-06T17:53:40","date_gmt":"2011-10-06T23:53:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smugglerscove.us\/?p=338"},"modified":"2011-10-06T17:53:40","modified_gmt":"2011-10-06T23:53:40","slug":"poop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smugglerscove.us\/?p=338","title":{"rendered":"Poop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/smugglerscove.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMGP1770.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-large wp-image-339\" title=\"IMGP1770\" src=\"http:\/\/smugglerscove.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMGP1770-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smugglerscove.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMGP1770-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/smugglerscove.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMGP1770-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The design of the septic system has been given the go-ahead.\u00a0 Does life ever get more exciting?\u00a0 I think not.\u00a0 After discussing the plan for a 5-bedroom system, our man on the island convinced Mark a 3-bedroom system would be more than sufficient.\u00a0 We wanted to plan ahead and all that, but think about it.\u00a0 How many people will really be there at one time?\u00a0 I am quite sure the majority of the time it will be just the two of us.\u00a0 So&#8230;a 3-bedroom system makes tons of sense.\u00a0 Thank you to our wonderful designer for this seemingly simple clarification!<\/p>\n<p>So&#8230;what trees have to go?\u00a0 Oh man, that will be torturous.\u00a0 Think of the lives of each of those tall trees.\u00a0 Think of the birds that have landed in their boughs.\u00a0 Think of the storms that have battled through.\u00a0 I want to be there for the next storm and the next.<\/p>\n<p>We have had strong winds all day.\u00a0 Winds that bring winter snow to the mountains; frost to my flowers; the end to the garden; and another move forward.\u00a0 I will build a fire tonight and relish in the warmth and splendor of the season.<\/p>\n<p>The first quarter of school ended today.\u00a0 I am utterly amazed.\u00a0 Utterly.\u00a0 If the rest of the year follows on this shooting star of a path, this year will be over quickly.\u00a0 The good part &#8211; Whidbey calls.\u00a0 The sad part &#8211; I am having a terrific year.\u00a0 But &#8211; that&#8217;s a great way to end my fleeting time as a teacher.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The design of the septic system has been given the go-ahead.\u00a0 Does life ever get more exciting?\u00a0 I think not.\u00a0 After discussing the plan for a 5-bedroom system, our man on the island convinced Mark a 3-bedroom system would be &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/smugglerscove.us\/?p=338\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/smugglerscove.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/338"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/smugglerscove.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/smugglerscove.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smugglerscove.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smugglerscove.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=338"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/smugglerscove.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/338\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":340,"href":"https:\/\/smugglerscove.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/338\/revisions\/340"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/smugglerscove.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=338"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smugglerscove.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=338"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smugglerscove.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=338"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}